Roaming Ruth's Travels

Ben Fogle has put together a selection of brand new once in a lifetime shore excursions for Celebrity Cruises 2015  European programme. He is known for being an adventurer, writer, broadcaster and author and travels the world experiencing exciting destinations beyond the usual tourist attractions. This is sure to be…

P&O have just released the itineraries and fares for the newest addition to their fleet Britannia which is the largest cruise ship built exclusively for the British market. I am sure you have already seen the publicity surrounding this because it is already in huge demand. We did have a…

  Royal Caribbean Cruise Line have just announced that one of their newest and most innovative ships will be sailing in Europe in 2015. This will give UK guests the chance of a life time to experience this amazing ship without having to suffer a long haul flight and the dreaded…

I booked a cruise today for a lady with P&O. This was booked on a saver fare which means it is non refundable which I did advise at the time of booking. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the lady called back to say they may not be able to travel…

i was speaking to a lady this morning about a possible cruise and she asked me to look for adult only ships. Apparently on her last cruise she had a bad experience with people allowing their children to run riot and she will now only consider adult ships. While most people are…

P&O announced at the recent Travel Weekly Global travel awards ceremony that they will be changing the livery of their ships. A union Jack design will be added to all of their ships by the end of 2016. I belive this is a very good move by P&O as generally as a nation…

it was a very exciting day for my family today as the day had finally arrived when we could pick up our new puppy. We bought him 10 days ago but he was only allowed home today after having his first vaccination and being microchipped. I have grown up with…

Now we are starting a new year are you missing the end of the reality TV programmes that have taken over our screens for the last few months like X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing ? We saw Abby Clancy win in the final at Christmas and now we have…

Last week we were very disappointed to be told by P&O that our annual Christmas party was cancelled. We were due to go on Arcadia on Sunday for a 2 night Christmas markets cruise to Bruges but the ship had been in dry dock for a refurbishment and was not…

In October I went on a cruise with MSC on the Preziosa. My husband who has cruised before asked me about the dress code because as we were flying he didn’t want to pack dinner jackets and suits if it wasn’t necessary.  We have cruised with other cruise lines but…