Millward's Maritime Matters

Watch out P&O! With the recent news that MSC cruises will be sailing from Southampton next year, I think P&O cruises will be watching them very carefully.  I really do rate MSC. The ships are all beautiful in style, cabins are smashing and the food in all honesty is very…

I love to get feedback from my clients good or bad, this also gives me an insight to what people have experienced especially if I have not been to that part of the world before.  Mrs J & Mr M T have recently returned from a fantastic South American trip…

When you are thinking of booking a cruise do you automatically go for the cruise line you have sailed with before or someone else? Of course with so many good offers around I guess you look at who does offer what at the time. Recently some lovely clients of mine…

If you have ever cruised before with Fred Olsen you will know that the service, ambience, and food are smashing. Fred's are always looking to improve either in new destinations or having a makeover on the ships.  The Black Watch had a recent upgrade, 4 weeks of extensive engineering work, maintenance…

Do you have a favourite ship and why?  You would be surprised at how many times I am asked this every single day. This got me thinking to asking a few of my lovely clients which ship was the best they had been on or their favourite. It is interesting…

Last weekend Keith and I had 2 days in Edinburgh. I used to live there and really do love the city. We stayed on the Royal Mile which is a great place with the castle at the top and Holyrood Palace at the bottom. We went back to the castle…

There are so many great prices out at the moment to entice you to book with lots of added extras however, I wonder are these extras or offers what you really are looking for? For example we can have free parking, free on board credit, free coach, wi-fi, drinks packages, speciality…

One of the on board activities that many people play on a cruise are quizzes. My lovely client (let me say Mr B) loves to get them all set up when he is on his cruise and mentioned to me a while ago it would be fun to have one…

What is a booze cruise?  I'm sure many of you would suggest it is when people just sit around and drink themselves silly all day long! Yes, there are people out there who want to do this however, there are also so called "booze cruises" which are in fact informative…

Lately I have been hooked on the Viking series which I got for Christmas. It's not as good as the Walking Dead or Game Of Thrones, but is smashing if you like that sort of thing! It has also given me the "travel bug" to go back to the Baltic,…