Cathy Ellis

My top tip is to make sure you have a supply of any physical currency for the destinations you are visiting.

Often ships only carry a small quantity and ATMs are not always easily available in every port of call.

Fact File

Years in travel: Over 22 years

Years working at Mundy Cruising: 5 years

First job in travel: I started as a Sales Consultant with Lunn Poly

First cruise: When I worked with Lunn Poly, I sailed on board Thomson Spirit for a week's cruise from Palma around the Mediterranean

First cruise with Mundy Cruising: A fantastic 4-day trip on Regent's Seven Seas Explorer in September 2018 from Naples to Split, calling at Kotor and Dubrovnik

Best cruise dining experience: At Prime 7, on board Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Best non-cruise holiday: I love Bermuda and have visited twice, such a laidback and wonderful island!

Interesting fact about yourself: I was the youngest Mayoress of the London Borough of Ealing 1980/81

Ocean cruise lines sailed: Crystal Ocean Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Paul Gauguin, Ponant, Seabourn, Cunard

River cruise lines sailed: AmaWaterways, Viking River Cruises, Tauck, Pandaw

Areas you've cruised: Eastern Mediterranean/Adriatic, Myanmar, South Pacific