Busy Busy Busy

For the past few weeks I have been deliberating on what to do for my summer holiday.....and I have now finally decided and got my flights booked!

Like hundreds of other people who we have had calling in to us here at cruise.co.uk  over the last few weeks looking for last minute deals or summer holiday deals to get away I too have been wondering what I should do. My dilemma was that my boyfriend, who is currently training to be a solicitor, has used up all of his annual leave on exam revision and therefore is not able to have a break with me, very sad yes but needs must I suppose! So what was I going to do??

To the rescue came my family! My Mum, Sister, her Husband and my 9yr old Niece and 3yr old Nephew have hired a villa in Spain near Malaga and low and behold there was a spare bed going, so £147 later I booked up my flights with Ryan Air to join them!

I have not holidayed with my sister or mum for about 15 years so I am rather excited and more so to spend time with the kids paying in the pool and going to the beach and building sand castles (I am a big kid at heart) and the best part about it all is that I don't have very long to wait at all as I jet off on Saturday the 25th June just 4 days after my Birthday, thats just under 4 weeks by my calculations! Then not to forget my trip on the MSC Splendida Yacht club in July I have a lot to look forward to.

To top all of this off I am going to Ladies Day at Ascot on Thursday 16th June so my next dilemma is what to wear??!! Aaaarrggghh!  If you have any suggestions for this then all are welcome! What kind of hat should I go for? Small and discreet or big and bold? Maybe I should stick with a cruises theme? There are certainly some weird and wonderful ones thats for sure!

 Hmmmmm I'm not so sure  to be honest but we shall see.... I will no doubt take lots of pictures and blog for you all to see!

Times Nearly Up...!

You need to book quickly if you are considering a P&O or Cunard cruise for next year 2012 as ALL EARLY BOOKING offers will end on the 31st MAY 2011

So what will you miss out on?
Free Carparking at Southampton (on selected sailings)
Onboard credit with P&O for past passengers (on selected sailings)
Guaranteed preferred dinner sitting
10% deposit will change to 15%

Also finishing Monday23rd is the Celebrity sale on the Eclipse Southampton sailings for 2011. They have some absolutely fantastic prices incuding the school holidays! click here to view deals
The Eclipse is an absolutely stunning ship and certainly one of my favourites it has to be said. But dont just take my word for it read what other people have to say Eclipse Review

If you have already booked your Celebrity cruise for next year which included Free Parking then here is a reminder that it MUST be booked by you by the 7th June!! If you miss this then you will miss out im afraid. Details of the number you need to call can be found in your invoice notes on your booking confirmation.

So the moral of this blog is if you are considering your options for next year or have had a quote but still not booked then the deals WILL be changing as of the 1st June so dont miss out.

Clever Cloggs!

On Friday my boyfriend had some fantastic news which I thought worthy to share! For the last 2years he has been partaking the LPC,legal practice course to you and I and on Friday after months of revision he had the results of his law exams and I am very proud to say he passed them all....with a Distinction no less! He doesn't have an ounce of common sense in his body but he has proven he knows the law! The best part of this story is on one of them he actually achieved 90% which may be the highest Mark in the country. He will find out in a few weeks and if he is he will recieve £2000 for his efforts!!! Hmmmmm maybe he will treat me to a lovely cruise?? One can only hope! There are some really cheap Celebrity cruises around and they are one of my favourite cruise lines so fingers crossed we may be booking one soon!

Off to see the MSC Poesia!

On Tuesday 17th I shall be travelling down to Southampton along with 3 of my trusty colleagues, Stuart, Hannah and Sian, to see the lovely MSC Poesia. Being a Specialist Cruise Consultant at cruise.co.uk has many perks and this is definitely one of them!



I have to say I am very lucky and have been given the opportunity to see lots of ships whilst I have been with the company which is obviously great for me to be able to advise my customers and give my first hand opinion.

The Poesia is part of the Musica Class of ship with MSC which also includes the Magnifica, Orchestra and Musica. She is quote a large ship able to take 3013 guests in 1275 cabins and fairly new having only entered service in October of 2008.



It will be interesting for me as I have not yet been onboard an MSC ship so it will be great to see just how the Italians do it! It will also prepare me for my little 2nt cruise in the MSC Yacht club on the 15th July - see my previous blog click here for blog

So, if you have any questions for me or would like me to look out for anything in particular then do feel free to ask and I will be happy to do so, otherwise look at for my blog to follow on my return.....

A right Royal Bank Holiday!

I have been off for a lovely 4 days over this Bank Holiday weekend which felt very much deserved as I worked all over the Easter Bank Holiday. So what have I been up to whilst not being a Specialist Cruise Consultant?

I was extremely excited for Friday as it was the big Royal Wedding of course! I could not wait to tune in and watch the procession, my family went round to my sisters who kindly made us some yummy pork and stuffing baps whilst we all watched. More importantly I wanted to see what Kate's dress was like and was it going to have the huge train like Dianna's did?! Even though it didn't I thought she looked absolutely amazing and Prince William looked very handsome indeed. I do have something in common with Prince William as we share the same Birthday no less! I also found out that I share the same surname as the Queens Cousin, I always knew I was a bit special! The Wedding has a real sense of occasion and made me feel very proud to be British.

Saturday I spent some time with my wonderful little Niece and Nephew by taking them to the Black Country Museum. The sun was out and we did lots of cool things like go on the fairground, eat traditional fish and chips and we even ventured down the coal mines....very scary!! My little 3yr old nephew was absolutely fine down the pitch black tunnels but I'm afraid I cant say the same about myself as I was scared to death!  Here are some pictures of our day out....

Enjoying the fair ride (although Aiden didn't like it that much!)

Going back to the old school ways!

The Old fashioned shops

Well my wonderful Bank Holiday break is almost over and I shall be back in the cruise.co.uk office tomorrow, Bank Holiday Monday, ready for some more cruising action!