Barbara Cruises

After our visit to Southampton to see the 3 Queens we stayed overnight in Southampton ready for our 2 night cruise to Bruges to celebrate a friends 'Hen Weekend'.. As we were up early we headed down to port to see what ships were in, we saw Emerald Princess &…

As I told you last week I was travelling to Southampton to see the 3 Cunard ships:- Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria & Queen Elizabeth to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the QM2.  We had a fantastic day.   It was an early start, I left home at 6.30am as…

Cunard's Queen Mary 2 celebrates her 10 year anniversary this year and there will be celebrations in Southampton... Friday 9th May 2014   QM2 is the flagship of Cunard and was christened by Her Majesty the Queen back in 2004 when she launched.   The ships will start to arrive…

We have seen some of 2015 cruises go on sale already such as Cunard for the 175th Anniversary - this will be an amazing experience. All 3 Queens will be in Liverpool on 25th May 2015 for a huge celebration!   Royal Caribbean - Allure of the Seas sailing in…

As we all know cruising is the best type of holiday to see the world. Events happen worldwide all the time but what if something happens in a destination that you should be visiting on your cruise? All cruise lines are well know know for putting your safety first or…

On Friday morning we were up early and had a lovely breakfast made by Kjersti, then we headed off to be picked up for our 'Dog Sledging' trip that Kjersti had planned for us. The company was called 'Svalbard Husky' and we were met at a hotel only 5 minutes…

Myself & my husband had such an amazing time on our recent holiday to Oslo & Svalbard, Norway. Not many people have heard of Svalbard as talking to friends, family & customers who haven't heard of it. I said I wasn't coming home till I had seen a real life…

As you know I am passionate about my job and love selling cruise to my customers.  I have become quite friendly with some of my customers who have come back to book a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th cruise holiday with me. We are now on first name terms which…

I think it does when it comes to cruise ships, but what do you prefer? I have lots of customers who have stipulations regarding which ship to go on due to how many passengers it can carry, some want the biggest ship with lots to do and some prefer a…

I was watching a programme the other day which I found really interesting.  We have all seen those documentaries about life on board a cruise ship but this was different.  It was called 'Mighty Ships' - this series delves deep into the heart of the running of the ships.  It…