Kerry Cansdale
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I have been in the travel industry for 39 years now. I started straight from school as a trainee and worked my way up to a Branch Manager of a high-street travel agency. After a few years, I moved to Head Office into a Business Development role where I was responsible for training travel agents all over the UK, this included worldwide destination training and cruising. I also led many trips abroad visiting new destinations and hotels (it was a hard job but someone had to do it!)
I left the travel business for a short time to help with my family business but soon missed the travel bug, and before joining Travel Counsellors I worked as a Cruise Specialist selling many different cruises all over the world. I've been lucky enough to of sailed on over 100 cruises with many different cruise lines and I am often recommended to first time cruisers as for me its imperative that you sail on the right ship! I love cruising but I also love all aspects of Travel and my many years of personal travel around the world and excellent knowledge means I can find the perfect holiday for you, whether it be a Cruise, beach holiday, city break, touring holiday or even just flights.
I live in Essex and the special “boy” in my life is my West Highland Terrier called Gizmo, he’s now 15 years old and my absolute world.
I’ve been very lucky to of travelled to many different places all over the world, my favourite destinations are Australia, America, The Caribbean, Costa Rica, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Spain and Vietnam. When I travel, I like to go behind the touristy scene and see what makes the people and the towns tick, I love to go off the beaten track and explore. My favourite saying is, “I haven’t been to everywhere yet, but it’s on my list”.
I joined Travel Counsellors because I really believe in personal service, I have always excelled in customer service, I remember the “old days” when nothing was too much trouble and it was just the norm to go above and beyond for a customer and that’s what I will do for you here at Travel Counsellors. I have been with Travel Counsellors for 10 years this year and the majority of my business now comes from repeat clients and referrals, you can read some of my clients comments on my service below, I am certainly very proud to provide exceptional customer service and making my clients dreams come true. Along the way I have won some awards such as "Most Helpful Travel Counsellor" "Cruise Star Mentor of the Year" and recently I have been appointed as a Travel Counsellor Lead Cruise Ambassador.
I am available pretty much 24/7 and contactable by email, telephone, I can help with any aspect of your holiday to any destination in the world, including flights, hotels, cruises, excursions, tours, ski holidays, weddings and honeymoons, city stays, UK breaks, beach holidays and much more, and because of my wealth of knowledge and experience I will always make sure your holiday is the holiday you have dreamed of.
Please do give me a call or email me, you won’t be disappointed!
I look forward to hearing from you
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Scarlet Lady - PART THREE
PART THREE - Covering the App and my Top Tips for sailing with Virgin Voyages Dont forget to check out Part One and Part Two for more information about the ship Another thing that is different is pretty much everything is done through an app once on board, now I am a technophobe and this part did worry me before I got on, however even someone like me found it really easy and just so convenien
13 Feb 2022 6 min read
Scarlet Lady - PART ONE
PART ONE - BOARDING, CABIN AND RESTUARANTS I have just returned from a back-to-back cruise on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady out in the Caribbean In truth I am finding it hard to condense down 216 hours of what is quite possibly the best holiday I have ever had but I will do my best, I am going to try and highlight everything I experienced but honestly there is so much more I could share – if you
13 Feb 2022 6 min read
Scarlet Lady - PART TWO
Here is the 2nd part of my blog from my cruise on Scarlet Lady with Virgin Voyages (if you missed it there is a PART ONE which covers boarding, cabin and restaurant's) There is one more after this - PART THREE in which I will share my top tips for sailing with Virgin Voyages There are some shops on board, including Duty Free and a Virgin Voyages Store (great for some last minute gifts or take
13 Feb 2022 6 min read
Scarlet Lady - Virgin's Brand New Cruise Ship
I recently travelled down to a very wet and windy Dover to experience Virgin's brand new Cruise Ship - The Scarlet Lady. Firstly - please bear in mind I was only on her for a few hours, it was in Dover (not the Caribbean where she will be based - hence some dreary pictures) and also this ship was built to be different. 100% this ship will not appeal to everyone, it wasn't designed to, neither do
24 Feb 2020 7 min read
MSC BELLISSIMA
I am sure you have all heard of the newest ship in town the MSC Bellissima also known as the Beauty At Sea. Well I was lucky enough to spend just under 24 hours on this beauty recently, my first ever visit to an MSC ship and what a visit it was but before I tell you all about the ship here's a few facts and figures about her: 19 Decks in Total Able to hold 5686 passengers 4 Pools 10 Resta
07 Mar 2019 6 min read
Cruise Jargon - Made Simple
Hi Everyone Captain Kerry Here! It can be very confusing when reading cruise brochures or even when you are on board your cruise to hear lots of strange words. Some of you may have some "nautical" experience but for those who don't, here is an A - Z list of some of the words you might hear and what they actually mean. Enjoy! Aft - The back of the ship. Atrium - The central passenger
14 Jan 2019 4 min read
Are you getting married soon?
Getting married? Huge congratulations, Now the fun can really start, or stress some people might say! Weddings can be challenging to plan. From picking the perfect venue, more importantly the perfect dress! to what to say in the speeches and the some say the hardest part, the seating plan. Traditionally, the happy couple would ask their families and friends to buy them items for their new home,
26 Sept 2018 2 min read
Cruising The Med
I recently took a cruise around the Mediterranean on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of The Seas. This was my third cruise on Navigator and even though the ship is going in for refurbishment later this year, she still looked beautiful to me. We sailed from Southampton and for the first time I stayed overnight in Southampton pre-cruise. I don't normally do this as its only about two hours away from
26 Sept 2018 3 min read
What Cruise to Choose?
You may be thinking of taking a cruise for the first time or indeed be an experienced cruiser that is thinking about trying another line, hopefully the below guide will give you a small insight as to what each cruise line has to offer and of course you can always call me for more advice. P&O CRUISES P&O cruises have 7 ships in their fleet: the newest being their flagship Britannia. They are
13 Sept 2017 6 min read
Stunning Sidari in Corfu
I’ve always loved the Greek Islands, there’s something about the people, the atmosphere and the food that really makes me feel that I am on holiday. I’ve been to quite a few of the Island’s and many years ago my hairdresser told me I would love Sidari in Corfu, I’d been to Kavos (in my much younger days I hasten to add) but I had never ventured to the North of the Island. This summer I had
08 Sept 2017 5 min read
My Suite Experience on The Celebrity Eclipse
As you know I do love a cruise or two and I have often walked past Suite Cabins on disembarkation day and had a sneaky peek inside, and I could only ever dream of staying in such a luxurious cabin. Well, just recently this dream came true for me. I was lucky enough to stay in The Royal Suite on board Celebrity Eclipse for a 2 night mini cruise and WOW - it was just amazing! Whilst I apprecia
01 Jul 2017 6 min read
Harmony of The Seas - The World's Biggest Cruise Ship
For those of you that know me - you will know that I love a cheeky cruise, so when I heard that the World's Largest Cruise Ship was coming to Southampton I had to make sure I was on board! I have been lucky enough to of taken over 30 cruises on many different cruise lines but my favourite cruise line is Royal Caribbean, I love that there is so much to do and some of them are things you would ne
01 Jul 2017 6 min read
My Magical Day on the Disney Magic Cruise Ship
This week I was lucky enough to be invited to visit the Disney Magic Cruise Ship, being a bit of a Disney Diva myself I love all things Disney but had never been on board one of their 4 cruise ships before so I was really keen to see what it was like. My initial thoughts were that it would be like walking into The Magic Kingdom, with all things Disney everywhere and very much "in your face" bu
01 Jul 2017 6 min read
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