About Me

I have been in the travel industry over 20 years, what was meant to be a short summer working in Menorca when I was just 21 turned into many fantastic years within the industry. I have been lucky enough to travel to lots of destinations all over the world, including…

Posted on Jan 5, 2017
New Year…Is it time to book you cruise??

Happy New Year to everyone! I really hope you've all enjoyed Christmas and are now looking forward to 2017! I've had a lovely time off with my family, especially lovely to spend the holidays with my little girl with all the magic of Christmas around. I'm always sad when it's…

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Posted on Dec 22, 2016
Afternoon tea with Santa!

Getting into the Christmas spirit this week I took my little girl to "afternoon tea with Santa" at a local tea shop, we were joined by my sister and her two children. We kept it as a surprise and didn't tell the little ones, they didn't know what we were…

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Posted on Dec 8, 2016
Boudicca here I come!!

Well this time next week I'll be on board Fred Olsen's Boudicca! I'm very excited as I have never cruised with Fred in all my time selling cruises and we are also visiting Dublin....again it will be the first time and I really can't wait. Each year our Christmas conference is…

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Posted on Nov 24, 2016
Drinks prices on the increase!!!!

This week I was chatting to my customers who have just returned from a cruise on board the Celebrity Eclipse, we got talking about the price of drinks on board. My customer chose to go with a deal when they booked that didn't include the Classic drinks package for their…

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Posted on Nov 10, 2016
To Dress or Not to Dress…..

I was chatting to one of my customers last week about a recent NCL cruise they had been on. She cruised with her husband and they had enjoyed the cruise but had one bugbear about it...it bothered them both so much that they both said they wouldn't cruise with NCL…

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Posted on Oct 27, 2016
Caught out with invalid travel insurance costs customer £5000 plus!!!

It has to be your worst nightmare, taken ill on your cruise to find out that the insurance you thought was in place actually isn't at all. This is what happened to one of my customers on their cruise. He and his wife assumed the travel insurance policy they had always…

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Posted on Oct 13, 2016
MSC go the extra mile…..

This week I wanted to share with you some great feedback I had from my customers who have just returned from their first ever cruise experience, they sailed on board MSC Splendida from Southampton. They were particularly anxious as the lady is a full time wheel chair user and often…

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Posted on Sep 29, 2016
P&O announce plans for a huge 5200 passenger ship!

Is it just me or are all the ships being launched getting bigger and bigger! It certainly seems that way as P&O announce plans for 2020 for a huge 180 000 ton ship to join their fleet. The new ship will carry over 5000 passengers....the largest ever built for P&O and…

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Posted on Sep 5, 2016
Schools in = expensive holidays for us!

So this week my little girl starts school. To say she is excited is an understatement, she literally can’t wait for Thursday. She is lucky to be starting reception with lots of her friends from pre-school, I think this is going to make settling in for her so much easier…

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Posted on Aug 22, 2016
MSC are set to impress with Meraviglia

Over the past months there have been some amazing ships launched, Harmony of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas, Carnival Vista, Holland America's ms Koningsdam. Next year it's MSC's turn to impress the cruising world. In June 2017 MSC Meraviglia will join their fleet and what a ship this is going…

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