Freddie's Fantastic Cruises

Firstly Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my customers. I've been away the majority of the month as most of my friends, colleagues and passengers will know. Been seeing the family. Been down for a few days to Shakespeare country with the wife. Been flooded. Been without…

Over the coming days you will find many references to our Cruise.co annual Christmas Conference which is put together for us lucky lot by the management team at Cruise.co, and I'm hoping a lot of them will be blogging about the cruise itself, how much they loved Fred Olsen's Balmoral…

The last seven days have had me reveling in shock and awe thanks to a phenomenal cruise experience! Want to know why? Read on........ As my regular readers and customers will know, I have been lucky enough this last week to sail aboard one of the finest ships afloat, through…

Having worked in the cruise industry now for over 10 years, it's rare for me to read, see, hear or experience something that is totally new to me. Sure ships have changed and technology has advanced massively at sea in that time, but once the hype dies down, it all…

Making a change to my usual cruise related blog today for some bigger news! Yes last week as many of my customers & colleagues now know thanks to the magic of social media, I tied the knot with my fiancee!! Best day of my life so far. We are both…

Now that I have your attention............ The strap line to this blog is apt, but unfortunately for those of you with filthy minds, its not what you think, so read on. My inspiration this week came from two of my very best clients. Two of the biggest cruise junkies you…

So I'm listening to the radio this morning and I hear one of the DJ's come out with what I initially thought was a joke, but turns out they are actually considering it! Yes the strap line for this blog is accurate! It turns out everyone's favourite wacky airline, Ryanair,…

Something I will probably never have the time or money to experience in life is a World Cruise. Viewed by most as something only the wealthy can do. The pinnacle of travel affluence. But the question is would I have the inclination to do one even if money was no…

So as many of my customers and colleagues will know I get married next month, so this weekend the customary stag weekend shenanigans take place! The large majority of my friends are from up in North Manchester where I live, a few others are making the journey up for the…

As we draw closer to the end of summer, I can't help but think back to March and April when there was so much excitement about the launches of both Anthem of the Seas from Royal Caribbean, and Britannia from P&O. I published many a blog and posted various Facebook…