NCL’s compulsory All Inclusive scrapped

At long last too. This was a big risk and not sure how it was ever signed off but the All inclusive drinks and tips package has at long last been scrapped. When this was first announced and applied to all their prices the UK market, agents included voiced our concerns, at the time it […]

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More Itinerary changes.

So we are in the middle of a Launch after Launch boom and what seems to be the pattern is the size of the ships, they are all getting bigger and bigger. The industry is very excited by this as more and more holiday makers turn to cruising, but, these huge ships are having an […]

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Star-Studded Guest Speaker Line-Up Unveiled For Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises has just revealed a guest speaker line-up with several celebrity names. As Sapphire Princess returns to Southampton, she brings with her another star-studded line-up of celebrity guest speakers for her second season of roundtrip sailings, April through to October.* With names across the world of entertainment, politics and sport, we have favourites returning from previous years, […]

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How to get a little extra when booking your next cruise.

Are you one of these passengers that sees the ships ‘On Board booking shop’ and take a wide berth? If so then you need to stop. The on board booking teams on the cruise line are not your Tenerife Time Share Sharks. You are not locked in a room and refused freedom until you have booked […]

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Australia, Dubai and Marco Polo….Part 3

This is the part where I would never do this type of trip again. So after 2 weeks in Australia having the time of my life, 2 nights at The Atlantis, The Palm whizzing around the Water Park and eating like a god it was now time to fly back to the UK, get a […]

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Australia, Dubai and Marco Polo….Part 2

Following on from my blog and photos on Australia we then flew onto Dubai for a 2 night stay at The Atlantis, The Palm. This turned out to be as amazing as I thought and hoped it would be, even though the cost was more than I would normally pay. It cost us £400 per […]

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Australia, Dubai and Marco Polo….

Never again, In a previous blog I wrote about my up and coming holiday in December to Australia, Dubai and then immediately followed by a work trip/ cruise on Cruise and Maritime’s Marco Polo. A great holiday was had but it was way too much, well for me anyway.   Click here to see a selection […]

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P&O, Iona, what is it all about?

P&O new ship Iona is now well on sale and going very well, many customers are very excited in this ship and it does look great.   Having Googled Iona the name is actually quite fitting. P&O as a company can trace their roots back to Scotland, and Iona is an island off the Scottish […]

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Hungry on a cruise!!!

When I was a child and long before I got into the travel industry I always had a vision and thought that going on a cruise would be a dream for me, one reason only, the ample of food I would imagine there was on them. I must have seen a film my mum was […]

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Australia, Dubai and Dublin here I come

Yep, Dublin is in there too. This week I am off to Melbourne, Australia to visit my nan and aunt, I have only ever seen them twice before when they came to the UK but with nan now 89 years of age she can not do the long flight so off I go. We have […]

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