Gail's Cruising Tales

Why do we try and over complicate things these days? Has it always been this way? Or is it just in the past few years? There are lots of examples I can tell you about, personally and in my work life, but I will stick to just the one this…

Who wants to know how many days there are left until Santa Claus comes to town this year? It's just 97 days and counting. How do you feel about this news? Ecstatic? Depressed? Panicked? In my house, we all love Christmas. Yes, I get very stressed in the run up, cleaning…

  Let me ask you a question - when you hear the term " all inclusive ", when it relates to a holiday or cruise - what does that mean to you? Well for me that means it should be what the term All Inclusive means - drinks, food, entertainment…

What is one of the most enjoyable things on a cruise? What causes numerous moans and groans? Is it the entertainment? Itinerary? Ships Crew? Well, we may praise or criticize  any or all of these,  but the dining experiences offered by the cruise lines help to make or break an…

Lets talk turkey and I don't mean the country. The beginning of September always feels like the start of a new year to me. Children returning to school with their new shiny uniforms, colder days and nights etc. For many of us our eagerly anticipated holiday is a long distant…

I thought that this week to coincide with the news from Royal Caribbean Cruise Line about the new features they are introducing on their Quantum class ships, I would try and be clever and give you the definition of what the word Quantum means - I have had to think…

Yesterday, whilst watching the BBC News, they reported on a Which? survey about travelling from different UK airports. What do you think when you are travelling by air these days? Is it any wonder that cruising from the UK is so popular? The airport experience used to be an enjoyable…

I am positive that anyone who deals regularly with us here at cruise.co.uk, is aware that we always offer fantastic customer service, brilliant Tailor Made cruise deals a market leading website with so much information for both the inexperienced and experienced cruiser. So I am sure that anyone who has…

  These days we live in a world that is full of Social Media - it is impossible to get away from it. In fact, the very job I do involves Facebook, Google Plus, Blogs etc - but I think. for a good reason. However, increasingly, we seem unable to…

Many cruise ships include Naples in Southern Italy as part of their itinerary. Have you ever been to Naples before? I have, once! and that was just to use it as my airport gateway to get to Sorrento. Admittedly, this was a few years ago, and the city may have…