Richard's Cruise Ramble

After lot's of rumours floating about for a while it has now finally been confirmed that Her Majesty the Queen will be naming P&O's newest ship the Britannia. The Queen will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh for the naming which will take place on Tuesday the 10th April…

One of the new features of Royal Caribbean's Quantum class ships is that they have some robotic bar tenders serving drinks.  I have to say that even though I love all of my gadgets and modern technology I am not that exited or impressed by this. The reason being is…

So finally the Captain of the Concordia Francesco Schettino had been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years. He was in fact given ten years for manslaughter, five for causing a shipwreck, one for abandoning ship and a further month for giving false information to port authorities. So…

It is almost time for Royal Caribbean's new ship, the Anthem to launch and as mentioned previously I am really excited to be sailing on the pre-inaugural cruise to experience her first hand. There are many new features and details that are specific to this new class of Quantum ship…

A Seabourn are a 6 star cruise line we already expect the service on-board to be as good as you can get, sometimes though I have to say that I am still pleasantly surprised to hear how helpful they were to my clients who have just returned from a Seabourn…

There has been much talk about the reduction in oil prices and it is certainly quite refreshing to see that the price of fuel at the pump has gone down rather than up when I go to fill up. This of course will also have a large impact on the…

January is back again and the season of holiday bookings is at it's peak. Lots of holiday companies are advertising on television and everyone seems to be talking about, thinking about and booking their next holidays. January has historically always been a very busy time for us here at cruise.co.uk…

Last month I was lucky enough to attend our Christmas conference held on a three night sailing of the Cunard Queen Mary 2 to Bruges. I hadn't been on a Cunard ship before and I was more interested to experience the Queen Mary 2 than the others in the fleet…

It has recently been announced that Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas will be soon finishing her time sailing for them. She will be embarking on her final Royal Caribbean voyage on the 29th April 2016 before she goes into dry dock before joining the fleet of Pullmantur ships.  …

This week on my blog I thought I would try and provide some useful advice.   We all know that mosquito's can be a real pest in many destinations around the world.  Some people seem to attract them more than others and I have to say that I have been…