Britannia – What`s The Verdict ?

P&O`s much fanfared new ship Britannia has been with us now for just over a year, so how has she lived up to her regal name and is she going to be as loved as all the other P&O ships? Opinion seems to be very divided, lots of comments on our Cruise.co.uk website, but also […]

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A Very Affordable Mini Suite

Your choice of cabin on a cruise must be one, if not the, most important things to consider when booking your holiday. If you have never cruised before, and your budget is limited, the start off with an inside cabin. What do I get in an inside cabin ? is a very common, and good, […]

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January Is Done And Dusted

It doesn’t`t seem 5 minutes since it was Christmas  but already a very wet and mild January has come and gone as spring beckons us. Traditionally the start if the New Year is the time when our thoughts turn to holidays as we all need something to look forward to in the coming months. Cruising […]

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The Thing One Thing I Hate About Cruising

Well actually there are two things I hate, firstly eating too much and putting on weight but really my pet hate is queuing! I hate queuing at airports, dining rooms and, most of all, at Southampton waiting to get on board a ship, it’s such a waste of time and so unnecessary In the past […]

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Happy New Year From The North Sea !

It`s 2016 and how quickly the Christmas & New Year holidays have passed by. Back at my desk at Cruise.co. I was going to blog about my cruise on Ventura to Bruges and Amsterdam, well I am going to but not in quite the way I expected to !   Travelling to Southampton on Tuesday […]

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An Azamazing Journey!

A two night cruise is short by any standards but my trip from Gibraltar to Barcelona on the lovely Azamara Journey was so worth it! The sun shone all the time, needed much cooler clothing than I took with me, the sea was a little choppy at times, the ship was lovely, the food excellent […]

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Gibraltar – It All About The Monkeys ?

The last time I went to Gibraltar was a few years ago when I worked for Thomson on the Costa del Sol, all I remember is Marks & Spencer’s and a monkey trying to climb on my back ! This week I am returning to this little British outpost in the Mediterranean on a very […]

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Well What A Lovely Surprise !

  My one night on Norwegian Escape came and went in a flash but what a surprise, or maybe revelation is a better word, it was! What I expected and what I got was completely different.   She is a large, elegant ship and that was the first surprise – I expected large but elegant? […]

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Escape Here I Come !

Despite having been working in the cruise industry for over 15 years I have never yet seen a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship – well apart from moored off the coast in Cannes where it looked, to be honest, like a massive, gaudy, monstrosity ! That will all change on Wednesday this week when finally I […]

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A Few Of My Favourite Things !

Sounds like a line from the Sound of Music! A few my favourite things, my friends, food, dining out , my dog ( of course ), holidays and crusing, and my favourite thing relating to holidays and cruising is dining out.   I have just returned from a few days in Cornwall where the weather […]

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