Nicola's Ocean Views

Happy New Year To you all. My first post of 2014. Hope all went well for you. Now, to me Cruising is my dream come true, amazing, value for money, educational, relaxing and I would even say Magical. So when I saw the beautiful Queen Mary 2 photographed whilst in…

I just wanted to share this little story with you.  I was booking a lady earlier today who was telling me all about the luck she had on her last cruise.  She had booked in her words " last minute bargain". An inside guaranteed cabin on Independence of the Seas.  She…

Having worked in Travel for the past 22 years I am feeling rather unsure of what January and February will bring. You know this is my first Year working  with Cruise.Co.UK so I am really excited to see how it goes.  At my past agency it was manic from December…

One of the most frustrating aspects of our job is the upset we experience when a single traveller feels that the supplement is just too high. We have now been made aware  that Azamara Cruises will be dropping the single supplement to 25% on some Europe and Far East Cruises.…

Here we were enjoying a glass of wine or few, having our picture taken and loving our Cruise. We then returned home we found some strange young men in the  photo. We were oblivious to this. How funny. Is it you? do you know them?

With Christmas now only days away are you like me? All friends and family sorted just Hubby to buy for now. He is asking me in a round about way what I would like. Well I would like something to look forward to that we can both enjoy after the…

Well the buzz in the travel trade was electric this time like week. Royal Caribbean advised us they  were making a special announcement and our minds went into a turmoil. What ? What ?What??. At every new ship launch we all get very excited and some of us even get…

You would think that in my job this decision would be no problem.  How wrong would you be.  With so many to choose from even I have trouble making my mind up. Our Daughter will be 17 next year so not quite an adult but certainly not a child. I…

I dream of taking a World Cruise, well maybe just a sector to start with, but always think NO! I can never afford one.  Well let me tell you all,  Cunard have some amazing deals still out there for the 2014 World Cruise. As there is still availability on most…

Whilst making a recent welcome home call I was talking to a lovely couple who had just returned from their very first Cruise. When I asked how did it go I was told that they enjoyed it after a pretty stressful start. On asking what happened was told "We were…