Gina's Cruise Guide

Just back from a 12 day cruise around the Baltics on board Cruise & Maritime's Magellan.  Now  I will do my best to give you  a balanced view of my time on board, however, be prepared, because there's not many positives I'm afraid.... Just to put you in the picture, I…

Here we go - yet another Giant of a ship being built!  Like we havent got enough already! I hate the big ships!  So impersonal.  Floating cities, crammed with as many passengers as the cruise line can get away with.... Its all about the money and less about the customers…

Well, I can tell you that for the past week, me and technology have fallen out big time! I’ve had an absolute nightmare struggling with the various programmes I need to use on a daily basis in order to do my job.                …

I was watching Sky News recently and Eamonn Holmes was talking to a Senior member of the British Airports Authority  about the current legislation surrounding bringing liquids through security.  What this very eminent and experienced gentleman revealed was a real eye-opener, and something that I have often wondered about. So…

Prepare yourselves for my rant - because I'm boiling! and it ain't due to the recent heatwave ! I've just returned from a short holiday to Spain - which was lovely by the way.  I flew with Easyjet from Bristol to Malaga.  With just a small suitcase which is well…

As you know I have just returned from a trip to Amsterdam where I was invited to look around Holland America's latest Pinnacle class ship the Koningsdam, but also to take advantage of the weekend to catch up with my Travel Mentor and good friend Lin. Lin owns and runs…

I have recently returned from a weekend in Amsterdam where I was invited on board HAL's latest and largest Pinnacle Class ship, the Koningsdam.   I also took the opportunity to meet up with a very dear friend whom I hadnt seen for 30 odd years since I joined the…

When I was invited to spend a night aboard the Saga Sapphire, I was in two minds..... I imagined it'll be like staying at a posh Old Folks Home, with people my Nan's age.  I envisaged mobility scooters, wheelchair-bound passengers clogging up the passageways.  BINGO! (I hate Bingo..) Overheated rooms, and bland…

So yes, you've all seen the media hype about Harmony's first sail out recently so here's my verdict based on my 6 nights on board. On the Negative Side............ One of the biggest attractions that everyone was looking forward to was cancelled without notice. The Aqua Theatre Show.  So all those of…

So I had the opportunity  to hop aboard Cruise & Maritime's Marco Polo Ship, when she docked in Avonmouth recently. I was curious to see how she compared to the Magellan, a ship I have spent time on, and on which I have booked to visit the Baltics later on in…