Nautical Neil's Life on the Ocean Wave

Royal Caribbeans new ship joined their fleet yesterday with the Ovation of the Seas cruising into Southampton.  Some of my colleagues were lucky enough to sample her yesterday. This ship in the don of cruise ships. The whole reason of a cruise is to visit different ports of call in…

It is that time again where P&O and Cunard release their 2017/18 sailings to the world.  You can save between 5-15% on selected sailings if you book before the end of June 2016. You will also receive extra benefits such as on board credit and or car parking/coach transfer. The…

Cruise lines try to deploy their ships around the world to coincide with the weather seasons.  If you notice that between the months of May-September there are fewer ship in the Caribbean and in Australian waters.  This is due to the weather.  Around those times of the year in the…

Drinks packages on cruise lines this is a big discussion topic.  Many cruise lines are now advertising 'All Inclusive' or 'Includes drinks package'. But what was the price of the same sailing when they weren't offering any packages? I truly believe that the cruise lines inflate the prices of their…

Well what a few months I have had.  As you probably know I have returned from helping set up our office in Port side Wharf in Brisbane.  The unit is a small travel agency shop which has a couple of sales guys working there however we have seven home workers…

Don't worry I am only there for 3 months.  I will return end of January. Cruise.co.uk are broadening our horizons and we have taken over an establishment in the port of Brisbane.  I will be helping with the transition and sales of course with Australian cruisers. There are many cruise…

If you go on a sailing, generally there is one port of call or area of you cruise which the cruise itinerary is named after.  For instance if you go to the Baltic then St. Petersburg is the port of call and a Panama Canal sailing then the canal is…

Shoppie is the phrase crew use on board for people who work in the duty free shops. At the home port whether it be Southampton, Dover, Barcelona, Rome, Miami or Venice do you wonder why you cannot board the ship until about midday?  Well once the ship is clear and…

This has happened quite a bit recently.  What you have to remember is that cruise itineraries are planned a year and a half in advance.  Quite often if you look in a brochure, the itineraries have already changed.  However over the past few weeks Itineraries have changed once people are…

I have just had a client come back off a P&O sailing, a little disgruntled as the balcony cabin she was in did not have a bath robe in! This is a new think with P&O now and depending on what stateroom you have also depends on whether you get…