Tom's Travels

  Next week I have been invited once again to Southampton to see the MSC Magnifica whilst she is in. MSC Magnifica is the largest ship that MSC have ever placed in Southampton, and we were all hoping that she may return next year but this is not the case…

Silver Whisper is one of the larger ships in the Silversea fleet. Totaling in at 28,258 gross tonnage she is a similar size to the Adonia sailing in the P&O fleet, and again similar to Crystal, Silver Whisper only carries 382 guest, difference is that Adonia carries 710 guests. After…

Crystal Cruises are classed amongst some of the best cruise lines in the world, winning countless awards and capturing many hearts along the way. On Friday 5th September, I was invited on-board the Crystal Serenity whilst she was in Southampton. Crystal never tend to dock in the same port more…

Today, on Sunday the 7th September I was invited on-board the Celebrity Eclipse, which just happens to be my favourite ship currently sailing the seven seas so I was excited to see how she has changed over the years, the last time I was aboard she was almost brand new…

I was sat in the office this afternoon wondering what to write about this evening, I suppose I had writers block, not something I ever thought I would have in my job selling cruises. But to my delight, I received a very exciting email from the big bosses at the…

So I have been in the middle of moving home at the moment as some of my regular customers will know and when it comes to anything cruise I will keep it all, from packs of sugar to beach towels and umbrella to mini cruise ship models, anything with the…

Crystal Serenity is due to dock in Southampton on Friday 5th September and I have been fortunate enough to be invited on board for the day to have a look around. Crystal pride themselves as one of the best cruise lines in the world, in the same league as Silversea,…

On Wednesday 25th June I was invited to a very exclusive event in Southampton when Hapag Lloyd called in. Europa 2 is their newest and most exclusive ship sailing in the fleet and is the second flagship in the fleet, with the number one place going to the Europa, a…

I was just looking at Christmas Cruises as an option for some of my guests, when I noticed that Arcadia is doing a 7 night cruise on the 20th December 2014 to Belgium, Denmark and Norway. Not the most exotic of cruises but great if you want a getaway over…

As some of you who know me may know I spend quite a bit of time in Southampton visiting the various ships as they call in. As useful as a brochure and the internet is there is nothing like seeing the ships up close and getting your of perception on them. Now…