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Unpacking the myths about cruise holidays. Tried and tested cruising advice from a thirty-something former officer's wife.
Queen Elizabeth 2 (or QE2) launched as a floating hotel in Dubai in 2018. But long before her conversion into a hotel, I was lucky enough to sail on one of her final voyages. QE2 Dubai QE2.com is the official website for the hotel, which has images of the refurbished
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Increasing numbers of people are choosing to book a cruise holiday over the Christmas period. Whether it’s the cold British weather, or the expense of hosting a UK Christmas, it’s easy to see why people are drawn to cruising over the festive season: a cruise is fairly stress-free and it
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Towards the end of last year I was gifted the award-winning Jennie changing bag by handbag brand Mia Tui. This was my second Mia Tui bag, as they had gifted me the smaller version of the Jennie, the Mini Jen, earlier last year. With a baby on the way, I
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I recently stayed at the Hilton at The Ageas Bowl, which is located just outside of Southampton in an area called West End. Part of the Hilton Hotel chain, this state-of-the-art hotel opened in 2015 to much fanfare locally. Boasting 171-bedrooms, former cricketer Sir Ian Botham’s first-ever restaurant Beefy’s, a
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This post won’t apply to all of my readers, but I did feel the subject matter was something I wanted to talk about because I found very little content about cruising when pregnant online. In 2018 I cruised on Britannia when I was 14 weeks pregnant with my first child.
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I was recently invited to review Solent Hotel and Spa’s new Cruise and Stay packages. The hotel is situated on the outskirts of Fareham in Whiteley, just off the M27 (Junction 9). It lies eight and a half miles from Southampton’s main cruise terminals. The four star hotel boasts 171
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A few months ago, travel bag experts Mia Tui kindly sent me one of their popular Mini Jen bags to review. Travel bags are a bit of a new concept to me, as I normally just pop everything in a rucksack when I go on holiday. But having used the
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Join P&O Cruises Port Presenter Sam Whiteside as he shares the fifth instalment of his Arcadia world cruise diary. Friday 16th March 2018 – Nha Trang, Vietnam A beautiful start to the weekend was in store for us as we sailed serenely up to our anchorage position off our next
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As some of my readers will know, I am a Southampton native and know the city and its surrounding areas very well. In a previous post, I covered things to do, places to stay and eating out in Southampton. In this post I wanted to highlight some of the great attractions
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Join P&O Cruises Port Presenter Sam Whiteside as he shares the fourth instalment of his Arcadia world cruise diary. On Thursday 19thApril 2018, Arcadia arrived back in Southampton after her 99 Day Western Circumnavigation of the world. In total the ship covered 33,940 nautical miles, visiting 30 ports in 22
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Join P&O Cruises Port Presenter Sam Whiteside as he shares the third instalment of his world cruise diary, written on board Arcadia. Tuesday 13th February 2018 – Pago Pago, American Samoa In the 4 days sailing from Hawaii towards American Samoa, Cyclone Gita had formed in the South Pacific and
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For my latest ‘Meet the Officer’ interview, I had a chat with Aaron Wood – Captain with expedition cruise company Lindblad Expeditions. Both Mr Cruise Blogger and I sailed with Aaron during his time working on P&O Cruises and Cunard ships. I was really keen to find out more about
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