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 Jun 9, 2016
Dining onboard Vision of the Seas

  Having just spent my honeymoon sailing the Eastern Mediterranean on board Vision of the Seas in May I can say that the dining onboard was fantastic. We dined in the Windjammer for breakfast and lunch and even though the ship was fully booked we never had a problem getting…

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Posted on May 27, 2016
How do you pay your onboard account?

  Having just returned from my own cruise one of the discussions before we traveled was how are we going to settle our on board account. We didn't want to use our bank debit cards as the cruise lines make a hold each day on your account and this can…

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Posted on May 18, 2016
Sailing out of Venice…WOW

Wow .... Sailing out of Venice on a lovely sunny day has to be one of the most beautiful sights to see. As we stood on the deck with a cocktail in hand we sailed out of Venice for the start of our honeymoon cruise on board Royal Caribbean Vision…

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Posted on May 5, 2016
Va Va Voom

    As I'm in my final planning stages for our honeymoon cruise on Saturday on board Vision of the Seas with Royal Caribbean we have been looking at how to stay in touch with our four children and of course Jacko our fur baby whilst we are away.   Do we…

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Posted on Apr 25, 2016
Suitcases are out- its Honeymoon time

      I'm on countdown to my own cruise in less that 2 weeks when I'll be flying from Manchester to Venice for my delayed honeymoon. After our wedding on 3rd March we had a jaunt in the lakes and now the time has come to get the cases…

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Posted on Apr 11, 2016
Ovation of the Seas….Shes finally here

  Finally after all the build up Ovation of the Seas sailed in Southampton yesterday with crowds looking forward to watch her sail into Southampton for the first time. She is the third ship in the new Quantum Class and these are a new generation of cruise ships which have…

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Posted on Mar 28, 2016
Whats on your Bucket List?

We all have dreams and aspirations, are yours to visit and experience different areas of the world ? Do you dream about seeing the sights in Australia, walking the Great Wall in China or sitting in Luxury on the Rocky Mountaineer? We can offer you all of these experiences plus…

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Posted on Mar 16, 2016
Introducing myself as Mrs Helen Henderson

I'm back after my wedding and honeymoon , what a fantastic day we all had. After all the planning , preparations and of course the money that was spent ( I have been informed that the budget was blown out of the window!) the day was worth all the ups…

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Posted on Mar 2, 2016
I’m getting married in the morning…….

Ding Dong the bells are going to chime.......Actually it will be the bag pipes as we are embracing Stuarts Scottish heritage . At 3pm I will be walking down the aisle to marry my partner of 4 years Stuart . I'm not just marrying him,I'm also lucky to be gaining…

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Posted on Feb 22, 2016
Liverpool to recieve permanent cruise terminal

    As more cruises are using the facilities of my hometown Liverpool the City Council are trying to see if the former Princess jetty can made a permanent cruise terminal. This will bring back to life the old Dock Road where there are beautiful old warehouses and may have…

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