About Me

I started at Cruise.co.uk back in April 2009.  I was new to the travel industry as my previous work was within the mortgage industry, due to the credit crunch (and being made redundant) this wasn't a great industry to be in so I looked for something new which is when…

Posted on Jul 30, 2013
More Cruises to Egypt Cancelled

The British Foreign office is still at this time advising against travel to most of Egypt, the only parts that people are currently allowed to travel to at this time are Red Sea coastal resorts such as Sharm-el-Sheikh as these are un-affected, you can see what I mean by clicking THIS LINK and viewing…

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Posted on Jul 23, 2013
New Cunard and P&O Getaways now with added on board credit !

  I previously blogged in June of this year about the fact that P&O and Cunard had in effect done a "U-turn" on their getaway fares policy allowing cabins with an occupancy of one, three or four to now book on getaway fares departing from 1st September 2013 onwards (you can read…

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Posted on Jul 15, 2013
Do you like Bread and Butter Pudding ? Holland America may just be the Cruise Line for you

I was an interesting conversation with one of my clients recently about which cruise line's they had sailed with and who they preferred. It came up in conversation that my clients weren't to keen on Holland America Line so naturally I had to ask why, as I believe them to be a good…

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Posted on Jul 3, 2013
Join the MSC Club before you have even sailed with them for free

Now with MSC Cruises, in their latest virtual brochure, can join the MSC Club before you have even sailed with them. You would receive your membership card on the first day of your first cruise and be able to get the on-board benefits of being an MSC Club member straight away. You…

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Posted on Jun 21, 2013
On Annual Leave 21/06/13 to 01/07/13

I'm now away on annual leave from Friday the 21st June and I will be returning to the office on Monday the 1st July. If you require assistance while I am away please call 0800 408 6200 and one of my colleagues will be happy to assist you.

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Posted on Jun 10, 2013
River Cruises suffer due to flooding in Europe

It's not just the UK that has suffered terrible weather in recent times.  There has been terrible floods across central Europe. Obviously this isn't going to have that much of an impact on ocean cruises but it certainly does on river cruises. I have updated info showing what has been…

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Posted on Jun 2, 2013
P&O and Cunard do a U-turn on single and family Getaway deals

On the 30th May 2013 P&O and Cunard released a major amount of sailings for later in 2013 onto their "Getaway" promotion. These new Getaway deals are from sailings beginning  September 2013 to the end of the year. For people that don't know what a Getaway deal is, I will explain... P&O and…

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Posted on May 23, 2013
What makes a good cruise deal ?

It has to be said that there are some amazing cruise offers this year. A lot of the special late deals offered by cruise line's have some down sides to offset the massive reduction in price.  What makes a good cruise deal really depends on what you want from your…

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Posted on May 13, 2013
Carnival Cruise Line to pull it’s ships out of the UK and Europe for 2014

Carnival Cruise Line have just announced that they will be redeploying their ships away from the UK and Europe in 2014. Carnival have not long ago brought the Legend over to sail from the UK and the Sunshine to sail from Barcelona, but it seems this isn't working out as well…

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Posted on Apr 30, 2013
I have just been on the New Norwegian Breakaway, what did I think of her ?

I have just returned from Southampton, where I was privileged enough to have spent a night on the new Norwegian Breakaway. I had been looking forward to this visit for a long time, I really love visiting ships and I hadn't been on an Norwegian Cruise Line ship before so I was keen…

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