Cruise Reviews - Shearings Cruises

My friend and I booked a river Danube cruise in July of this year Boat Serenade 2 Shearings As we had not recieved the excursion booklet two weeks before we were due to sail I rang Shearings They...

I must be honest that I set off on our Danube cruise with a little bit of trepidation. You see I had booked with Shearings, at about half the price of Viking or Avalon, so was it going to be any...

We have just returned from a Rhine cruise on MV Virginia booked through Shearings. It is the first and last time we will ever book through this company again. The ship is tired and old and should...

We decided on a river cruise as we had always wanted to cruise down the Rhine although we were very apprehensive as our cruising experience has been on big ships. The M V Virginia only has around...

This was our first river cruise, and we were using it as a taster to see if we liked the experience. It only lasted 4 nights, sailing from Cologne, to Koblenz, then onto Boppard and Rudesheim, and...

We booked this holiday on a whim to return to Germany after 20 years.We set off from Stretton interchange in Warrington on Tuesday the 13th June and travelled down to their main interchange at...

We have just returned from our fourth trip on the Da Vinci. The Rhine, Saar and Mosel river cruise was wonderful, the ship, our cabin, the food and the weather we're all perfect. This ship...

Just returned from the nicest river cruise I have done. It was on the MPS Da Vinci, it was a Shearings run cruise on the most Elegant river boat I have been on. Our cabin 106 was ideally situated...

I booked this holiday before reading any reviews, unusual for me but fortunate, if I had read some of the unfair reviews I wouldn't have booked and deprived myself of a wonderful week on the Rhine....

We have just returned from our first river cruise and we were very disappointed. We have been on several Ocean cruises and thought we would try our first river cruise, we booked with Shearings for...

We travelled by North Sea Ferries from Hull on our outward & return journey to the Danube in comfortable twin bedded cabins with buffet dinner & breakfast included. We also had stops in...

We've been to half a dozen short U.K. breaks with Shearings holidays and always got what was expected. They provide a cheap and cheerful experience, that has always been value for money. Would a...

This was the second time we have sailed on the MPS Da Vinci. We had such a good time last year sailing on the Danube that we decided to go again on the Rhine/Moselle/Saar trip. This ship is...

This year after being widowed decided to spend Christmas away from home so my friend and I booked a river cruise on the Rhine with Shearings MPS Rotterdam and we were not disappointed. We went via...

The cabin was TINY. We paid a premium for a cabin upgrade but were told that an empty cabin that we had seen opposite our friends' had already been reallocated. We subsequently never saw anyone...

Just returned from cruise on Esmerelda ,Cabins were extremely small,had to keep moving suitcase around and not enough storage space to completely unpack.Choice of menu most nights was pork or fish...

We travelled by coach to Linz on July 15th to join the Da Vinci River cruise. The coach journey took 2 days from the central pick up point, we travelled for 13 hours on the first day (feeder coach...

We've just have a marvellous cruise along the Danube on board the MPS Da Vinci. ( Shearings 'Grand Danube Explorer' holiday, travelling via coach, with an overnight in a hotel in Liege). The ship...

Arrived at the Da Vinci at 8-20pm, a warm reception from the Captain and his Officers, a welcome handshake from the Captain. Time only to freshen up before Dinner at 8-30pm. We met our table...

I have been to ocean cruises, wanted to try a river cruise to see the difference.It was a nice cruise, of course not grand as the ocean cruise. Outward journey took 2 whole days overland to join...