Hi, I'm Trevor Smith and I joined the travel industry in 2001 as a part time travel consultant. Over the years and as the industry took a grip of my career I have moved through the ranks. Going full time in 2002 I soon went into management, training and development.…
I had a call yesterday from a lady with a family of 10!!! 6 adults and 4 children. "I would like 4 free child places please" she said, I bet she did. She wanted a good deal clearly and had done the sensible thing, call early (departure was for July…
In keeping with Regent Seven Seas commitment to the 'All Inclusive luxury travel experience' they are putting their ship The Voyager in dry dock for October 2014. A multi-million pound investment into this ship includes new décor and custom-crafted furnishings for the Penthouse Suites as well as lighting, artwork and…
So after many many months of frustrating loyal and early bookers by introducing vastly reduced fares on the Getaway promotion with different T&Cs to Vantage fares P&O are now considering adding On Board Credit to their Getaway Fares. After opening an already large can of worms I'm thinking this is…
Well after years of waiting for a decent summer we finally have 1 and boy is it hot. Here in East Anglia my garden has seen temperatures in the 30s everyday now for the last 6 days and I'm loving it. My plants and grass are not too keen but…
I know many of you like to visit my blog and a lot have left very nice comments, thank you for your kind words. Over the next few weeks you will also be able to meet me and see some of my latest deals on Facebook and Twitter and if…
Was that it? Last week was a glorious week weather wise, to the point that I actually worked outside with 1 of my colleagues. This week and the heating is back on, office lights on and jumper on!!! What's our weather all about? After a very busy period of booking Norwegian…
Over my 8 years of selling cruises I have come across the same strange objection of refusing to fly from an airport the other side of the country. Fair enough you may think but this is where I get confused. A client lives north of England, or maybe Scotland and calls for a cruise departing from…
So after a few years of agents and customers complaining to P&O/ Cunard about their great Getaway Fare deal prices that is only applicable to 2 share the cruise lines have now introduced 3 and 4 berths to the deal as well as single passengers. The new reduced fares are…
I was fortunate enough to be selected to visit Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas ship last week. She has just undergone a makeover and Royal Caribbean were very keen and proud to show her off. Based out of Harwich for 2013 and doing the Baltics and Fjords this new…
I know this sounds like our own Prince Harry is upto his old tricks again but not this time, well not yet anyway. Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas is doing a '1 week only' adult only cruise!!! There are some very strange criteria to this as well. For…