Nautical Nik

Greetings If you have ever read any of my blogs you will know I like to speak about personal experiences I have had while travelling around the world, so you wont be surprised to read another one! This particular experience did not happen to me personally but to a family member, and…

Hi again cruisers It has been a couple of weeks since I got back from my trip to Thailand and I had an amazing time as always, unfortunately it is now time to fall back into reality!!! If you had read my last blog concerning my lost luggage and found…

So as the world gets smaller and smaller many more of us have the opportunity to travel further and further. I have just recently returned from a trip to Thailand with my family and was dreading the flight right as soon as I had confirmed my flight with Swiss Air, don't…

Right, Its about time I spread some dirty laundry, but not the way you might think. I'm talking about laundries on board and how the whole process works. However it wouldn't be the first port of call I would discuss when booking a cruise, but surprisingly many guests have questions about…

So with all the sad events that have been happening over the last couple of months, I have been thinking how safe are we on a cruise ship? I would like to share a story with you back in the day as a crew member. We were docked in Madeira…

In light of the sad news recently of a crew member losing his life whilst under taking a crew life boat drill I would like to share a story of mine whilst I was working for a very well known cruise line. As a senior manager on board I was…

Greetings cruisers, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the UK summer ! Ummm anyways enough about that, more importantly I thought I would let you into a little secret, well actually it isnt exactly a secret but it is really good to know about. When it comes…

So the result is in and the UK has voted to leave the EU, so firstly we all must relax and chill, the decision has been made an we should all stop being so negative and look forward to the future, nobody has any idea what will happen, so let's…

So now I move onto cruises booked that have flights and transfers included in the deal, there are some very important things to look out for when you go for this option. Once you have decided on your cruise and chosen the airport you would like to depart from, it…

So the largest cruise ship ever finally arrived into Southampton last week and the caught the interest of pretty much the whole of the UK. Bookings had been made way in advance and thousands of people were looking forward to getting on board and experiencing this amazing ship for themselves.…