Tom's Travels

NCL Escape in Southampton in 2015 Today marks a moment in the history books for Norwegian Cruises Lines or more so known as NCL. From the 6th April, onwards any cruise that you book with NCL will be Fully Inclusive, so you will as standard have the Drinks Package included…

This has to be one of the most controversial subjects when it comes to cruising! Tip, Gratuities, Service Charges whatever you want to call them? Do you pre-pay them or tip the members of staff personally when you get on board? I suppose it’s down to who you are and…

1So the wait is finally over and Celebrity Edge goes on sale later today, although after phoning Celebrity this morning and having a chat with a rather excited consultant – I made the remark – I hope she comes to Southampton and her response was ‘well you never know!’ Come…

V's I cannot believe today marks the 1st March. Time just seems to fly! January and Febuary generally tend to be the busiest months in the travel year, just after Christmas you find some of the best deals available.  As we go in to March we have some really exciting…

NCL Cruises have made some breath-taking new ships over the past few years and I think it has to be said they have really upped their game with the Breakaway and Breakaway Plus Classes. Norwegian Jade will always remain a firm favourite with the UK and European Market and the…

It has recently been announced that Carnival will release a third Vista Class ship, the vessel was due to be built and launched under the P&O Australia label but in recent days that has been washed out, and Carnival have said that they will have it. This is not unusual…

Viking have really hit the Cruising Scene hard, they are immensely popular on the Rivers of the World with countless ships cruising the Waterways of Europe, Asia, Russia and the Far East. River Cruising is a very boutique and luxury experience with small ships and an all included feel.  Viking…

It has been recently announced that the Adonia which left the P&O fleet in 2015 will return to P&O in 2017. The R Class vessel originally built in 2001 for Renaissance Cruises is only 30,200 gross tons so one of the smaller vessels available, with 7 sisters, majority of which…

I can’t quite believe that I am sat here and we are only a couple of days away from the big day, so I wanted to take a moment to wish all my past, current and future guests a very Merry Christmas and all the best for a Happy 2017.…

Some Exciting news for the Cruise industry last month came from Celebrity Cruises, they have been rather quite in the past year with the last new addition to the Celebrity Fleet being the Celebrity Reflection in 2012. Celebrity have never been about attracting the mass market like some of the…