Tom's Travels

As many of you will have seen, 2015 seems to have taken the limelight when it comes to cruising however, being the cruise geek that I am, I love to take the opportunity when I can to see the more specialist cruise ships and those that hardly ever come to the…

This has been long awaited however with the Emerald and Ruby Princess both calling Southampton their home port for 2014, I thought I'd better do my review on the Crown Princess which I was lucky enough to see last September.  I know that the Crown Princess is not in the…

  So in a weeks’ time today, Christmas Day will be over. The turkey will have been eaten (with plenty left over, I'm sure) and we'll all be planning our diets as we've eaten too much. But today also marks just under two weeks until the New Year. 2014 for…

Today we have heard the news that Arcadia has been held up in a dry dock in Bremerhaven in Germany. She departed Southampton and arrived in Bremerhaven on the 25th November for a multi-million pound refit which would see some quite dramatic changes on board. One of the newest features…

  Here are the details of the deck plans on each Celebrity Ship. Please click on the Image to link to the relevant deck plan.   Celebrity Eclipse   Celebrity Equinox   Celebrity Reflection   Celebrity Silhouette   Celebrity Solstice Celebrity Constellation   Celebrity Infinity   Celebrity Millennium   Celebrity…

On the 9th December, I will again be lucky enough to leave the office for the day and take a trip to Southampton to see a beautiful lady.   Although we have the brochures, nothing beats actually seeing the product and sampling the food.  I have cruised on the Aurora…

Crystal Cruises are an ultra Luxury 6* Cruise line which leave guests wanting for nothing, they also include all gratuities so you need not worry about tipping the Butler! Crystal are also all inclusive, therefore all drinks are complimentary.

Fred Olsen like P&O have some of the cheapest tips, these can be automatically added to your on board account or you can tip personally on board, you would need to speak to reception to get them to allow this for your staterooms. Although not compulsory, it is recommended that…

Voyages to Antiquity are an ultra luxury discovery cruise line, and hence forth all Gratuities are included in the cost of your cruise so you do not need to worry about tipping people whist you are away. Voyages to Antiquity are not all inclusive however all House wine, beer and…

Carnival do also have a compulsory Gratuities rate, although again if unhappy you can speak to guest relations to have them removed should you wish, although you may need to leave this to the end of the cruise should you have not received good service. Children under 2 will not…