Cruise News Archive - Page 36

One of the current buzzwords in the cruise industry right now is the term Future Cruise Credit, also known as FCC. If like so many others you are a little lost at sea in knowing what this actually means, we’ve got you covered in our FAQs on Future Cruise Credits….

With Princess Cruises set to offer four ships sailing out of Sydney in its Australia 2022-2023 cruise season – including Royal Princess and Majestic Princess for the first time ever – we decided there could be no better time to delve down under. Because nowhere else do you find hip…

On a cold morning in February, we did a hop, skip and jump over to the Mediterranean to join the welcome party for new Regent Seven Seas Cruises ship, Seven Seas Splendor. Our sales team leader, Linzi, tells us whether the luxury cruise ship lives upto her name… Seven Seas…

The question of whether you should book early or wait for a cheap last minute cruise is one that comes up time and time again, but what’s our recommendation on getting the best bargain cruises, go early or wait it out? Do you book as soon as itineraries are launched and…

A Mediterranean cruise offers destinations rich in ancient history, forever marked by the great civilisations of antiquity: Greece and Rome. Visitors to the region will find an array of classical attractions, so we’ve put together a list of the best antiquated sights in the Med – whether you’re an Ancient…

From classical Greek masterpieces to contemporary Spanish surrealism, the Mediterranean is one of the most artistically-rich regions on earth. Here are three great Mediterranean cruises that will feed the soul of any art lover. THE CLASSICAL CRUISE Costa Cruises: 25 November 2014, 11 Nights Savona (Ita); Olympia, Santorini (Gre), Izmir,…

The Mediterranean was the birthplace of several of the world’s most influential civilisations. The Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans and the Moors are among the many societies that have left a lasting imprint on the Med, and the whole region is peppered with reminders of the past. Here are five…

In our second instalment of ‘this Christmas is going to be a quiet one but next year’s going to be amazing’ we’re spreading the cheer on Christmas market cruises. They’re one of our favourite ways to get into the Christmas spirit and between frantic shopping, a whirlwind of parties, not…

  Here at Bolsover Cruise Club, we spend a fair amount of time thinking about the ocean. Did you know that 70% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered and that 95% of the ocean remains unexplored? These big numbers are great news for cruise fanatics like ourselves, but we got…

Norway has a way of turning first-time cruisers into lifelong ones. Between Fjords carved by ice over thousands of years, harbour towns that feel like nowhere else in Europe and the Northern Lights overhead, it is easy to see why so many of our guests come back and call it…

In the week we went back to our roots to launch Shore Stays, there can be no better time to share our interview with Derek Wilson, the man who helped create Bolsover Cruise Club – or Bolsover Travel, as it was originally known – all those years ago. Read on…

With the stats continuing to stack up, we’re all taking sustainability seriously and that includes the cruise industry. At a time when the likes of David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg are shining a spotlight on climate change, both river and ocean cruise lines are reassessing the ways we can all…