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British Travel Awards – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

By Treadwell and Tenny on 04/12/2019 in Cruise Funnies, Cruise News, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Disney Cruise Line, Expedition Cruises, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Holland America Line, Hurtigruten, Oceania Cruises, P&O Cruises, Paul Gauguin Cruises, Ponant, Regent Seven Seas, Saga Cruises, Scenic River Cruises, Seabourn, SeaDream Yacht Club, Silversea, Tauck, Windstar Cruises, Zegrahm Expeditions

Imagine our disgust. There we were enjoying our usual breakfast of a hard-boiled egg and kippers (for him) and a croissant with Harrods marmalade (her), when up popped a message in our Inbox marked ‘British Travel Awards Winners!’ We thought a little gentle information would help the digestion, but what we saw was enough to […]

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The Delights of a Christmas Cruise!

By Simon Veness on 14/11/2019 in Cruise Food, Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Oceania Cruises, P&O Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea, Windstar Cruises

It’s undoubtedly a thought that has crossed everyone’s minds – wouldn’t Christmas be great if you didn’t have to do all that faffing around with cooking, cleaning and decorating; without, you know, all the hassle? Well, we are here this week to tell you there is one sure-fire way to enjoy all the festivities without […]

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Best Places To Celebrate Halloween On A Cruise!

By Simon Veness on 30/10/2019 in Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, Oceania Cruises, Ponant, Regent Seven Seas, Silversea

When it comes to maritime celebrations, there are plenty to choose from. The obvious one to highlight is the famous Crossing The Line ceremony for passengers on any ship passing across the equator. Equally, Christmas is a great time to be at sea, with every vessel breaking out its festive finery for a truly nautical […]

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Top 10 Alternative Dining Restaurants At Sea

By Simon Veness on 29/08/2019 in Cruise Food, Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea

By Simon & Susan Veness No-one can truly put their finger on the Who or When of this issue, but it’s largely a moot point. The fact is, alternative dining restaurants have become an established fact of cruising in the past 15 years or so, and we are all the better for it. In reality, […]

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Best Cruises For Solo Travellers

By Simon Veness on 06/06/2019 in AmaWaterways, Cruise Info, Cunard, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Silversea, Solo Travel

For an aspect of the travel industry with more than 150 years of history and tradition behind it, cruising sometimes gives the impression it remains pretty traditional and hidebound. But nothing could be further from the truth. The amazing development of the modern cruise ship, with its overflowing array of features and amenities – many […]

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Six Cool Themed Cruises For 2019

By Simon Veness on 16/11/2018 in Azamara Club Cruises, Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Silversea

By Simon & Susan Veness Fashion week. Baseball. Science fiction. Legends of wrestling. 1970s rock music. What do all of these things have in common? You can find each and every one of them on a themed cruise. It used to be the case that a ‘themed’ cruise meant one of only a handful of […]

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Who Invented Cruise Ships?

By Simon Veness on 01/10/2018 in Cruise Info, Cunard, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, P&O Cruises

Who Invented Cruise Ships? By Simon & Susan Veness The provenance of the very first cruise ship is probably lost in the mists of time. It might have been a Phoenician trader who, fed up with the daily grind of dealing in Tyrian purple, set his sights beyond the Mediterranean for a little jaunt to […]

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Cruise Ships: When is Big TOO Big?

By Simon Veness on 06/09/2018 in Cruise Info, Cunard, P&O Cruises, Seabourn, Silversea

By Simon & Susan Veness We all know that cruise ships have increased in size in the last 20 years or so, dramatically in many cases. Where 100,000 tons was once considered gargantuan, it is now merely ‘mid-size’ to some cruise lines. This point came home loud and clear this week as the busy Meyer […]

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5 New Cruises For 2019

By Simon Veness on 22/08/2018 in Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Saga Cruises

By Simon & Susan Veness If like us, you already have one eye on next year in sea-going terms, you might like to consider some of the intriguing new options for cruises in 2019, as there are an array of really original voyages on offer. With so many high-quality ships to choose from these days, […]

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Best Cruises for First-timers

By Simon Veness on 19/07/2018 in Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises

Everyone can remember their first time. It’s that wide-eyed moment of startling realisation, a wonderful curtain-raising revelation of new frontiers and excitement. There is simply nothing like that first-time cruise experience. *Muttering from the audience* Cruising – we’re talking about cruising, madam. What did you think we were on about? Really. Elevate your thinking, please. […]

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