I was talking to a passenger of mine today who'd just come back from his cruise and he had this brilliant story to tell. It made me laugh so much I thought I'd share it all with you.................
Thursday 26 July 2012
Friday 20 July 2012
Cruise lines try to restore consumer confidence
Have you ever booked a cruise early and then been left feeling gutted when you've noticed it for half the price on a last minute deal?
Many people have and in the last six months or so the problem, (if that's the right word for it), has only gotten worse.
Last year there were several cruise lines who all released some really great last minute offers. This was great for anyone booking last minute but as you can imagine it really annoyed everyone who'd booked their cruise early, back in 2010.
The problem the cruise lines then faced was that everyone took the line of, "well I'm not booking early again, I'm waiting for a last minute deal".
This meant that once again for this year the cruise lines have had to drop the price on all their sailings and offer cheap last minute deals.
Whilst this is great for me and you, it's obviously annoying the cruise lines who don't want to have to keep offering cheap last minute deals to fill their ships.
But now that everyone's got into the habit of waiting for a last minute cruise what can they do to rectify the problem?
Many people have and in the last six months or so the problem, (if that's the right word for it), has only gotten worse.
Last year there were several cruise lines who all released some really great last minute offers. This was great for anyone booking last minute but as you can imagine it really annoyed everyone who'd booked their cruise early, back in 2010.
The problem the cruise lines then faced was that everyone took the line of, "well I'm not booking early again, I'm waiting for a last minute deal".
This meant that once again for this year the cruise lines have had to drop the price on all their sailings and offer cheap last minute deals.
Whilst this is great for me and you, it's obviously annoying the cruise lines who don't want to have to keep offering cheap last minute deals to fill their ships.
But now that everyone's got into the habit of waiting for a last minute cruise what can they do to rectify the problem?
Friday 13 July 2012
Walk the plank with NCL
Walking the plank - not exactly a new idea idea in nautical terms but in relation to cruise ships?????
I do like it when a cruise line comes up with an idea or concept that's never been tried at sea before. I mean I love cruising but if we're honest there's only so many new things you can try on a cruise ship.
The concept I'm talking about today will be called walk the plank and will be found on the new NCL Breakaway, set to launch from Southampton next April on it's inaugural voyage to New York where it will be based.
I do like it when a cruise line comes up with an idea or concept that's never been tried at sea before. I mean I love cruising but if we're honest there's only so many new things you can try on a cruise ship.
The concept I'm talking about today will be called walk the plank and will be found on the new NCL Breakaway, set to launch from Southampton next April on it's inaugural voyage to New York where it will be based.
Sunday 8 July 2012
Do you read travel reviews?
If I'm honest with you I don't normally bother. I know I should, but I tend to just research what I want, when I want it and see what's available and then off I go to book it. However that nearly ended in disaster recently so I may have to re-think my approach to booking things.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
US lawyers file suit over Costa Concordia
I think the Costa Concordia has had enough press coverage over the last few months or so and I'm sure the last thing anyone wants to read by this point is another story about a group of lawyers suing Carnival over the tragedy. However I came across this report last week and it seemed to me to be a little different to all the rest.
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