Gail's Cruising Tales

    Social Media is a big part of many peoples lives these days. It is difficult to get away from it - arrangements are made, good and bad news posts seem to be on Facebook every two seconds! In fact, social media is a big part of my job…

Calling all you chocoholics out there - Yesterday, Princess Cruises announced a new partnership with master chocolatier, Norman Love - I have to say, I have never heard of him before, apparently he has been named as one of the top ten chocolatiers in North America,   but anyone who…

Once again, I was lucky enough last week to attend a ship visit on board the Holland America  ship - Prisendam. When I told my family and friends they weren't too impressed by the name - I am sure you can understand why!! But, let me tell you, what a…

I have to ask myself what these "Fly On The Wall " documentaries actually do for the travel and cruise industry. I remember years ago watching the first few episodes of Airline - the documentary about Easyjet staff and the day to day dramas they face and thinking to myself…

Now, I am a bit of a technophobe - we have recently purchased a new " Smart TV" and it's taking me sometime to get to grips with all the different screens we can have, we can Skype, I can talk to it - I think the only thing it…

Are you like me? The only time I check when my Passport runs out is when I am stood in a queue waiting to check in for either a flight or my cruise. Then as soon as the holiday is over, it gets put back in the drawer and only…

I recently watched a BBC programme called " Don't get done, get Dom ". I don't know if you have seen any of these programmes before, I haven't, but this one featured stories about 2 families who had suffered flight delays. To cut a long story short, they had both…

Who remembers the catchphrase used by Fred Pontin? For those who aren't old enough to remember it was - BOOK EARLY. Never has such great advice been given to families. For the past couple of weeks I have been speaking to an increasing number of customers who are looking for…

Most of us like to keep up to date with new technology, home improvements and the like, but the cruise lines are on a never ending quest to bring us the best and most innovative experience they can. It seems we are hearing from the cruise lines more frequently than…

We all know that airlines, tour operators, cruise lines etc increase their prices during peak times, but I have just read about the astronomical amounts  hotels are charging in Lisbon for the night of the Champions League final this year. The average cost of a room in Lisbon is normally…