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.…
P&O have announced the name of their new ship for what will be their biggest vessell. Iona. Having Googled Iona the name is actually quite fitting. P&O as a company can trace their roots back to Scotland, and Iona is an island off the Scottish coast. You can see…
I have recently just got back from a lovely 7 night holiday in Kemer, Turkey. Yep, still not done a cruise with the family yet but come the end of August that will not be the case, for half of them anyway. Whilst I was away sunning it up…
With so many household big names to choose from it is understandable that when looking to book your next cruise other cruise operators are overlooked. Over the last few weeks I have had a few clients asking about Saga cruises and what they are like. Saga do River cruises all…
A decade since its retirement, the former transatlantic liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, will once more see guests ascend the gangway as it opened her doors as a luxury hotel in Dubai earlier this month. Whilst enjoying their World cruise on board the Queen Mary 2 passengers were given the opportunity to…
Whilst most of the Travel Industry and it customers celebrated the launch of The Symphony of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's largest ship not the same joy could be said for a few in the beautiful City of Palma in Majorca. A beautiful Balearic Island visited by millions each year it…
When cruising if you want to have the best cabin on the ship in the best position then you pay for that privilege. The higher and more midship you go then the more expensive it is. Once your onboard and settled in to your cabin next stop is going up…
So 2019 to 2020 cruises will be well on sale by this time next week and a question quite often asked is what is the benefit to booking so early? We are all different and normally will be looking to get from our cruise memory and experiences something different to…
So, P&O's chief planner has been at it again. Just a few months after selling the Adult only ship to Azamara and cancelling all the holidays already booked on it they have now replaced it with a family friendly ship, The Aurora. This will take place after its refurb next…
When I was a child and long before I got into the travel industry I always had a vision and thought that going on a cruise would be a dream for me, one reason only, the ample of food I would imagine there was on them. I must have seen…
I am finding that a lot of my new customers are giving cruise a taste because of the hassles flying, big queues, over the top security, scan this, scan that and then hanging around for 2 hours for your flight, and that's if it is not delayed. Because of this,…