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The EU ban on credit card processing fees comes into play on 13 January 2018, making it illegal to charge more for payments made via credit card. The change in legislation has prompted many questions, including one very important question for anyone booking a holiday; will prices go up to…

Just as the high street stores will be flooded with a sea of red stickers come Boxing Day, cruising has its very own January sales situation. We call it ‘Wave’ – a pretty apt name for a cruise sales campaign, right?  – and it can save you hundreds of pounds…

The countdown to the Strictly Come Dancing final is on and we’re already thinking up ways to bring some glitz and glam into our lives once the show leaves our screens, starting with some Strictly Come Dancing fun in the sun. P&O Cruises Strictly Come Dancing themed holidays are bigger…

If you thought veganism was little more than the latest hipster trend, think again. The number of vegans in the UK has increased almost 400% in the last ten years and more than 1% of the population is now known to adopt a purely plant-based diet. Eating out as a…

Cunard will return to Alaska in 2019, with Queen Elizabeth becoming the cruise line’s first ship in the region for more than 20 years. Beginning with a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, on 5 May 2019, Queen Mary will sail to Alaska, where the youngest ship in the Cunard fleet will…

I look like the Michelin Man at a rave. I’m stood on a jetty in Skjolden, a tiny town that sits at the very head of Sognefjord – the longest navigable fjord in the world – and I cannot think of a better way to describe my look. I’m wearing…

Following 12 days in dry dock in Palermo and a budget of almost £50 million, the ‘refreshed’ MS Westerdam has returned to the seas with a new look, a virtual captain’s bridge and the world’s first floating Rijksmuseum featuring amongst its star attractions. As the first of several planned dry…

Giant Pandas in China: Could this be the ultimate bucket list holiday? As clumsy as they are cute, pandas have stolen a piece of our hearts and the world cannot get enough of videos showing them rolling and lolling around. Almost 17million people have seen this YouTube video of pandas…

Hebridean Princess really is one of a kind and small ship cruising around the British Isles just doesn’t come much more intimate than this. Here are eight things you probably never knew about Hebridean Princess, the ship which boasts Her Majesty The Queen amongst its fiercely loyal following. 1. Hebridean…

Prepare to feel old, because today marks TWENTY years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Just to put that into perspective, that same year saw the Spice Girls hit number one with ‘Wannabe’ and ‘Titanic’ smash records at the box office. Events are being held all…