About Me
I have worked in the travel industry for over 25 years now since beginning as a holiday rep on a campsite in France and I have a real passion for travel. I've worked in all aspects of the industry including sales, marketing and management and I've specialised in most products…
Posted on Jan 20, 2011
The Complete Cruise Brochure is out now
I have just seen this year's copy of the Complete Cruise Brochure and it's better than ever. If you haven't cruised before there are loads of pull out guides to help you choose and comparison tables showing all the facilities offered by the differing cruise lines. We have included our normal…
Posted on Jan 17, 2011
Surely fuel is a requirement of all cruises?
Fred Olsen have in the last week announced that they are increasing their fuel surcharge for future cruises. But surely those nice people at Fred Olsen were aware when pricing their cruises for 2011 and 2012 that fuel would be a large part of their costs. I am not hugely…
Posted on Jan 1, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU I'll be back in work on the 3rd Jan and am really looking forward to 2011. With the Complete Cruise Brochure plus our new tailor made brochure being sent out, it is going to be a really busy start to the year. I also hopefully…
Posted on Dec 25, 2010
Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY I am spending the day with my family and my parents at my brothers house. We'll be eating lots, drinking lots and playing lots of games with my son & his cousins. Wishing you all a wonderful day too
Posted on Dec 14, 2010
Royal Caribbean increase gratuities charge
Royal Caribbean have announced this week that they are increasing their recommended gratuities charge on all sailings from 01 July 2011. They are now recommending $11.65 per person for a standard cabin and $13.90 per person in a suite. Royal Caribbean do say that gratuities are at the discretion of…
Posted on Dec 7, 2010
More Royal Wedding Announcements
Having written about Cunard cruises and P&O's plans for the Royal Wedding, I thought it only fair to advise that Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Cruises have also announced that they will be televising the wedding live across all of their ships. You will be able to watch in a…
Posted on Nov 30, 2010
Thanks for voting for me…I won
Just a quick note to thank all my customers (and a few friends too) for voting for me in our recent Cruise.co.uk competition. I won the 'Best Blog' award, whilst my colleague Tina was 'Best Cruise Consultant.' I enjoy writing my blog and am glad that you all enjoy reading…
Posted on Nov 25, 2010
Watch the Royal Wedding at sea
With Prince William and Kate Middleton announcing their engagement this week and the date being set for 29th April 2011, the cruise lines have had a race to announce their plans. Cunard were the first to announce that the ceremony will be shown on in the Royal Court Theatre on…
Posted on Nov 19, 2010
Please vote for me
Thank you for getting this far and reading my blog. It's great fun to write a blog and gives me a real buzz to know that people are reading it and enjoying my comments. With our Christmas party looming next week, Cruise.co.uk are trying to seeing who has the most…
Posted on Nov 16, 2010
P&O respond to changing markets
P&O have decided to turn Oriana into an adults only ship from November 2011. This will give them 3 adult only ships - Adonia, Arcadia and Oriana. This is a great move by P&O who have started to lose a number of loyal customers, following poor reviews of Ventura and…
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