About Me

Hello there Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and in getting to know more about me My name is Kerry James and I have worked within Travel for the last 19 years. I have worked in different areas within the industry - selling package holidays, around…

Posted on Dec 28, 2015
Plumbing issues on the Oriana

So after the excitement of our engagement, I will now let you know how many short break on the Oriana, at the beginning of December went. You may recall I wrote about the new embarkation procedures P&O have put into place and the dilemma we were faced as we were…

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Posted on Dec 14, 2015
A marriage proposal

So this weeks blog was supposed to tell you about my recent cruise on board Oriana, which I have just returned from. However that will be the next one I write as I have some exciting news to share with you which happened on my recent trip. I GOT ENGAGED…

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Posted on Nov 30, 2015
To accept upgrade or to decline upgrade?

To some people choosing a cabin can be one of the most important decisions to make at the time of booking a cruise. Some don't like being at the front, others don't like being on certain decks as their balconies will be shaded or have metal fronts, others want to…

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Posted on Nov 16, 2015
P&O’s Chaotic new check-in process

So many of you may know that recently P&O decided to change their embarkation process at Southampton, apparently due to customer feedback that customers wanted to have their cabins ready at time of boarding (they never asked for my feedback, as it doesn't bother me if my cabin is ready…

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Posted on Nov 2, 2015
Trying out Anthems Innovations a second time

Last weekend me and my partner boarded the Anthem of the Seas (2nd time this year for me) and set sail on our mini cruise for 3 nights. This time embarkation was so quick and easy - we arrived at 10:40 (our appointment time was 11:15 for check in and…

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Posted on Oct 19, 2015
My cruising addiction

There is a famous saying which is:  travel is the only thing that makes you richer - however after this week I think my partner will disagree and say it makes him poorer (but not in the sense the saying is meaning, but in the terms of his bank balance…

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Posted on Oct 5, 2015
Welcome Home

Here at cruise.co.uk we obviously love booking all out past passengers and new customers on their forthcoming cruises - some of which might be bucket list trips or trips of a lifetime, some might be trips which have taken a while to save up for and others might be last…

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Posted on Sep 21, 2015
Disney to the rescue

A few days ago, a 22 year old man who was a passenger on board Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the seas, somehow managed to fall overboard/ land up being in the water - but it wasn't his own ship which came to his rescue - but a passing ship, the…

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Posted on Sep 7, 2015
My Baltic port guide part 3

After leaving Helsinki we had three fantastic more ports on our itinerary - Copenhagen, Oslo and Zeebrugge. I have been to Copenhagen twice on a cruise and also to Zeebrugge, but Oslo was new to both of us. Getting off in Copenhagen seemed chaotic as people were rushing to go…

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Posted on Aug 24, 2015
My Baltic port guide Part 2

After leaving Stockholm, our next port of guide was the lovely port of Tallinn, Estonia. On leaving the ship there was a lovely little local craft market to walk through before heading off for the 20 minute walk into Tallinn. P&O were operating a shuttle bus service which was £4…

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