Criona Buggie
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I'm based in
Co Laois
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Thanks for visiting my webpage. The first thing you need to know about me is that I love cruising! I have vast experience in cruising and have sailed on all the main cruise lines.
I can offer you cruises that are focused on premium luxury which are suitable for honeymoons, cruises that are filled to the brim with family activities to keep kids of all ages busy and give you some peace by the pool, cruises that bring you on once in a life time expeditions. Cruise offers you so much more for your money and it is a seamless, amazing experience.
I have travelled and cruised to the most wonderful destinations during my 30 plus years in the travel industry including many Caribbean cruises & Mediterranean cruises and visited New York, Miami, Fort Lauderdale Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, Malaysia, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, St Thomas, St Maarten, Mexico, Bali, Thailand, Indonesia, Melbourne, Brisbane, Lapland and many more.
Another great advantage of cruising are the numerous city breaks I took in while at the start or the end of the cruise. As a Travel Counsellor my main objective is to always offer you a personal and professional one to one service. As I work from home my hours are more flexible than a nine to five agency and I can be contacted during the day, evenings, and weekends. I have access to extremely competitive prices, and you can be confident booking your holiday with me as Travel Counsellors is licensed and bonded in Ireland, so your money is safe.
If you are planning your next holiday or cruise and need some advice, please call or email me to discuss your options.
Mediterranean Escape on MSC World Europa
Step on board MSC World Europa and let the Mediterranean do the rest. For seven unforgettable nights you will wake to a new horizon, from the sun-drenched harbours of Marseille and Genoa to the dramatic coastlines of Naples and Messina, before gliding into the golden-stone beauty of Valletta. With lazy sea days, evenings spent lingering over steak in Butcher’s Cut or sharing plates in Hola!, and t
28 May 2026 5 min read
Celebrity Beyond
Stepping onto Celebrity Beyond for her maiden voyage felt less like boarding a cruise ship and more like checking into a brand new, design led resort at sea. It was the kind of trip that reminds you why cruising can feel so special, and exactly the sort of experience I love sharing with my clients.
27 May 2026 5 min read
Weekend In Bergen
Bergen is a compact city that effortlessly blends history, culture and adventure. I recently spent three nights here on a short break from Dublin and was genuinely amazed by how much nestled between seven mountains and some of Norway’s most breath taking fjords, we managed to see and do in such a short time, from mountaintop sunsets and food tours to iconic rail journeys and serene fjord cruises.
27 May 2026 5 min read
Cruising The Seine With Uniworld River Cruise
There is something undeniably special about seeing a destination from the water, especially when you do it in absolute comfort and style. I was invited to experience this first-hand on an Ultra Luxury Showcase with Uniworld, sailing on board the elegant S.S. Joie de Vivre. Over three unforgettable days I discovered what truly sets luxury river cruising apart, from beautifully crafted interiors to
27 May 2026 5 min read
Washington DC
In November my family and I were returning from Miami, and we had decided to fly back to Dublin via Washington as this was the best value route we could find at the time. The flight to Washington came at the end of a two-week holiday and it would be the third day in a row that we had packed up and checked out of somewhere so I knew that the 6 hours we would have to wait for our connecting flight w
17 Oct 2024 5 min read
Las Vegas
In June I travelled to Las Vegas with a group of others travel agents. We all knew about Vegas as an adult playground with 24-hour casinos, but this oasis city has been gaining a reputation as a great family holiday destination and we wanted to see what it had to offer. We had a really comfortable flight with Delta airlines from Dublin via New York and arrived in Vegas in the early evening. We we
17 Oct 2024 5 min read
Universal Orlando
Do you love roller coasters, I do. That’s why I was so excited to visit Universal Parks Orlando in May with Aer Lingus and DSD. I stayed in Universal’s Cabana Bay a Universal Hotel inspired by classic Florida beach resorts of the 1950’s with retro inspired rooms, 2 massive pools, a lazy river and bowling alley. Cabana Bay is connected to Universal City Walk by shuttle buses that run all day and ev
17 Oct 2024 5 min read
Sun Princess
As cruising continues to gain in popularity with the travelling public, the major cruise lines are building and launching new ships to attract their share of this growing market. Cruisers have come to have high expectations of these new ships and Princess Cruises certainly did not disappoint with the launch of Sun Princess, their latest ship, and the first in their entirely new Sphere Class. I wa
17 Oct 2024 5 min read
Eastern Caribbean Cruise
In late October 2018 I went with a family group to spend a week doing an Eastern Caribbean Cruise on board Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Sea’s. Between us we would experience everything Royal Caribbean had to offer. Allure of the Seas is one of Royal Caribbean’s ‘Oasis Class’ ships making it one of the largest cruise ships in the world. Our cruise set sail from Port Canaveral, an easy transfer
19 Feb 2020 5 min read
Western Caribbean Cruise
In late October 2019 I cruised around the Western Caribbean aboard Royal Caribbean’s ‘Oasis of the Seas’. This was a family and friends holiday so again I was travelling with a big crew. We flew to Fort Lauderdale from Shannon via Newark on the Friday before the cruise. The cruise was embarking on Sunday afternoon but I’m a big believer in giving yourself plenty of spare time when travelling to a
19 Feb 2020 5 min read
Paddy's Day in Prague
This year along with some of my siblings and our other halves I decided to spend St. Patrick’s Day out of the country. We have a cousin working in an Irish pub in Prague so we took this as a sign that we should spend our Patrick’s Day there. We travelled there on the 15th for a 3-night break flying from Dublin. Arriving in Prague in the late afternoon we checked into the Hotel Yasmin just off Wenc
31 Aug 2017 5 min read
Cruising with the Family
After years of debating I finally booked my first cruise and now I wonder what took me so long! Along with my husband and 2 daughters (16 and 12) we set sail from Southampton on the fantastic Royal Caribbean ship ‘Independence of The Sea’s’. From the moment, we arrived at Southampton port it was “plain sailing”, our bags were taken from us kerb side by the Royal Caribbean porters, allowing us t
08 Aug 2017 5 min read
New York, New York
New York what an amazing experience and it just keeps getting better and better, I have visited New York several times mainly on girlie shopping trips (that’s a whole other blog) and breakaways with the hubby but this was the first time I brought my two girls (16yr and 12yr) along for the fun. We booked the 5-night holiday as a Christmas surprise for the girls travelling out from Dublin on th
08 Aug 2017 5 min read
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