About Me

Thank you for visiting my blog. I started my career in the travel industry over 30 years ago at Page & Moy Holidays booking short and Long haul holidays, tailor-made packages, ski trips and cruises & was able to experience luxury destinations and hotels around the world which was an absolute…

Posted on Dec 24, 2013
Weather Gods Smile (Mostly) On The Rivers

  COLD WEATHER-  River Cruising in Europe is becoming the hot ticket item, Many ships continue to operate on full capacity because of the constantly changing weather patterns. But as River Cruise operators say "You get the same boat, the same very high standard of service, the same cabins, same…

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Posted on Dec 17, 2013
CMV Signiture River Cruise

  Its welcome  CRUISE & MARITIME to Rivers for 2014,  The brand is going to be known as Signiture River Cruises, The ship is  the Premium Plus  Vienna I and will will be offering 7 and 14 night voyages,  She will be cruising the Rhine & Danube Rivers I have spent…

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Posted on Dec 10, 2013
Switzerland II

  My first impression of Switzerland II was a surprising one as you walked into  the reception there were  olde worlde arm chairs with high backs and a nice little ( and I mean little library) with a large coffee table & lots of Gold and Large pictures scattered around making the whole look very…

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Posted on Dec 3, 2013
The Rhine with The River Cruise Line

  OUR JOURNEY STARTED AT THE MOTORWAY SERVICES IN LEICESTERSHIRE VERY LATE ONE EVENING, WE WERE PICKED UP RIGHT ON TIME BY THE RIVER CRUISE LINE COACH AND STARTED OUR JOURNEY TO DOVER PORT. WE HAVE SEVERAL STOPS ON THE WAY TO PICK UP NEW PASSENGERS AT VARIOUS JOINING POINTS.…

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Posted on Nov 26, 2013
Cu Chi Tunnels

    Another excursion we did was  to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels I had  been  looking forward to that one most I think. we left our hotel around 7.30am as the journey is quite long about a 2 1/2 hour drive it was rush hour too, the amount of traffic at that…

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Posted on Nov 19, 2013
War Babies On The River

  River cruising is here to stay !  Mainly due to the BABY BOOMERS IMPACT "what is that I hear you say"?. Well basically its due to the interest post war babies are showing on River Cruising. Age wise anything between 55 and 70 years of age is what i'm referring…

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Posted on Nov 12, 2013
Rivers &The Markets At Christmas

  Well here we are again counting down the days to Christmas, where has this year gone again? I have been working this week on some Rivers projects for my clients who wanted to combine Christmas & The New Year away.  All of the major River Cruise companies have festive itineraries…

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Posted on Nov 5, 2013
Is River Cruising Value For Money?

  A question I get asked 2-3 times a week & I know its due to the fact as someone said to me last week, " I could go to the Caribbean for 14 nights for the same price as a 7 night River Cruise. True you could BUT  would you remember any…

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Posted on Oct 29, 2013
Decorating Holiday

Holiday time is here again- Holiday?? its going to be anything but. The garage has been leaking for the last few months, so time for a makeover, But not only is it the outside but also I will be putting brush to walls and decorating the lounge and dining room.…

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Posted on Oct 22, 2013
A Day On The River Part 2

  If your sailing in Germany in the morning, a Bratwurst and beer brunch is often on the cards, I know when I was there the selection of food was amazing. There will be commentary as you sail through the Rhine Gorge, maybe some wine-tasteing and talks about the places…

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