About Me

I have been working in the Travel Industry for 16 years and originally started out in Business travel. After doing this for a while I was given an opportunity to move into the cruising industry and haven't looked back since. I thoroughly enjoy my job and can't think of anything…

Posted on Sep 3, 2015
Titanic….30 things you never knew.

    On the 01st September it marked the 30th anniversary of when the Titanic was first discovered and the unveiling of her resting place on the sea floor.  It was a Dr Robert Ballard who uncovered her 73 years after she sank nearly 4km underwater. Over the years the…

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Posted on Aug 20, 2015
Whale slaughtering sickens cruise lines.

      The Faroe Islands have been practising the traditional whale hunting for hundreds of years known as ‘Grindadrap’ . It sees the locals hunting the seas for Whales and also bottle nose dolphins, Atlantic white sided dolphins and northern bottle nose Whales, for their meat and the flubber.…

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Posted on Aug 6, 2015
Cruising too dirty for London

    Campaigners are appealing to Boris Johnson’s better nature and asking him to block plans to build a new cruise terminal in Greenwich, London. The plans will be the first for nearly 34 years for a new cruise terminal to be built in the capital city along with 477…

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Posted on Jul 23, 2015
I’m off for an action packed week !!

Well it’s that time of year when the kids have broken up from school and its time to spend a nice week together having lots of fun. We are buying a new house this year so no tropical holidays for us, which is very hard for me especially coming to…

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Posted on Jul 9, 2015
Cruising… the new way to find love.

  Forget Match. Com, forget bars and clubs, forget Cilla Black, going on a cruise holiday is the new way to find love apparently. I read a very interesting article in the paper and it explained that cruising is no longer just for married couples and families but more and…

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Posted on Jun 23, 2015
Save money on your excursions

  [caption id="attachment_939" align="aligncenter" width="470"] Wine tasting excursion perhaps.......[/caption] If you want to avoid disappointment by missing out on a really popular excursion and you don’t want to pay over the odds on board the ships then there is a solution to this and you can now book them all…

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Posted on Jun 10, 2015
Carnival have got some bottle !!!

We all know that cruise lines make a lot of money from the sales of drinks on-board ships and it looks like Carnival are not prepared to lose any of that profit. The cruise line have decided to ban all bottled beverages on-board their ships and are not going to…

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Posted on May 26, 2015
Elizabeth left to rot !!

For all you Cunard die-hard fans you may not wish to carry on reading this as I have some very upsetting news. It appears that after hopes and dreams of the Old QE 2 having a glorious retirement in the glamourous ports of Dubai, being upgraded and refurbished to the…

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Posted on May 11, 2015
Good News for the Toon !!

Fantastic news for cruise passengers living in the North as Newcastle announce that they will be basing their flagship the Balmoral there from May –August 2016. This means that for those passengers who live in the North East Freds are doubling their capacity offering loyal guests even more choice and…

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Posted on Apr 27, 2015
Southampton has found its Anthem

  I was a very lucky winner and managed to get a place on board the Anthem of the seas this weekend and I can tell you it was a fantastic experience. We travelled down to Southampton and once we arrived was greeted by Gigi the Giraffe smiling down on…

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