About Me
Hello, and welcome to my page. I have been working in the Travel Industry for over 38 years, it really just seems like yesterday! I am married with 2 grown up children and a beautiful grand daughter. After a couple of years at New College Durham learning Travel and Tourism…
Posted on Jan 20, 2017
Are You Loyal?
What is the point of a loyalty card either with a cruise line, supermarket or a high street store? A few of my clients have recently asked me the same question in regard to cruising. Some people have said they do not seem to get anything at all so…
Posted on Jan 13, 2017
Is Albania The Next Big Destination….
Due to the political unrest in Turkey the cruise lines have had to pull out and look for an alternative destination, this must have proved quite difficult and a logistical nightmare, I'm sure. So where is the new destination that they all seem to favour? Albania! Being the age I…
Posted on Jan 6, 2017
What Was Your Most Fantastic Cruise Experience Of 2016?
As were now all in the frenzy that we in the business call January, I thought it would be interesting to ask a few of my lovely clients what the most fantastic moment/memory was last year. It might help you decide what and where you want to go for this…
Posted on Dec 31, 2016
Happy New Year & Happy Cruising
Well, thats Christmas over folks! I hope you all had a smashing time. Now we are onto our last day of 2016 and all looking forward to what 2017 will bring. 2017 is going to be another bumper year for cruise, that's for sure. We have lots of brand new…
Posted on Dec 23, 2016
Happy Christmas Everyone!
I love this time of the year. It is Christmas and my birthday on Christmas Eve too ( I wont tell you my age, but you probably know by now anyway!) It is the time we get to relax, eat and drink and meet up with family and friends. …
Posted on Dec 16, 2016
I’m Off To Dublin
Every year we staff at Cruise.Co.UK have our annual conference where we do work hard, honest! It also gives us the opportunity to meet up with all our colleagues some of whom we don't see from one year to the next. This year we are heading off to Dublin. As…
Posted on Dec 9, 2016
Luxury Is …….. The Encore?
When we talk about luxury and in particular luxury cruising, what words and images do you conjure up in your mind? What in your opinion is the definition of luxury? One of the examples of luxury, according to Google is "a pleasure out of the ordinary allowed to oneself" -…
Posted on Dec 2, 2016
Are These The best Airlines In The World?
As it is "that time" of year with the travel industry as a whole churning out the gongs we come to the best airline awards. A tough award I think as let's face it, there are many airlines out there who are not really that great for different reasons, let's…
Posted on Nov 25, 2016
Who Would Win Your Vote?
They are an awful lot of "gongs" handed out every year from the travel industry down to social media on who is the BEST in the cruise world. The latest awards have recently named some luxury, best value for money, best for a family and finally best cruise line in…
Posted on Nov 18, 2016
Why Not Take A River Cruise
It is that time of year again. Cold weather, dark nights and time to start planning for your next cruise! Traditionally this time of year is what I call the "planning season" when if you haven't already booked your next cruise you are starting to think about it. There are…
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