Roaming Ruth's Travels

Royal Caribbean’s plans for their private island destinations look amazing. They will name these island Perfect Day and the first destination is their existing private island in the Bahamas Coco Cay. I love their plans for this island and hope to visit myself at some stage with my family. The…

Over the last few weeks we have seen the release of the new 2019/2020 cruise itineraries. If you haven;t already booked now is the time to start looking. Royal Caribbean have the Brit's favourite ship Independence of the Seas sailing out of Southampton again and have replaced the Navigator with…

The question everyone wants to know is when is the best time to book. Well the answer is it depends on when you are wanting to travel and how flexible you can be. If you are tied to school holidays or there is a particular cruise you want to go…

Mariner of the Seas will be entering dry dock in March following it’s time in Asia ready for a return to American waters in June 2018. There will be many new features added to this ship with a mixture of old and new ideas for Royal Caribbean. They will be…

P&O have announced the order of another new ship scheduled for 2022. They now have 2 huge new ships on order that are being specifically built for the UK market. We have very few details so far other than they will have a passenger capacity of 5200 and are being…

Exciting times ahead in the cruise industry with more new ships due to be launched this year. Here are details of what will be available: Carnival Horizon – launch in March This will be a sister ship to the Carnival Vista and will operate a few European itineraries before moving…

After a traditionally quiet month in the travel industry we are back to work and ready for a busy few months ahead. January is always busy for us with some fantastic cruise deals to get people booked in advance. MSC are offering free drinks packages even for families. Usually the…

It is the season for social occasions and office parties but at cruise.co.uk we don’t just make do with a night out we go away for a long weekend of partying and of course we also fit in time for conference where we meet trade partners and learn more about…

River cruising has traditionally been more popular with an older generation but this looks set to change with the introduction of a river cruise product for age 21-45 year olds. Uniworld have designed a ship to cater for this gap in the market and while some might not agree I…

It’s that time again when everyone is bargain hunting Black Friday is more and more popular in the UK with people even setting up camp to try and get their hands on a few bargain Christmas pressies. Everyone tends to think of these offers being for technical goods rather than…