About Me
I have been working in travel since 1991 when I realised there was more to life than the Banking Industry. I started as an Overseas Representative with Thomson Holidays moving to the beautiful Island of Rhodes, where I spent 3 very happy summer season. This was interspersed with winters in Spain -…
Posted on Feb 3, 2013
The Destiny Turns To Sunshine
I have been lucky enough to cruise many times over the last 14 or so years but I have never been on a Carnival ship, but now I have the chance. The Carnival Destiny was, upon entering service in 1996, the largest passenger ship ever built and has always been…
Posted on Jan 13, 2013
What Will You Spend Your On Board Credit On?
Winter is here, the snow is falling and we all need something to look forward to during ths winter months, What better time to book your next cruise ! Especially as there are some really good offers on at the moment with extras such as car parking, coach transfers and…
Posted on Jan 6, 2013
The Crown Jewel
.I can`t quite believe we are almost a week into the New Year of 2013 already, Christmas came and went in a a flash and now its back to work as we enter the tradionally busy period for booking holidays. The TV is awash with holiday companies and cruise lines…
Posted on Nov 11, 2012
I`m back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its good news this week - my blog has had a virus for the last 3 or 4 week s or so but it is feeling much better now and is back up and running today. The little monster has stopped me blogging anything since my return from Cornwall…
Posted on Sep 23, 2012
Venture on Ventura
I think its fair to say that Ventura has not always been the most popular of the P&O fleet. She arrived in a blaze of glory in 2008 and I well remember what was probably the busiest day of bookings ever in the cruise industry as people scrambled to get cabins…
Posted on Sep 16, 2012
My Favourite Fred
Last week I blogged about my first cruise, so this week I thought I would give a little more information about Braemar. Ship Facts Cabins 485 Passenger 929 Standard Occupancy Crew approx 371 Refitted 2008 Fully Stabilised Tonnage 24,344 grtLength 195.92 mBeam (width) 22.5 mSpeed 17.0 knotsLike all the Fred Olsen…
Posted on Sep 9, 2012
A National Treasure
I can`t say am an opera fan, nor one of classical music but there are some bits that I do enjoy. Watching Last Night of the Proms is one of them and last night, as tenor Joseph Calleja sang the wonderful Granada, reminded me very much of my first cruise…
Posted on Jun 24, 2012
Magnificent Marina !!
I have been lucky enough to visit and sail on some wonderful ships during my career in travel but Oceania Marina has to be the best I have seen so far. The sun was shining as we arrived at Dover Cruise Terminal to begin our visit to the ship, that…
Posted on Jun 17, 2012
Oceania Cruises
One of the best things about our job at cruise.co.uk is that we get the chance to see loads of amazing ships, old and new, sometimes just for a day sometimes, for an actual cruise. Oceania Marina On Monday I am heading off to Dover with some of my colleagues …
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