Getting your holiday off to a good start….

Check-in can be a little stressful for some people, with sometimes lots of queuing and waiting around, I have to say when we arrived to board the Ventura it was fantastic.  The children couldn’t wait to leave the hotel in Venice and see the ship so we decided to arrive at the port of Venice at […]

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My Ventura family holiday – the ship……

I have just returned off our first family cruise – the Ventura.  Even though I have cruised many times  (most of this was pre children)  I have never taken the children.  This year we decided to take a cruise on the Ventura for 2 weeks.  The itinerary was fantastic but I have to admit I […]

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Don’t believe all that you see!!

I went into my local travel agent last week to arrange my euros for my cruise next week  and noticed the  big message in the window “Specialist Cruise Consultant in Store”.  A little intrigued I asked to see if I can speak to the specialist.  A very friendly girl came up and introduced herself.  I asked what […]

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Dining with strangers….

So you are in the process of confirming your cruise, you have thought long and hard about the itinerary, the cabin, then the question is asked, what table size would you like to request.  A simple question that is answered easily enough, but how much thought do you put into it. If your at home and  […]

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Race for life……

Sunday my daughter completed her first Race for Life, together with me we completed it in 37 minutes, not my fastest time, but I wasn’t doing it as a race I was sharing a wonder and emotional experience with my daughter.  I have to say I was extremely proud of her as she had not […]

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Best suites at sea……

Are you looking for something that offers ultra luxury, ultra space but most of all that ultra experience, or are you just interested in what these top suites offer on ships.  All ships will offer you the standard cabins from inside to balconies, then Junior Suites and Suites, but then there are the super large […]

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Baby News……

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a close colleague of mine going on maternity leave, so many have emailed or phoned to see if there is any news.  I am pleased to announce that Eve had a baby girl last Friday (16th May).  She is just beautiful and perfect.  She weighed 6lb 9oz […]

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How informative is our website……

I have to say I think we have a fantastic website, informative, interesting and hopefully lots of you feel the same, but how well do you really know it??  Not only do we keep you up to date with all the latest offers, prices and availability, we also have a wealth of other information from deck plans, cruise reviews, […]

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Disney Cruise Lines added extras……..

This year I have a big group of guests cruising with Disney Cruise Line.  It’s a cruise line that I must admit I haven’t booked very often so throughout the year I have learnt a great deal. For example if you are booked in a Suite/Concierge then there is a specific Shoreside Concierge team that […]

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My friends last day…..

We are all a close team at cruise.co.uk, we have a lot of homeworkers scattered all round the country, but there are a few in the sales team who work in our head office in Redditch, me being one of them. As we have worked together for many years we have built up some great friendships.  Today […]

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