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More cruises lines are removing Turkey from there itinerary’s……….. I have booked a 9 nice night Eastern Mediteranean sailing from Civitavecchia with Royal Caribbean sailing on board Jewel of the Seas in September and have just received my notification that Royal Caribbean are no longer sailing to Kusadassi, Turkey. I…

  Japan is the hotest destination for 2018. What do do invisage when you think of Japan? Is it.... Mount Fuji Bullet trains Cherry Blossom Sumo Wrestlers Sky scrapers War memorials All these are offered plus many more. Many visitors are amazed at the diversity of Japan . The relativey…

    We all have our favourites , is yours sailing past the Opera House in Sydney, sailing through the Panama Canal or like me sailing out of Venice past St Marks Square. I managed to tick off sailing out of Venice from my bucketlist last year on my honeymoon…

    Booking a holiday or cruise is a minefield these days, who do you trust and who do you hand over your hard earnt money to? A lot of us work all year to look forward to our main holiday and spend alot of time researching where and when…

Happy New Year to you all. I hope 2017 brings health and happiness . I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I spent Christmas Day and Boxing Day with my family and with 20 of us it was a busy affair. We even had our santa…

    Wow 2016 has flown by , It's December again and Christmas is just days away. 2016 has been a great year for me in my personal life and my business life and I'm hoping that 2017 will be as much fun. The big change for me this year…

        Not everyone loves the large ships with ice skating rinks , promenades, flo riders and Mechainical bar staff  with over 5000 passengers. Alot of passengers like the intimacy of a smaller ship which generally offer a more intimate cruise experience than the larger vessells. You’ll be on board with…

Black Friday has come and gone....did you get yourself a bargain? Over the last few years we have seen anarchy in the aisles as people have tried to get the latest TV or other white goods  in the Black Friday deals. The worse being a few years ago when customers…

It's that time of year ......The C word is about , we've just got past Halloween and Bonfire Night and then WAM BAM Christmas is upon us. The flights on on between the supermarkets and stores for whose got the best Christmas advert....so far I've seen John Lewis Buster the…

We all love crusing for many different reasons but one of the big parts of cruising is the dining experience, 5* dining every evening and the option to dine in speciality restaurants for an additional fee usually. I was spolit whilst I was on board regent Seven Seas Explorer as…