Richard's Cruise Ramble

I have working here at Cruise.co.uk for over 8 years now and during that time I have experienced many different cruise lines and ships but have never sailed with Thomson Cruises. I have had generally good feedback from my clients about Thomson Cruises over the years and I believe they…

  Cruise and Maritime are a traditional style cruise company offering sailings from many UK ports. Their fleet of ships are relatively small and not as modern as some of the newer lines but I do get good feedback from clients who have come back and are looking for good…

  Norwegian Cruise line have always like to do things a little differently to most other cruise lines and their Freestyle type cruising option has been very popular with many cruisers. Having no mandatory formal dress nights and being able to eat where you like, when you like is a…

  I was shocked at the end of last week when I started to hear reports that The River Cruise Line could cease trading. I have personally sailed with The River Cruise Line in the past and had a great experience doing so. I think that they offer very good…

  Cruises around the Australasia area are getting more and more popular, I have certainly seen a steady rise in booking of them over the last few years. It seems like Cunard want to capitalise on this and have announced that the Queen Elizabeth will be operating sailings based out…

[youtube_sc url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQOZkeo7Pnc"] I was shocked earlier this week to read a story of the new Seabourn Encore ship colliding with another ship. It turns out that the collision was minor and thankfully no-one was hurt but what left me wondering was how something like this could happen in the first…

  I have been reading an interesting article about NCL (Norwegian Cruise Line) and a new system they are operating which will allow guests to bid for a cabin upgrade (if eligible). This new system has already been tested on some of their ships previously and now NCL say that…

A good client of mine recently returned from a Celebrity Cruise over the Christmas and New Year period and was surprisingly disappointed with some aspects of it even though they have had highly positive experiences sailing with them previously. One of the aspects of the cruise that my client was…