Cruise ship

If you are wondering whether a Ha Long Bay cruise is worth adding to your Vietnam itinerary here’s our experience as a cruising family

Find out what it’s like to stay onboard the QE2 hotel in Dubai. Is it value for money? How does it compare to a cruise? And what’s included?

If you’re considering booking The Retreat on P&O Cruises then read our review of this adults-only alfresco spa terrance on P&O Azura

Back in September NCL’s Breakaway visited Southampton and we were invited onboard to see what the ship has to offer families cruising with kids. With Mr Tin Box off on his own Royal Navy ‘cruise’ and me stranded in Devon with the kids I tasked my friend Lorraine from My Secret Mum Blog with tackling the Norwegian …

Six months into the year and I’m finally starting to catch up with myself after a hectic first half. If you caught my May travel round up the you’ll know that I wasn’t home much. Thankfully I got to sleep in my own bed quite a bit more in June but still fitted in a …

The thought of stepping onboard a cruise ship for just one day is almost unbearable but when I got an invite to meet Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess on a turnaround day in Southampton my curiosity got the better of me. In recent years I’ve had the chance to nosy around and sail with a number …

*Advertisement feature* Just over a week ago the girls and I returned from our first experience of a Royal Caribbean cruise and we had a blast. I’ve already written about the Back to the 80s festival at sea which we were invited to review with Lisa from Travel Loving Family and her son. But I …

I shocked myself when I totted up the number of adventures we’d had this month – 12 in total. That’s some going even for us. It’s got me thinking head to how many trips and days out we will have ticked off by the end of the year in two months time. In 2016 we …

Last time I stood in the shadow of a cruise ship I came over all emotional. We had just disembarked after our first family cruise and had packed so much into just eight days it was a bit overwhelming. The cruising bug had bitten. *Advertisement feature* However, with no other seaborne holidays in our travel …

I can’t remember the last time I got teary at the end of a holiday. But as we disembarked Carnival Vista that’s what happened. It surprised me a little. But after 48 hours to reflect on our eight day Mediterranean cruise on Carnival’s flag ship it dawned on me that this was a totally natural reaction. …