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‘Reviewed by Senior Marketing Executive Sam’ I’m an 80’s baby, and have just had my first experience on a river cruise with Riviera Travel. I’d love to share my day-by-day experience with you first hand – I hope you enjoy it. Arrival in Amsterdam, with an overnight stay in port…

I’ve always been a bit of a travel fanatic, and at the age of 27, I’m lucky to have seen some incredible destinations and stayed in some amazing hotels. Before starting my role at Bolsover Cruise Club two months ago, I’d never considered cruising as an option, and in all…

Silver Dawn is the latest ship to join the Silversea fleet, and our Cruise & Stay Expert Joseph was lucky enough to be invited on board. We asked him to highlight some of his favourite features of the six-star ship – and here’s what he said. *** Normally I’m only…

Join Emily Straw, Bolsover Cruise Club’s Luxury Marketing Specialist as she relives her British Isles experience aboard Silver Spirit. I joined Silver Spirit in Dundee after high winds prevented the ship from pulling into the port of Leith, Edinburgh. After a quick train journey through the beautiful Scottish countryside, I…

Join Bolsover Cruise Club’s Luxury Marketing Specialist, Emily Straw, as she recounts her experience of being among the first to step aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises new ship Splendor. I have been wishfully writing about Regent Seven Seas Cruises since I started in my Luxury Marketing role at Bolsover Cruise…

While we’re at home and the Royal Princess crew are on board, cruise director Marcus (and a few special guests…) decided that now was as good a time as any to take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the fleet favourite. If you wondered what the Princess Cruises crew are…

Right about now, Celebrity Apex should be basking in the sun somewhere in the Mediterranean on her maiden season sailings. You might have been on the new Celebrity Cruises ship, or counting down the days to joining it to criss-cross Caribbean isles later in the year. Sadly, it’s going to…

At 3.30pm, wherever in the world the three Cunard Queens may be, the clock chimes for Afternoon Tea in the Queens Room. Time-honoured and quintessentially British, the parade of fine china, silver platters, white gloves and warm scones, set to the tinkering of a Grand piano, is a signature sea…

When it comes to cruising vicariously, one man capable of transporting us around the world with his stories is Wesley Dunlop. He’s set to take the helm as captain of Iona, the new P&O Cruises ship and the most exciting ever built specifically for the British market. With the ship’s launch delayed…

Buy this, do that, chat to this person, see this… embarkation day can be manic, but it really doesn’t have to be. In fact, many passengers waste the first day of their holiday being stressed about all the things they ‘should’ do on the first day on board. Here’s a…