About Me
Hi, I'm Alison. My passion for travel really started after training as an interpreter in Spanish, Italian and French. After living in Italy for a year, I started working in the Travel Industry as a reservations consultant for a large Tour Operator nearly 30 years ago and have been addicted…
Posted on May 28, 2019
I’m Missing Gallo Pinto
I am very lucky to have just returned from an amazing tour of the beautiful country Costa Rica. We offer this as one of our unique Bucket List itineraries combined with a Panama Canal cruise and I can definitely recommend it. I met a colleague at The Thistle Hotel…
Posted on May 13, 2019
Independence (of the Seas) Day
A few days ago, Royal Caribbean made the shock announcement that the much-loved Independence of the Seas would no longer be sailing from Southampton in 2020. Cruise lines are obviously well within their rights to sail their ships in whichever area of the world they choose, but changing a whole…
Posted on Apr 25, 2019
Tips!
Whatever the cruise lines call them, tips, gratuities or service charge, this subject will always spark the most heated discussions amongst their passengers. On one hand, we get the argument that the cruise fares are high enough without having to supplement the crew's salaries with tipping whilst on the other…
Posted on Apr 9, 2019
Suite Dreams
I have just come back from a lovely relaxing eight nights away on Fred Olsen Braemar. We travelled from Southampton to beautiful Bordeaux and Northern Spain. Braemar is the smallest of the Fred Olsen fleet of ships and also the shortest which means she can access ports such as Bordeaux…
Posted on Mar 26, 2019
I can’t believe I just did that!
On Sunday, I ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon. It was an amazing day and a fantastic route around the major sights of our beautiful capital city. The weather was glorious (a bit too warm really!) and the sun lit up all the iconic buildings that we passed. It was…
Posted on Mar 11, 2019
Cruisers, runners and dog walkers..
I am currently training for a half marathon which is now less than two weeks away. As I am so close now to the date, my runs have gradually been increasing in length and as I am far from what could be described as a natural athlete, I have been…
Posted on Feb 25, 2019
Should the ship wait?…
Ten days ago, Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas sailed out of Nassau leaving two of it's passengers behind on the quayside. The scene was filmed by passengers on the Norwegian Bliss which was docked alongside and, since posting online, has gone viral. Symphony had delayed sailing for twenty minutes…
Posted on Feb 11, 2019
Only 15 Drinks A Day!
P&O Cruises have just announced that an Ultimate Drinks Package will soon be available to purchase on board their ships starting with Azura on 26th March, followed by Brittania on 7th April, Aurora 8th April, Oceana 18th April and lastly Ventura on 23rd April. The price is £39.95 per person…
Posted on Jan 28, 2019
Have you visited a film set?
After seven years off our screens, E4 is bringing back "Shipwrecked" one of TV's earliest reality shows from 9pm this evening. The basic concept of the show is two tribes of people are put together on separate uninhabited island in the South Pacific and battle it out to win a…
Posted on Jan 12, 2019
Would you get a cruise tattoo?
New cruise ships launch fairly frequently these days with cruising increasing in popularity every year. Each new vessel tries to have something a bit different on board to differentiate and stand out from the rest. Over the past few years, we have seen water slides, zip wires, bumper cars, robots…
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