Christmas cruises to get you into the spirit

Holiday Sailings

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Forget the mess and the fuss of spending the holiday period at home when lines like Carnival, P&O, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival, APT and many more provide special holiday cruises. From decorations to delicious Christmas meals, the lines go all out to ensure that guests … Read more

Create cocktails like you’re on your favourite cruise ship

Cocktails

“I love to drink martinis. Two at the very most. Three I’m under the table. Four I’m under my host.” So said famous writer and critic Dorothy Parker, way back in the Roaring Twenties. Martinis, whether shaken or stirred (James Bond did much for the cocktail trade with his favourite concoction), are still one of … Read more

20 things you don’t know about Royal Princess

royal princess cruise

Princess Cruises has announced ’20 new things you don’t know about Royal Princess‘ at Cruise Shipping Miami this week ahead of her launch in June. The 3,600-passenger vessel will host many firsts for the line including a Vegas-like top deck, a plus-size atrium, the highly-anticipated glass-bottomed SeaWalk, SeaView Bar and the largest-ever ‘Lotus Spa’. 1. On-demand stateroom entertainment Passengers … Read more

Why cruising singles have it tough

Cruising Singles

It’s not easy to find single cabins on most cruise ships, usually singles have to pay a single supplement. When one books a cruise, you normally pay a per person, double occupancy price. The single supplement is usually quite expensive – 50 percent+ or more of the total cruise cost because it is designed to recoup the income lost by not having a second traveller in the cabin.