Dawn On A Cruise

Last week was a busy week for P&O as they released their Summer 2021 schedules and unusually also their Winter 2021/22 schedules too. For the next month or so they will be offering past passengers a 10% discount off of their fares and for new guests a 5% discount. And…

Norwegian Cruiselines rarely sail from the UK, so when they advertised the Norwegian Spirit for sailings out of Southampton it was a welcome change to some of the usual cruise lines and the itineraries was rather nice. Iceland is a perfect destination to sail to and make use of days…

Last week on the 23rd September 2019 saw the end of travel era of a company with 178 years of history in the industry,  with the very sad news that Thomas Cook went into compulsory liquidation. With a loss of over 22000 jobs, my heart goes out to all those…

This weekend saw the press release of the potential uniforms for the crew on board the new Virgin Voyages, the first being the Scarlet Lady which is due to set sail in April 2020. Unfortunately due to copyright laws, I cannot publish a photo of the said look, but have…

What a weekend for the end of August and the Start of September has been already in the world of travel. Florida has been on high alert and lockdown as Hurricane Dorian makes her way angrily across from the Atlantic and towards the Bahamas and has recently been upgraded to…

I have just returned from a split weeks holiday, due to so many people off at the moment I couldn't get the full weeks leave so had to work in between a near weeks holiday. And what a great few days I have had. I spent the week up in…

So this week Celebrity Cruises announced that they were adding a pre-inaugural cruise for the launch of the Celebrity Apex in April 2020. Originally, the ship was due to have her inaugural cruise on the 05th April 2020 for 8 nights. Now, due to the ship being ready earlier than…

Hola from a very hot Spain. The weather here has been extremely hot with temperatures reaching over 40 degrees.  Not the most comfortable weather to be working in but with the sea breeze and plenty of fans around me I have survived (I have aircon but am not a fan…

Gratuities, always a hot topic of conversation for us Brits. Our cousins from across the pond happily pay a gratuity and expect to pay at least 15-20% on service provided in bars, restaurants, hotels (the list goes on) even if the service has been poor.  But as a nation, we British…