Are PO getting fussy?
P&O cruises have recently announced that they are banning fancy dress on all of their cruises! Even mini cruises which historically are booked by new to cruise passengers and parties who are celebrating. I can understand that if you are new to cruising and you book a taster cruise to see if you like it […]
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth to visit the land of Bears and Whales
Cunard have just released sailings on Queen Elizabeth to Alaska for 2019. She will sail in May from the Orient over to Canada and do four sailing round trip Vancouver to Vancouver starting from 21st May 2019. She will visit ports of call including, Sitka, Juneau, Skagway, Hubbard Glacier (which is a must) and Ketchikan. […]
Read MoreP&O up their entertainment
Love him or hate him, Stephen Mulhern, yes that guy who does the after show on Britains Got Talent and showbiz friend of Ant & Dec has been signed up by P&O with Jonathan Wilkes (that’s Robbie Williams’ friend) to create and produce new shows for the cruise line. The theme of the show is […]
Read MoreWhat a week
Well it has been a topsy turvy week or so in the travel Industry and not really for the good. Morarch group has ceased trading leaving over 100, 000 passengers abroad with the uncertainty of getting a flight home and over 800,000 future bookings being cancelled. This has left over 1,800 employees for Monarch being […]
Read MoreRyanair are a joke!
Well you have read the news. Ryanair are planning to cancel 40-50 flights a day…..yes A DAY because they have messed up their pilots holiday rota’s!!! I thought Michael O’Leary’s hair brained idea of ‘low cost standing room only on his flights’ was nonsense but I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard this news. […]
Read MoreYes 2019 sailing are almost upon us
Well its that annual blog which seems to get earlier each year. Cunard and P&O will open their 2019 sailing within 10 days. Yes the brochures and emails will be winging their way to you within the next few days. So whats new for 2019? P&O will visit 2 new ports in 2019, Le Verdon […]
Read MoreRoyal Caribbean want to be ‘Big Ben’
As you have probably seen in the news Big Ben will stop chiming soon and will not chime for 4 years due to essential maintenance required. Always being on the fore front of spin, Royal Caribbean have offered to lend a hand! The Chief of Royal Caribbean UK Ben Bouldin also known as ‘Big Ben’ […]
Read MoreBeautifully cheesy river cruise ports
On my Amadeus River cruise we visited some lovely ports and Hoorn in The Netherlands was a particular favorite. We dis embarked the ship and took a coach through to Volendam to the picturesque fishing village. There were inevitably quite a few tourist shops but the village was like a little Amsterdam with canals […]
Read MoreMy River cruise
I have just returned from an excellent river sailing from Koblenz to Amsterdam. We visited Cochem, Cologne, Hoorn in Holland and an overnight in Amsterdam on the Amadeus Silver 1 ship. Myself and three colleagues flew from Manchester into Frankfurt and took an hour and a half train from Frankfurt to Koblenz to join the […]
Read MoreP&O change future cruise booking procedure
It has recently been announced by P&O that they are changing their on board booking policy. Before the change, P&O used to collect £50 per person off clients on board and this was attached to their Peninsular numbers. Then when passengers decided which sailing they wanted the future cruise deposit was utilized which gave passengers […]
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