Millward's Maritime Matters

More and more of us are fed up of flying to our cruising destination. Facing airport queues, delays and all that jazz. Because of this, the increase in people wanting to sail from the UK has risen. Very much a stress free start to your holiday, no worries over how…

Happy new year to you all, hope you all had a fab time, although I have to say it is great to get back to normal! In this festive period I guess you have been busy deciding on what you want for this year, but have you thought about next? …

I do hope you all had a lovely Christmas and now eagerly looking forward to New Years Eve - and a few drinks maybe! We have had a funny old year haven't we? One thing for sure though is your holidays are still memorable, for me that is the icing…

As if I didn't know that Newcastle is one great city to live in but now "Rough Guides" have declared Newcastle the best place in the WORLD to visit!!  Wow, we have beaten Belize, Jordan, New Orleans, South Africa to name but a few! All of you out there who…

Wow! I am sure you will when you see what MSC have on offer in the shape of their new ship "Seaside." This is the 2nd new ship of this year from MSC and I think she looks amazing! She is due to be christened in Miami on the 21st December,…

I think we all secretly hope that we will one day, get an upgrade, one way or another. It would be even better if it was free, but lets face it anything that says "free" isn't really is it? One of the cruise lines who ask if you would like…

I think I should call myself a bit of a matchmaker!  Speaking to a lovely client of mine earlier this week, as he has just come back from his very first cruise. He went all the way to Singapore and cruised from there to Perth, had a few days there…

There are plenty of cruise clients who like to do a "back to back" cruise. This is basically (for those of you who dont know) take one cruise, stay on the ship and do the second itinerary. It may be the same destinations or slightly different.  Of course when booking…

Do you yearn for "that something different?" When you are starting to plan for your next holiday, do you sometimes think "I wish there was just something else I can try?" Yes, there is something else, and I know from one of my clients how wonderful this can be. Sea…

Yes, some ports of call are back in business as if nothing has happened, yet they are a couple who are "getting there."  Alot of you have expressed concern about travelling to the Caribbean since the Irma and Maria hurricanes. Don't forget that they are used to this, and whilst…