Get Dressed or get a Room!!

Have you been on a cruise, or anywhere where people think it's acceptable to walk around in their complimentry bath robes?

Food Glorious Food!....or is it??

If you are what you eat, then cruise-ship passengers must suffer from an identity crisis. On a typical day, cruise-ship passengers might nosh on escargot, artichokes, tropical fruits, French onion soup, papaya soup,  tossed green salad, salmon, chicken, tenderloin of beef, rack of lamb, spinach ravioli, mushroom quesadilla, strawberry shortcake, chocolate mousse, baked Alaska and ice cream — and that's just for dinner.

Food is quite important to passengers, and usually one of the first questions we get from individuals is, 'How is the food?
The importance individual cruise lines put on their cuisine is emphasized in each company's brochure — it's quite rare to find a color brochure from any cruise line that doesn't have one to four pages of color food photos."

My own experiance has been great, even the caviar (my first taste ever) was delicious!
Having seen the photos and heard about high standards onboard where the food is concerned, have you ever been dissapointed??

Fly cruise...what are the benifits?

Some say fly cruise cuts out the 'boring' bits, others, that it's those 'boring' bits that are the most relaxing part of their cruise.

Luggage is a major player too, with obvious restrictions when you fly to your ship but of course we don't all have the luxury of a long cruise that cuts out the sometimes long wait and the queing for the security clearance, then again its a short cut to those wonderful far flung destinations.

Allowance for luggage is being or has been reduced by most airlines making it more frustrating for cruisers wanting to carry their formal wear as well as everything else, perhaps a lighter weight case and  a light weight ballgown may help to alleviate this slightly.

Alternativly, if you have an item you just have to take, then you might consider paying the excess at the airport but check out the ever changing costs per kilo and per airline.

My most suprising clients....so far

Many years ago i worked for another company, completely unrelated to the travel industry.

I do bump into my old boss and his wife from time to time, whilst discussing holidays he groaned that they hadn't taken a holiday in years as his wife won't fly! They had never contemplated a cruise before. I have gone on to book them both on a Royal Caribbean ship, they were thrilled and now book on a regular basis, it's nice to know my old boss has 100% faith in me, Thank You both...you know who you are!

Think before you dive straight in!

So as a first time cruiser, you must look well beyond the cost of a stateroom or cabin and do some serious research.

Grass on cruise ships - what's next a jungle?

I was lucky enough to stay overnight on The Equinox, where televisions own celebrity Interior Designers Colin and Justin appeared at the pre launch of  Celebrity's latest Solstice class ship. The stars looking very well groomed and glamorous and sipping champagne....and now we can watch them in the jungle on ITV's 'I'm a celebrity get me out of here'

Do you think they are more at home on manicured grass or down and dirty in the jungle?