When we saw the ad for a 5 night cruise for less than �£100, in a premium balcony cabin to boot, we thought it would be extremely rude not to......and so we booked for the Costa Pacifica short Med cruise.

The prospect of sailing from Savona was a bit daunting, as I had no idea how we would get to it independently. However, I discovered that Costa themselves were running transfer coached from Milan, Genoa and Nice. So we booked an Easyjet flight from Luton to Milan, and paid �£44 for the return transfer.

(It is worth noting that you need to change terminals to pick up the transfer. There is a bus stop just outside arrivals. Turn right as you leave the building) and a courtesy bus shuttles you between the terminals via a couple of car parks - it takes about 5 minutes). Read more