Kerry's Cruise Guide

This weekend saw me fly out of Heathrow with British Airways to Amsterdam, where I am lucky to be joining the beautiful Uniworld River Cruise Ship - SS Antoinette for 3 nights sailing on the Castles along the Rhine River Cruise. This cruise operates on an 7 night itinerary sailing…

As an avid cruiser myself, I am a member of various Facebook groups as I do love to read other people's questions, thoughts and reviews of their previous trips. One thing apart from the tipping debate that always gets varied opinions is a Sail away party. Love them or loathe them,…

So after my last post about booking so early in 2018 - I have to report that I will now be one of those people on the 19th September who will be paying a deposit and booking a cruise in April 2018. Only thing is I haven't decided whether to…

Some of you who read my blog regularly may know that since January I joined slimming world to help me slim down into my perfect wedding dress in May 2018. Since I have been going I am pleased to say that at time of writing this blog I have lost…

How far in advance do you book your cruise? Are you someone who books early to secure the cabin you prefer to have, or do you need to book early to get a family cabin and family spaces? Or are you like me and are someone who waits for a…

I have wanted to do Race for Life for about 3 years now, but have always thought I couldn't do it. So on Saturday 23rd July, my Slimming World group had their Race for Life and which I am pleased to say I took part in (and dragged my dad…

Have you ever whilst on board your cruise visited the Future Cruise desk? or wondered why there is always a queue of people at the desks? Or have you felt you had better not enquire with as you don't want to be disloyal to your travel agent who you book all…

For those new to cruising, embarkation day can seem a bit daunting as you won't be used to the procedure, for some guests it can be a stressful day with maybe long drives/ waiting at the terminal as you are just wanting to get on (depending on your arrival time…

Since my last blog about the preview cruises I took on board the Harmony of the Seas, it seems Royal Caribbean have received many complaints as well as listened to feedback and have issued everyone who sailed on the 4 night mini cruise, 50% off the cruise fare paid, back…

I was lucky enough to spend 6 nights on the brand new Harmony of the Seas, 2 nights as a Travel Agent and then 4 nights as a paying passenger. Many of you will have read in the news the problems that people on the 4 nights had encountered, ie…