The Life Of A Cruise Agent

Well here I am sitting in the lovely French countryside right next the the beautiful Tapestry II with Avalon River cruises. Starting in Paris after a very short flight we set off for the ship. TOP TIP HERE If you choose the earlier flight, your are not hanging round all…

We get very lucky here @ cruise.co.uk , every now and then we get to try the products we are selling to you all. Last year I was lucky to get lots of trips , and if you look back on my blogs for 2016 there are lots of reviews…

My favourite time of the year (not) has approached again , I take the calls with sometime dread in my heart, when I hear the words "family of five" and the children are 11 / 7 / 6 YES YOU GUESSED IT IS LATE SEASON. Oh my heart just breaks…

Who is Suzi Quatro I can hear hundreds of younger people saying, well born 3rd June 1950 (yes she is 66) I can remember her being quite the icon in my younger days , there were not many female artists in the "rock" genre. And now you can see her…

In April this year NCL (Norwegian cruise lines) have taken the brave step of going All inclusive, now there are other ships that have this, but generally speaking its the six star plus that offer this, even then you do not always get everything. this is on all ships all…

How we all loved trip adviser when it came out, no more guessing about whether hotels were in a good or bad area, pop on and have a look at real reviews from real people, much like our website for cruises, but oh dear what a Pandora's box it really…

Well we thought it was! Not all passengers felt the same, and some of them strong Fred Olsen fans, I think the main reason for this was the fact she had jut returned from a 77 night Amazon cruise, right before our little 5 night one, maybe something to watch…

Well that is me now out of office for 8 whole days , first time this year I have had more than one day off in a row, peaks are a great rush in the travel industry, but very tiring, so looking forward to some good Fred Olsen hospitality. We…

When we hear "the rock" we think of San Francisco and the famous rock there, we have our very own , Gibraltar. A popular port of call for many of the cruise ships in/out of Southampton, they will either stop on the way out or home, either way , plenty…

It that silly time of the year when the families are still trying to get that last minute bargain for Easter, and next month it will be the same for summer holidays , so I was delighted to day to book a lady on the Braemar for 9 nights, with…