About us

Passion For Cruises is a solo travel specialist based in Cardiff and boasts some of the most experienced cruising knowledge in the travel industry.

Welcome to Passion For Cruises, your first port of call!

Passion For Cruises is a solo travel specialist based in Cardiff and boasts some of the most experienced cruising knowledge in the travel industry.

Experience our passion – over 200 years experience – over 80 ships sailed on – and with over 250,000 happy cruisers.


We pride ourselves on offering the highest standards of customer service combined with incredible savings.


We have 100’s of cruises available at your finger tips many with exclusive prices and extra benefits such as free cabin upgrades, free car parking or free spending money.


Passion For Cruises also runs hosted cruises helping take away the stress of travelling alone by offering meet ups and even private cocktail parties.

For further information please telephone a
cruise specialist on 029 2061 9961


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𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 π’†π’™π’„π’Šπ’•π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆 π‘ͺπ’‚π’“π’•π’˜π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 / π‘·π’‚π’”π’”π’Šπ’π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π‘ͺπ’“π’–π’Šπ’”π’†π’” 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’“π’…π’†π’… π’•π’˜π’ π’—π’†π’“π’š π’‘π’“π’†π’”π’•π’Šπ’ˆπ’Šπ’π’–π’” 𝑨𝑨𝑨 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’“π’…π’” π’Šπ’ 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 -

𝑢𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 π‘¨π’ˆπ’†π’π’• – 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 π‘¬π’π’ˆπ’π’‚π’π’… 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔.


𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’“π’… π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’π’• π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑲.


π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’” π’‚π’π’Žπ’π’”π’• π’Šπ’π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’“π’†π’‰π’†π’π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’† 𝒂𝒔 π’˜π’† 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‡π’Šπ’„π’‚π’π’π’š π’”π’†π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 π’Šπ’” π’•π’“π’–π’π’š π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’.


𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’“π’…π’” π’Žπ’†π’‚π’ 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰ 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔 π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’“π’†π’„π’π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 π’Žπ’‚π’“π’Œπ’†π’•.


𝑾𝒆 π’•π’“π’–π’π’š π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’† π’˜π’† 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’–π’π’Šπ’’π’–π’† π’Šπ’ π’–π’π’…π’†π’“π’”π’•π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 π’‰π’π’π’Šπ’…π’‚π’š π’Žπ’‚π’“π’Œπ’†π’•.

π‘»π’‰π’‚π’π’Œ π’šπ’π’– 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’„π’π’π’•π’Šπ’π’–π’†π’… 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒔 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’‚π’„π’‰π’Šπ’†π’—π’†π’… π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• π’šπ’π’–. 𝑾𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’„π’π’π’•π’Šπ’π’–π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 π’‡π’π’‚π’ˆ 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 π’…π’‚π’Šπ’π’š π’ƒπ’‚π’”π’Šπ’” 𝒂𝒔 π’˜π’† π’˜π’π’“π’Œ 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔.


π‘»π’π’ˆπ’†π’•π’‰π’†π’“ π’˜π’† 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 π’‰π’–π’ˆπ’† π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’‚π’„π’• π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’π’…π’–π’”π’•π’“π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’† π’‡π’Šπ’“π’Žπ’π’š π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’† 𝒂𝒔 π’˜π’† π’„π’π’π’•π’Šπ’π’–π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜ π’Šπ’ π’”π’Šπ’›π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’†π’™π’„π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’π’‘π’‘π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’†π’” π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’˜π’‚π’š.


𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’†π’™π’‘π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’†π’‚π’Ž 𝒂𝒕 π‘·π’‚π’”π’”π’Šπ’π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’„π’“π’–π’Šπ’”π’†π’” π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’“π’†π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’Šπ’•π’” 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, π’„π’π’Žπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‰π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’π’š π’„π’–π’”π’•π’π’Žπ’†π’“ π’”π’†π’“π’—π’Šπ’„π’† 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒔 π’‚π’π’π’π’ˆ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’π’‡π’‡π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’ˆπ’“π’†π’‚π’• 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 π’‰π’–π’ˆπ’† π’„π’‰π’π’Šπ’„π’† π’Šπ’ 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 π’„π’“π’–π’Šπ’”π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‰π’π’π’Šπ’…π’‚π’šπ’”.


𝑾𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 π’‚π’π’š π’Šπ’”π’”π’–π’†π’” 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’‚π’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š.

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𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’•π’“π’–π’π’š π’‰π’–π’Žπ’ƒπ’π’†π’… 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 π’†π’™π’„π’Šπ’•π’†π’… 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’˜π’† π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 π’Žπ’π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‡π’π’“π’˜π’‚π’“π’….

𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’“π’…π’” π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’š π‘΄π’‚π’“π’Œ π‘Ύπ’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•

PASSION FOR CRUISES SCOOPS UP REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AAA AWARDS FOR 2023


Breathtaking colors of our planet

PASSION FOR CRUISES WINS THE TTG AWARD FOR TOP TRAVEL AGENCY IN WALES FOR THE THIRD TIME!

We are delighted to advise that on March 24 Passion For Cruises /Cartwright Travel won this prestigious award for 2022.

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We are extremely proud to be the only agency in Wales to have won this prestigious award three times. The event was attended by our own Steve Cartwright and Luke Cartwright at the Vox venue in Birmingham.

The most exciting fact for us is that we have won this award on the basis of serving the Solo Cruise and Solo Holiday Markets.

The profile of the Solo Holiday Market once always a neglected part of the travel industry has been raised yet again.

In fact as a direct result it’s now fast becoming recognised as a hugely important part of the travel industry.


Passion For Cruises will continue to fly the solo flag even higher and influence our trade partners on your behalf and continue to make travel for solo guests affordable and fair with low and no solo supplements.


We would like to say that the whole team is humbled to be able to work on your behalf and that without your support none of this would be possible.


A huge thank you to all our loyal solo guests for your understanding and patience through what continues to be a hugely troubling and difficult time in the travel industry.

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Finally moving forward we are always looking at new ideas and opportunities which we look forward to sharing with you in the near future.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR CARTWRIGHT TRAVEL & PASSION FOR CRUISES SCOOP TTG AWARD FOR TOP TRAVEL AGENCY IN WALES

Local independent travel agency Cartwright Travel and Passion For Cruises has just been voted the best travel agency in Wales for 2017.


The prestigious award was handed out at the Vox Venue NEC in Birmingham on Monday evening 13 March, 2017.

 
THE TOP 50 TRAVEL AGENCY AWARDS

TTG (Travel Trade Gazette) which was the the worlds first weekly travel trade newspaper introduced a list of top performing travel agencies in the UK and Ireland. The aim being to recognise the top industry experts


THE AWARD IS VOTED BY

All travel suppliers and takes into account high customer services standards.

The team at the award winning agency of 9 have a combined experience in the travel industry of over 169 years.

 
WHAT MAKES CARTWRIGHT TRAVEL AND PASSION FOR CRUISES DIFFERENT?

Managing Director Steve Cartwright explained:

Being truly independent allows us to sell the right product to the right person at the right price and this is backed up with high quality customer service.

This can be seen by the agencies exceptionally high percentage of repeat clients where now many of our customer’s have become friends.

This has been backed up by engaging with its clients across a variety of platforms including the latest technology and social media.

One of our main differences is that either of the directors are easily contactable.

The team is small but hugely experienced and is a real family in the true sense of the word as both directors have family involved. Steve Cartwright’s son Luke is operations manager and Sales Director Steve Philippou’s daughter Flora is now on board heading up the social media side of the operation.

The travel agency specialises in all tailor made worldwide holidays with almost all parts of the world visited by the team.

The agency is also a cruise specialist with over 80 ships visited in total this is the place to come for that first cruise or the latest offers.

They have also cornered a niche market nationally in the often penalised solo traveller where Passion For Cruises offers many no and low single cruises on both ocean and river cruises.

It’s a hugely exciting time for the travel industry at the moment and the agency in the sleepy suburb of Rhiwbina, Cardiff certainly has something to be proud of.


CARTWRIGHT TRAVEL & PASSION FOR CRUISES VOTED BEST TRAVEL AGENCY IN WALES 2016

A huge thank you to all our clients!

On the 25th April, 2016 The Vox, a new high tech conference centre in Birmingham was the venue for The Top 50 Travel Agency Awards.


TTG (Travel Trade Gazette) which was the the worlds first weekly travel trade newspaper introduced a list of top performing travel agencies in the UK and Ireland. The aim being to recognise the top industry experts.


Cartwright Travel and Passion for Cruises were initially delighted and proud to have been shortlisted for the prestigious award of top travel agency in Wales.


To actually go on and win the award of best travel agency in Wales against such strong competition was simply a breathtaking achievement and a real testament to all the team here.


A thank you message from both Steve Cartwright (Managing Director) and Steve Philippou (Sales Director): “An Incredible result which could not have been made possible without all your support. We are determined to continue our high levels of customer service combined with finding you the very best holiday offers.”



Other Awards

GLOBAL TRAVEL GROUP:

Best Increase in Sales South 2013

Outstanding Achievement Retail Agent South 2014

Top Performing Agent South 2015


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