Be Onboard with Betsy

The days where you could get a stand by or very last minute holiday or long gone ,thanks to 9/11 the cruise lines have to submit all the passengers names no later than 3 days before the cruise departs due to security. When is the best time to book then…

I was lucky enough to be invited on board P&O's newest recruit the Britannia a couple of weeks ago . I wanted to share some of my photos and thoughts of the ship. We arrived at Southampton and the entrance to the Ocean Terminal all decorated ready for our arrival…

Well it isn't very often you see Lady bus drivers, taxi drivers etc but it hasn't even crossed my mind about the lack of female captains until now. As Cunard have appointed their first female captain 'Inger Klein Thorhauge' who will be sailing the Queen Victoria, it got me thinking…

Well I had a few days away last week at the Trafford Centre in Manchester for my husband to enjoy one of his 40th Birthday presents ‘Skydiving’ The photo to follow while I was waiting for him it got me thinking and comparing costs of the Royal Caribbean ships and…

Our Quartely cruise comparisons are out and the stats show some exciting new trends in the cruise market. I think the cruise market is forever changing and is always growing.  I always get asked when is the best time to book ? Well the truth is who knows anymore!!  If…

How have times changed ?? We used to go on our holidays and send postcards or rattle around for pesata's or drachma's for the pay phone then we moved to telephone cards and now everyone wants to know can I stay connected ?? Along with sunscreen and Hawaiian shirts, an ever-increasing…

As we are coming up to Valentines day I thought I would share with you just how you can treat your loved one whilst your sailing off into the sunset   The first thing you could do is make sure your itinerary includes the most romantic of places so this…

One of the top five questions I get asked is how much are drinks on board the cruise ships ? It is definately one of the things I look at when considering which company to go with and also is there an option for a drinks package ?? I certainly…

I had been on a number of cruises and have seen in the cruise news an entrance for 'Friends of Bill or Friends of Dorothy ' and always wondered what it was or stood for ?  Are they popular people on board ?  Maybe it was some sort of club or…

Just last week a young man fell overboard unnoticed from  one of the world's largest cruise ships 'Oasis of the seas '   holding 6,360 and towering 18 decks high.  How on earth did this happen ? is the question everyone is thinking , surely there should be some kind of system in place…