Tom's Travels

Virgin Cruises has been a little up in the air lately with what was going to happen with this new venture that Billionaire Richard Branson is so determined to start, and you can help him in the design of what the ships will have on board. If you want something…

When it comes to new ships it is a very competitive market with around 30 new ships to grace the seven seas in the next 8 years.  Celebrity Cruises have two new ships, Royal Caribbean have a new Oasis Class and 2 new Quantum Class ships, Princess has a new…

  It has recently hit the news that Splendour of the Seas would be leaving the Royal Caribbean fleet, it has also been announced that Majesty of the Seas will also leave the RCI fleet and go to Pullmantur, Splendour however is taking a different path and joining as the…

On Sunday 3rd May 2015 this marked the start of a very special year for Cunard, the 175th Anniversary of this amazing cruise line. It saw Queen Mary 2, the flag ship in the Cunard fleet along with her two sisters, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth arrive home after their…

  Days after the brand new Anthem of the Seas was named in Southampton, we saw a new Royal Caribbean ship grace the shore of Southampton – Explorer of the Seas sailing in on the 23rd April after a 40 day dry dock refurbishment. Explorer of the Seas is now…

Costa Cruises are probably one of the most well-known cruise lines in the World but some of that is down to the wrong reasons. Costa are Italian and have beautiful ships sailing all the oceans of the World and what’s more is that they offer incredible value for money. In…

    As we approach April this will see the end to launch season for 2016-2017 however some cruise lines have been out as early as November, March saw the release of Royal Caribbean’s 2016-2017 itineraries and some big news for Southampton. Anthem of the Seas that has been brought…

Britannia left Southampton yesterday on her Maiden voyage, after a Busy week in Southampton with Exclusive Invitation Only Events seeing Travel Agents, members of the Press, Celebrities and past passengers being on board to see P&O's new flag ship. This is a very tiny thing to some, but I came…

Britannia sailing in to Southampton last Friday does mark the start of another busy year for the cruise industry and surprise. Many of the cruise lines are starting to release there 2016/2017 schedules and with Anthem of the Seas to launch next month the excitement is certainly far from over.…

The design of Britannia is that of a Boutique hotel which has a very nautical feel to her, after all P&O has said that Britannia was inspired by our past but designed for the future and that can be seen on board. So on my recent visit to see Britannia…