I’ve just returned from a 2 week cruise onboard Fred Olsen Borealis. We were due to travel to the Azores, Madeira, Lisbon and Porto but due to bad weather we had to change our itinerary, this meant we visited Belfast, Cobh and Vigo before picking up our original itinerary. Boarding in Liverpool was so easy, […]
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Last week I was onboard Ambassador Cruise’s Ambition sailing from Liverpool to Bristol I thoroughly enjoyed the ship She’s smaller than a lot (up to around 1200 passengers ) and I really loved the family feel. The crew are super friendly, the ship is small enough not to get lost but big enough to have
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In March, in conjunction with The Holiday Village, Qatar Airways, Qatar Tourism and Gold Medal Travel I was treated to a VIP trip to Qatar. We flew out of Manchester and I was privileged to sample business class Q suites- what a treat!! The suite can be totally private or opened up to neighbouring suites.
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Sunday 29th January saw us jet off from Manchester to Kitilia (Finnish Lapland) wrapped up in our big coats and boots we were both excited to experience somewhere completely different. We arrived around 3 hours later, met by our reps we were transferred to our log cabin in the resort of Akasompolu, next door to
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I cant believe I’m here writing the end of year newsletter again- where has this year gone?!As usual I’d like to take a look at what happened this yearIt started off rocky, we were still in the throws of COVID and no one travelled much until Easter.There was still some nervousness but as the year
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We were due to sail on Iona’s maiden voyage back in 2020 but this was cancelled due to COVID, our deposits were transferred to this sailing so we’ve waited a long time for it!Iona is stunning. Light, bright, modern and comfortable. With over 5000 passengers you’d expect it
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I’ve been lucky to visit Malta twice this year, I went some 20+ years ago on a travel conference so it was time to go back and see what had changed. In July I took myself off and did a ‘reccie’ in readiness for my group trip in September. Travelling and staying alone was a
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What a bonkers crazy few weeks I’ve had. Since August I’ve been to Austria, Devon, Dubrovnik, Malta and a cruise around the Med!! Some of these have been working trips- escorting groups or research however the cruise was very special and definitely a holiday. Because I can work anywhere with WIFI I’ve been able to
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I’ve just had the most fab week in the Austrian mountains, have a read of my blog Me and my friend stayed at the Edelweiss Hotel- a family run hotel with loads of repeat clients and I can see why! Their local knowledge was a godsend, helping us to plan our days out. The food was
The hills are alive with the sound of me singing!! Kitzbuhel, Austria August ’22 Read More »
Last month I took my first group of ladies to Tuscany and we had such a great time. We came up with the #wendy’s wanderers so I thought I’d use this moving forward for future trips. My Facebook group is specifically for my escorted trips. Some will be ladies only, others will be cruises, river
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