About Me
Ahoy there! Welcome to 'Set Sail with Sean.' I feel lucky that I have been able to combine my passion with my career for the past 20 years in the travel industry. It's been a privilege to have visited some amazing places and experienced once in a lifetime moments through the…
Posted on Nov 19, 2018
The Guaranteed Cabin Debate!!!
Over the years more and more cruise lines have offered a guaranteed cabin, as a result a lot of customers have often taken this option. So what is a guaranteed cabin? First off we should probably take a second and explain exactly what a guaranteed cabin is, as the phrase itself…
Posted on Nov 2, 2018
Down The River, On The Up!!!
If you were to ask me 5 years ago would a River Cruise be on my ‘bucket’ list, the answer would have been No! However it just over 4 weeks I will be embarking on my first river cruise on the Mekong from Vietnam into Cambodia. Today, the popularity of…
Posted on Oct 17, 2018
Cruise Line Raises Gratuity For Third Time In Three Years!
Understandably tipping has been and always will be a contentious issue among cruise goers. However, news has emerged that Holland American Line has just revealed their decision to increase the price of the daily gratuities on-board their fleet. However, this is third time Holland America Line have raised there gratuities in recent…
Posted on Oct 2, 2018
My Genoa Experience & MSC Fantasia – Part 3
So after 3 nights stay in the city of Genoa, it was now time to board MSC Fantasia for 7 nights around the Western Mediterranean. Firstly though I wanted to find out how easy it was enough to get to the ship. As we are having breakfast on the roof…
Posted on Sep 17, 2018
My Genoa Experience & MSC Fantasia – Part 2
On my previous blog I stated we stopped in Genoa 3 nights before boarding MSC Fantasia, so what are my thoughts of this city and would I recommend it is a pre or post cruise stay? Well Genoa itself is home to more than 600,000 people and is Italy's 6th largrst…
Posted on Aug 31, 2018
My Genoa Experience & MSC Fantasia – Part 1
Well I am just back from a 3 night stay in Genoa and 7 night cruise around the Western Mediterranean on the MSC Fantasia - which was absolutely Fantastic! Unfortunately as you aware Genoa was hit with a terrible incident 2 days before I was travelling out as the Morandi…
Posted on Aug 16, 2018
Arrivederci For Now!
That's right as my blog is being published me and my family are off on our holidays for 10 nights in total. Firstly will be staying in Genoa for a total of 3 nights and then we are booked on MSC Fantasia for the remaining 7 nights of our holiday.…
Posted on Aug 1, 2018
How Many More Ships? – As MSC Have 10 More On Order In The Next 8 Years!!!
With MSC just taking delivery of it's latest vessel MSC Seaview it's just been anounced that cruise the line also announced plans to order two enlarged sister ships. So including this year and upto 2026 MSC alone will be introducing 10 new ships to their fleet and all of them…
Posted on Jul 17, 2018
ARE P&O FINALLY GOING TO GO DOWN THE ALL-INCLUSIVE ROUTE!!!
It has just been announced that P&O Cruises will be trialling an All-Inclusive drinks package on one of their ships from next week. The trial will be happening on P&O Azura only from the 21st July 2018 for only a one month period and if this trial proves to be…
Posted on Jul 2, 2018
Another One Bites The Dust!!!
It has just announced that P&O have made a decision for their oldest ship in their fleet Oriana is to leave the line in August 2019. The 69,840 gross ton Oriana was built by Meyer Werft and introduced in 1995, the 1,880-passenger ship has been a pivotal vessel for P&O. Oriana begun the modernization…
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