Tom's Travels

I have been fortunate enough to see lots of different accommodation on different ships from 2* to 6* ships, from the basic insides to Owner, Grand and Penthouse Suites. On Wednesday 2nd July I took the what’s turning in to a weekly trip to Southampton to see the Aurora which…

Yesterday I took a leisurely day out of the office to Southampton to see P&O Cruise Oceana, the great thing I find about seeing the ships up close is that it gives me a feel for what she can offer potential cruisers, and although Reviews and Feedback is fantastic nothing beats seeing the…

P&O Oceana is one of P&O oldest ships in the fleet and she gets quite a mixed review with people either loving or hating her, being a family friendly ship she caters for all ages but doesn’t pinpoint a certain part of the market like most of the other ships…

Back in May you may have seen that MSC have said that they would build 2 new ships, with the option of a 3rd ship should these really take off, but one does have to ask the question if MSC are doing the right thing by launching them now. Well…

On the 14th June I have been given the chance to visit MV Voyager when she docks in Portsmouth. This is also the first time for me to visit the port of Portsmouth, as I have only done Southampton and fly-cruises so I am eager to see what the terminal…

On speaking to one of my customers this morning who has just returned home from a cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas, I was shocked to hear that she was left waiting 3 days for a teabag to be able to have a cup of English Tea. [caption…

It was announced yesterday that some major changes would be happening at Holland America. Carnival Corporation are removing the MS Ryndam and the MS Statendam from the Holland America cruises fleet and moving them across the world to be part of the P&O Australia fleet.  This is quite normal for…

As some of you will know, I was invited to Southampton on Friday 9th May. This was a really exiting day for the Cruise world as not only was it the celebrations for Queen Marys 2 Birthday but also we saw all the Cunard ships in one place. You can…

Today I was in Southampton and on-board the Queen Elizabeth to take part in the Birthday Celebrations. Residents of Southampton where awoken early this morning to the sound of the 3 Queens playing the Happy Birthday Theme via there Funnels at 5am! I wanted to share a couple photos from the…

Crystal Cruises are currently one of the most expensive cruise lines in the world to cruise with and they have a high sought after reputation to retain. Currently sailing in this 6* fleet is the Crystal Symphony, the older of the two ships – Built in 1995 but has been…