Jo's Cruise Jollies

Well my son has only been back in school for 4 weeks since the last bank holiday and he's off again so it's time for me and him to spend some more quality time together. We are also lucky that after a month of wind, rain and chilly temperatures the forecast…

Celebrity have just updated their drinks packages on board so to save you all trawling through their website I thought I'd give you the prices here. Plus if you do pre-purchase one of their packages you can then visit www.celebritycruises.com/thirst1 and be in with the chance to win one of…

Just a quick reminder that P&O & Cunard's early booking offers expire at the end of May and so you must book before then to get the additional benefits. Cunard Free car parking on all roundtrip sailings from Southampton of 5 nights or more.(excluding roundtrip transatlantics) On board spend on transatlantics,…

Customers on board MSC Opera have had an awful weekend following an explosion on board on Friday night and subsequent electrical failure. They have had a weekend of dark corridors, poor sanitation and no air conditioning. This must have been horrendous for them and my heart goes out to all…

All fans of Derren Brown, the psycological illusionist are going to be very excited as he is going to perform on P&O's Adonia later this year.  He played on Aurora in September 2009 and the cruise sold out within moments.  He will perform a great show and if you are lucky…

There are some really good cruise deals on repositioning cruises - ones where you fly out to the Med or thre Caribbean and cruise back to Southampton or vice versa. However this can be complicated as your car is often parked at the embarkation point, generally the airport and you are dropped off…

I have just been given details of a cheap parking company for Southampton port who are much cheaper than C&PS and AB parking, the two suppliers used by the main cruiselines. Whilst the parking is not at the port, they offer the convenience of valet parking within the standard costs. You drive…

Now I don't often like to say how good we are, but I was amazed this afternoon as I have taken two calls in a row where my customer has been quoted a Royal Caribbean fly cruise by other travel agents but not been given information regarding the flight routing. Both…

Easter may still be nearly two weeks away, but the school holidays are now upon us, so it's time for me to take a break. I've got the next week to spend some quality time with my energetic 4 year old. Whilst we're not going away anywhere we've got an…