About Me

Hi , I'm Helen, often referred to as 'Holiday Helen', I've been in the travel industry for over 25 years working on the high street and in small independent agencies. For the previous 14 years of my career  I have had the luxury of working from home with my cockapoo Jacko…

Posted on Oct 17, 2016
Regent Explorer – WOW Factor

WOW WOW WOW Regenst Seven Seas Explorer has not just the X Factor but the WOW factor in adbundance. I have just returned from a 3 night sailing on board Regent Seven Seas Explorer with my colleague Holly....you may of seen our videos via our facebook pages as we went along. From arriving…

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Posted on Oct 4, 2016
Helen & Holly do Regent

  Our bags are packed and were off. I'm very lucky to be flying to Nice today and embarking onboard the new Regent Explorer in Monte Carlo to sail to Rome. Our itinerary is : TUE 04OCT16 Monte Carlo, Monaco 11:00 PM WED 05OCT16 La Spezia (Cinque Terre), Italy 08:00…

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Posted on Sep 21, 2016
Where’s September gone?

    What a busy month September has been so far .... I had a lovely week away in Gran Canaria with my daughter before she flew the nest to start her university course in Manchester. We stayed at the Valle Taurito Hotel in Taurito and had a lovely time.…

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Posted on Sep 9, 2016
Planning ahead to 2018

    Are you an early booker or do you wait to see what's available closer to your departure? Are you looking to tick far flung destinations off your bucketlist? We are selling some of our Buckelist and Tailormade cruises for 2018 and demand is high , if the cruise lines…

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Posted on Aug 27, 2016
Cruiselines and Airlines saving £’s

  Everyday I speak to clients who have returned from there cruises to see how they've enjoyed themsleves and to get feedback to use for my future clients. These conversations are important as if clients have had a bad experience I can discuss it with them and if need be…

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Posted on Aug 15, 2016
Empty Nest ….love it or hate it

Its going to be all change in the Henderson household in a few weeks ....after a busy summer we will be joining the 'empty nest' gang . Over the summer our 2 sons Connor and Sam are home from university for the summer, Ellie was 18 and Heather has been…

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Posted on Aug 3, 2016
Smoking on board cruises

Where do you stand on this? There will be different perspectives on this debate ...the smokers and the non smokers. I'm an ex smoker and can see both sides to the argument. As a majority of us are non smokers in the UK do we have the last say? No…

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Posted on Jul 21, 2016
Jumping ship

I've gone to the dark side and booked a land holiday ...will I be disappointed? My last foreign land holiday was 4 years ago for a New Years break away in Spain , since then I've cruised or stayed cottages in the UK. When I book a cruise I never…

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Posted on Jul 5, 2016
Brexit

Now that the result is in and the majority have voted to leave the EU how does this affect your holidays? Questions we are being asked are: Can we travel on our passports to Europe? Will the EHIC card still be valid? Do I need a visa to travel to…

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Posted on Jun 22, 2016
It’s Hokey Cokey Time….

Are you In or Out? Tomorrow is polling day for us to put our cross were we feel strongest in the EU Referendum , I now where my cross is going , do you? Whichever box we all put our cross in , what are the consequences regarding travel is…

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