About Me
I am part of the furniture here at cruise.co.uk being the longest serving sales consultant, with 19 years service. It doesn't stop there as I started in travel when I left school 20 years ago and my passion for travel has never sunk, pardon the pun! My career kicked off…
Posted on Jan 27, 2015
Forget the Caribbean lets get Frozen…
This is going to appeal to so many families out there, we all know the song, you have probably watched countless videos of small children singing away to the well-known song "Let it Go!" Disney Cruise lines have announced a new experience on board inspired by the hot animation film Frozen. The…
Posted on Jan 20, 2015
Silversea include shore excursions!
Silversea are following suit with what luxury cruise lines include and are now including shore excursions and complimentary WiFi on all their cruises. Luxury Cruises are really good value for money. Spacious accommodation, butler service, gratuities, drinks, cocktails and of course excellent service, and now with included shore excursions there really…
Posted on Jan 10, 2015
Sunshine Saturday…..
Not that the sun is shining at the moment, but you can make it by booking your next holiday this weekend. It seems that today will be the busiest day for sales. We have certainly kicked January off to a great start with some fantastic cruise deals. It really is one…
Posted on Jan 2, 2015
A Magical New Year….
I have just returned from Disneyland Paris with the family over the New Year. There was 10 of us that went. I have to say it truly was magical. The fireworks at the Disney Castle were amazing on New Year’s Eve. We flew from Birmingham on the 29th December…
Posted on Dec 24, 2014
Merry Christmas…..
I would just like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. So what will 2015 bring in the cruise industry. Well there are 4 new ships being launched (well what i know of anyway), so some very exciting times, especially for P&O with the…
Posted on Dec 16, 2014
On a Queen for a weekend……
So this year we had a fantastic opportunity to be invited to hold our annual Christmas conference aboard the Queen Mary 2. I really couldn't wait to revisit this beautiful Cruise Liner. The last time I was on board was when she was launched in March 2003 I can remember when…
Posted on Dec 8, 2014
The North / South divide….
Looking for a cruise that sails out of the UK, then usually Southampton is the port that most people would think first, but this sometimes isn't the best option. Newcastle would be a great port to choose if you are wanting to cruise to the Fjords. Did you know that Newcastle is 300…
Posted on Dec 1, 2014
30th anniversary
Cruise.co.uk (formely Victoria Travel), has recently celebrated a huge event - 30 years of being in business. Our Chariman Andrew Gardner, together with all past garden hosts and Vanessa who has worked for the company for 25 years have recently returned from a very sucessful mini cruise aboard the new…
Posted on Nov 24, 2014
My cruise – in the eyes of a child…
On Saturday my daughter decided to write her own blog about our family cruise we went on in August. Thought it would be nice to share this with you so you can see what a child's opinion is. My flash back on the Ventura On the 28th July 2014 I flew out to…
Posted on Nov 17, 2014
Vaccinations are important……
It's 30 years since the original "Do they know it's Christmas" raised millions for charity, and last night Sir Bob Geldof made an emotional plea on X factor to raise awareness and money for the fight against the "most anti-human disease" Ebola. In Sir Bob's words "It's only 1 fight away from…
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