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 Jan 4, 2013
January Sails are here !
First of all I would like to wish a Happy New Year to all of my passengers and blog readers. I have just returned to work from an extended break, now all refreshed and rejuvenated.2012 was such an eventful and interesting year, certainly one to remember, at least the world…
Posted on Nov 25, 2012
Getting qualified in cruise
At Cruise.co.uk we are always trying to better ourselves as specialist cruise consultants. We spend a lot of time doing in house training with various cruise lines so that we can give the best possible advice and share all of our knowledge with our clients. All of the main cruise…
Posted on Oct 22, 2012
NCL announce a 3rd new ship
Norwegian Cruise line (NCL) have already recently announced that 2 new ships are being built for them (the Breakaway and the Getaway). Now it has been announced that they will be building a 3rd ship, codenamed the Breakaway Plus.With Breakaway less than a year away and Getaway running ahead of schedule, Norwegian Cruise…
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
Drew U Legend
Earlier this week I received some really upsetting news. Once of my work colleagues and a friend had passed away aged just 30 years old.Drew was unfortunately diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Sarcoma in October 2011. I used to sit next to Drew in the office and we always used…
Posted on Sep 24, 2012
My day on board the Pullmantur Empress
Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to go down to Dover to visit the Pullmantur Empress for the day. Not really knowing anything about Pullmantur I was interested to find out what they were like. Pullmantur are a Spanish cruise line, they are owned by Royal Caribbean and their…
Posted on Sep 13, 2012
Cunard forced to cancel the 3rd October 2012 sailing on the Queen Victoria due to engine troubles
It has been recently been announced that Cunard line have had to cancel a 16 night sailing that was due to depart from Southampton on the 3rd October 2012. It seems that the Queen Victoria is suffering from engine troubles and Cunard have been forced to put her into dry dock…
Posted on Sep 4, 2012
The MV Discovery set to replace Cruise and Maritimes Ocean Countess
The owners of the 650 passenger mv Discovery have entered into a joint venture with Cruise & Maritime Voyages which the group has promised will offer passengers sharply reduced fares.The All Leisure Group which also owns the 352 passenger Minerva and the 49 passenger Hebridean Princess wants to target the budget end of the cruise…
Posted on Aug 27, 2012
Would you sail on the “new” Titanic ?
An Australian billionaire has announced plans to build an exact replica of the doomed liner. The 21st-century version of the famous ship will be historically accurate and will make its maiden voyage from England to New York in 2016. Clive Palmer has commissioned Chinese company CSC Jinlin Shipyard to build…
Posted on Aug 15, 2012
Please vote for us at the World Travel Awards
Once again a cruise.co.uk we have been nominated to win the award for Europes leading cruise travel agent, World's leading cruise travel agent and World's leading cruise online community at the World Travel awards. We would obviously love to win so or all of these awards again but we need your votes to…
Posted on Aug 7, 2012
Bed news for the Sunbed hoggers……
Carnival Cruise Lines is the latest to announce it will make every effort to put the brakes on chair hoggers (derisively known as "choggers"), who claim sun lounges by the pool even though they're not using them, in a new pilot program. The test effort allows passengers to leave their loungers…
Thank you for subscribing!