Be Onboard with Betsy

I hope you have all had a fabulous Christmas and got everything off your list and most importantly spent time with your loved ones. Like the last 2 years we are getting away from it all for new year . We have booked a lovely cottage in the lakes with…

Amazing up to now !! As many of you will know December is a quieter month for us so we tend to take a lot of our holidays and time owing. For me I am only working 5 days officially although its hard to stay away from my laptop. I…

Well I promised to let you know how my trip to London went and we had a absolutely amazing time !!! We set off on Friday morning and once our dog was in the safe hands of my in laws I started planning. We arrived bang on schedule at 2…

Sir Richard Branson has started to release the plans for the new cruise ships that will add to ' Virgin Voyages ' in 2020. He has started the announcements with little ‘ship teases’ to reveal his plans. The first ship’s experience announced was the ‘Adult by Design’ so any passengers…

Well after the rough few weeks we have had in the travel industry it was great to receive two lots of excellent news for the uk cruise market this week. The Celebrity Edge which is the latest release launching late 2018 in the Caribbean is due to sail into Southampton…

Since I stepped down from management I really think a lot of my family and friends think my job is sitting at home watching daytime tv (never Jeremy Kyle though )and just booking cruises in between hanging washing out and making coffee.This is far from true at the best of…

Well you may of read in one of my previous blogs that I went on a big family holiday to Menorca. We had fabulous weather and a lovely time with friends and family. Menorca is a lovely island short flight ,great little sandy coves and has everything from water parks…

Well I am back from a lovely break in Menorca to the news that P&O are launching there Summer 2019 cruises..... That is a good 6 or 7 months earlier than normal, they did launch earlier for Summer 2018 and this obviously worked for them. For us cruise agents that…

Well whilst you are reading this I will be near the end of my summer holiday on the island of Menorca. How much of a holiday it will be I really don't know with 19 of us going !!! Although it will be nice to have some family time as…