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Avoid These Mistakes When Booking A Cruise

By Simon Veness on 16/01/2020 in Cruise Info

It’s easy to get carried away when you’re looking for your next (or especially your first) cruise. There are just so many temptations, special offers and added ‘extras’ that they can make your head spin. And not in a good way. As we often have to tell our parents, “Just because it says 50 per […]

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Rock Star Cruising With Virgin? What A First Class Idea!

By Treadwell and Tenny on 28/06/2019 in Cruise Info, Cruise News

We have a bit of a conundrum for you this week, darlings: When is First Class travel not, actually, First Class travel? You would think the cruise world would be ideally placed to answer this particular puzzle, seeing as how it was based on a multi-class experience for more than 100 years. Travelling First […]

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Stop The World (Wide Web), We Want To Get Off!

By Treadwell and Tenny on 30/05/2019 in Cruise Funnies, Cruise Info

We quite enjoy technology. After all, it gets us going in the morning (the fancy iHome gadget that doubles as an alarm clock and iPhone charger at the same time); it provides the entertainment on our Smart TV (certainly smarter than the shop assistant who tried to explain how it works); and it powers our […]

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Top 10 Baltic Shore Excursions

By Simon Veness on 23/05/2019 in Cruise Destinations, Cruise Info

By Simon & Susan Veness From Norway to Russia, and Finland to Germany, there is a region of the world that is so steeped in maritime history it has become renowned for culture, landmarks and natural beauty in abundance. So much so, in fact, that the Baltic is now the third largest cruise region in […]

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Anatomy Of A Cruise

By Treadwell and Tenny on 09/05/2019 in Cruise Funnies, Cruise Info

We were slightly taken aback by the question. We’re totally used to fielding all kinds of queries about our favourite pastime in the snug bar of The Bloated Goat, but this one gave us pause for thought. Several pauses, in point of fact. It was simple enough. “What is a cruise actually like?” asked […]

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Crystal Conjure Up Some Grand Adventures

By Simon Veness on 02/05/2019 in Cruise Destinations, Cruise Info, Cruise Offers, Crystal Cruises

Here’s an interesting little cruise conundrum that occurred to us this week: when is a World Cruise not a World Cruise? The answer comes from the distinguished style of Crystal Cruises, who have just announced a new series of Grand Journeys, sailings that look and feel a lot like a world voyage but which don’t […]

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5 Reasons To Book A Cruise This Year

By Simon Veness on 21/02/2019 in AmaWaterways, Cruise Info, Cruise News, Expedition Cruises, Hurtigruten, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, River Cruising, Scenic River Cruises, Seabourn, Silversea

By Simon & Susan Veness It’s no secret that we think cruising is the best holiday anyone can take. We have been devoted to the idea of sea-going sabbaticals ever since Simon first set foot on a ship back in 1969, when his family sailed from Durban to Southampton on the old SA Vaal of […]

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It’s Time For The TAT Cruise Awards 2019!

By Treadwell and Tenny on 01/02/2019 in Cruise Funnies, Cruise Info, Cruise News

Cole Porter said it best about this time of year, when you have the Golden Globes, the AACTAs, the SAGs and the Grammys (and, of course, the Oscars in a few weeks’ time): And that’s why birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let’s do it, let’s…hand out Awards. Okay, […]

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10 Best Mediterranean Cruises for 2019

By Simon Veness on 13/12/2018 in Cruise Destinations, Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, P&O Cruises, SeaDream Yacht Club, Voyages to Antiquity

The Phoenicians invented Mediterranean cruising more than 3,000 years ago, so you’d be forgiven for thinking there can’t be much new in the sphere of Med sailing by now. The fact is, there’s a LOT to look forward to next year and some hugely tempting voyages. True, Mare Nostrum, as the Romans called it, […]

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