Cruise for free.
Hurtigruten have offered a fantastic guarantee to customers on their Norwegian Coastal Voyages this winter – book a 12 day voyage and if you fail to see the Northern Lights they will give you another cruise for free. This is an awesome promise. Sailing to see the Northern Lights is not a cheap option, the […]
Read MoreMy top tip for single passengers.
Over the last few years P&O have shown a softening towards single passengers with the introduction of more single cabins across their fleet. This started with the launch of Azura in June 2009 and the first dedicated single cabins in the fleet followed by changes being made to existing twin cabins to provide sole […]
Read MoreTurkish visas explained.
Last year Turkey introduced the e-visa system and there still seems to be a lot of confusion so I thought I would summarise the situation for you. If you are travelling on a cruise that does not start or finish in Turkey, but only calls there as a port of call you do NOT need […]
Read MoreThe ship that looks like a train. Your thoughts please.
Richard Branson’s woes have increased this week after CAD images of his new Virgin Cruise ships were leaked to the press after they were presented in court. The ship looks decidedly like one of his Virgin Trains and personally I am not convinced by the design. I am all for sleek modern looking ships […]
Read MoreIs this the end of norovirus?
I have just had an amazing night on board P&O’s new flagship Britannia. She far exceeded my expectations and I am looking forward to selling her. However she did have a few strange features on board which I was not altogether convinced by. Namely the lack of anti bacterial gel and instead the installation of […]
Read MoreThe Fjords in 5 nights from the UK
Fred Olsen have just announced their 2016 itineraries and are offering something a little bit different with 5 night sailings to the Fjords from Newcastle. The problem with Fjords sailings from the UK is that they generally originate from Southampton and it takes a full day at sea at either end of the cruise to […]
Read MoreViking River Cruises to sail the Mississippi
Viking River Cruises have this week announced that they are going to be sailing along the Mississippi from 2017. They are initially going to base 2 ships from New Orleans and aim to expand the fleet to 6 by 2019. This is really exciting for British cruisers, currently there are very few ship sailing the […]
Read MoreHave your luggage delivered from your home to the ship
At Cruise.co.uk we are now offering a luggage delivery service to make getting to the port easier for you or to enable you to take more luggage on board than you can normally get there by plane on a fly cruise. We are now working with Luggage Mule and can arrange for your bags to […]
Read MoreNew Southampton to Sydney sailings.
Fred Olsen have this week added some World Cruise sectors to Black Watch’s 2016 world cruise and are now offering 2 Grand Voyages. The first is a 56 night sailing from Southampton to Sydney and she sails out via the Caribbean and South America Southampton ~ Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores ~ Bridgetown, Barbados ~ […]
Read MoreDon’t you deserve the best?
Regent Seven Seas Cruises have certainly raised the bar on luxury with the Regent Suite on board their new ship Seven Seas Explorer. Billed as the ‘most luxurious ship ever built’ the ship sails her maiden voyage on the 20th July 2016 and her showcase suite is 3,875 square feet. The average family home in […]
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