Jump to content
Cruise Critic Community

Guides to Ports

annarack

By annarack,
in UK Cruisers

 Share

Recommended Posts

annarack

annarack

Posted
Posted

Hi, please can someone remind me of the name of the man who writes the excellent cruise port guides I have seen referenced on the P&O board several times before.  We used them on our last trip I recall, I thought it was something like Pete's Cruise Ports Guides, but I have obviously got the name wrong and Google is not helping me here!  Thank you.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
wowzz

wowzz

Posted
Posted
27 minutes ago, BrianI said:

I think you mean Toms Port Guides.

However his website seems corrupt but there is some reference on Facebook although not recent.

 

Brian

I've used Peter Dagnell's cruise guides before - very useful. Contact him through the social network that cannot be named! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tring

tring

Posted
Posted
4 hours ago, BrianI said:

I think you mean Toms Port Guides.

However his website seems corrupt but there is some reference on Facebook although not recent.

 

Brian

 

I have used 'Tom's Port Guides' a lot and have links saved for some ports.  Are you suggesting their is a problem with him running the site (it always seemed up front to me ), or that there are issues and the site is not working properly at present?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BrianI

BrianI

Posted
Posted
7 minutes ago, tring said:

 

I have used 'Tom's Port Guides' a lot and have links saved for some ports.  Are you suggesting their is a problem with him running the site (it always seemed up front to me ), or that there are issues and the site is not working properly at present?

Like you, I have used Toms guides in the past but the link I have used before does not work. This is the link I have used in the past.

 

http://www.tomsportguides.com/index.html

 

Would appreciate if you can find out what has happened.

 

Brian

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
bee-ess

bee-ess

Posted
Posted
20 minutes ago, BrianI said:

Like you, I have used Toms guides in the past but the link I have used before does not work. This is the link I have used in the past.

 

http://www.tomsportguides.com/index.html

 

Would appreciate if you can find out what has happened.

 

Brian

 

See the links I posted earlier in the thread, these seem to work.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tring

tring

Posted
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, BrianI said:

Like you, I have used Toms guides in the past but the link I have used before does not work. This is the link I have used in the past.

 

http://www.tomsportguides.com/index.html

 

Would appreciate if you can find out what has happened.

 

Brian

 

I see your point and I found his FB page which seems to have had no activity, even from other posters since 2019 (I think middle of that year).  I hope Tom is ok and in good health. 

 

Edited by tring
Link to comment
Share on other sites
tring

tring

Posted
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, bee-ess said:

 

See the links I posted earlier in the thread, these seem to work.

 

That is a useful link to Peter Dagnall's port guides - thank you.

 

"Tom's Port Guides" are a different thing though and not P&O based.  He is American if I remember correctly and had an extremely comprehensive website for many ports around the world, which does not now seem to be working.

 

Edited by tring
Link to comment
Share on other sites
bee-ess

bee-ess

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, tring said:

 

That is a useful link to Peter Dagnall's port guides.

 

"Tom's Port Guides" are a different thing and not P&O based.  He is American if I remember correctly and had an extremely comprehensive website for many ports around the world, which does not now seem to be working.

Thanks, I know of both them, got them muddled up, I've used both and are very good I think.

I didn't realise that Tom's Guides were no longer available

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
annarack

annarack

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks everyone, yes, it was Tom's Port Guides I had forgotten the name of.  I'm sorry to hear they may no longer be available and I hope all is well with Tom.

Thanks for the tip re Peter Dagnell, I will take a look.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tring

tring

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, bee-ess said:

 

I didn't realise that Tom's Guides were no longer available

 

Well I found a page on FB which was his and even had his picture, but otherwise could not access any of his guides apart from sites which had copies of various pages from his website, but they could not be used to access his site.  As Brian said if anyone can turn up any more please let us know.  It would be worth paying to access some of his guides for some ports as they were very good, with lots of details/maps.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
purplesea

purplesea

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, SarahHben said:

Is this what you were looking for?

https://cruisetohome.net/toms-port-guides/

 

Thanks for the link, I have bookmarked it for future use.

I have used Toms Port Guides many times and found them very useful.  I had the ones I needed downloaded on my tablet and was able to share the information with people on our dining room table.

I hope all is well with Tom and thank him for all the work that has gone into the guides.

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SarahHben "Live from...." Rare

SarahHben

Posted
Posted
21 minutes ago, P&O SUE said:


Ooh very good for a newbie! 😉 It took me a couple of years to find that site! 
It does seem to be laid out differently to before. I’ve bookmarked it, thanks.

I'm used to my mum using me as her own personal search engine 🤣 I like a challenge

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
P&O SUE Great Review Rare

P&O SUE

Posted
Posted
Just now, SarahHben said:

I'm used to my mum using me as her own personal search engine 🤣 I like a challenge


I know what you mean! I often say to John ‘I suppose I’ve got to organise all this’ and he replies ‘but you love it’ and mostly I do 😊

  • Like 1
  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SarahHben "Live from...." Rare

SarahHben

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, P&O SUE said:


I know what you mean! I often say to John ‘I suppose I’ve got to organise all this’ and he replies ‘but you love it’ and mostly I do 😊

That could be a conversation here too! I do love organising although I have to say my husband is a right one for holiday itineraries.

My mum will phone me from a traffic jam to ask me if I know what the hold up is 😄

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Solent Richard Great Review Rare

Solent Richard

Posted
Posted

Tom's Port Guides

18 hours ago, Britboys said:

Solent Richard also has a comprehensive blog giving details of quite a number of ports worldwide.

Thank you for that. I'm friendly with Tom Sheridan on facebook. He does very detailed guides at...

 

https://cruisetohome.net/toms-port-guides/

 

If anyone can't find what they want, or wish to do something different, then yes, mine are also available...

 

https://solentrichardscruiseblog.com/category/port-reviews/

 

There is a search engine if you don't immediately see the port you require. My latest review was for Port Elizabeth, South Africa...

 

https://solentrichardscruiseblog.com/2021/04/10/one-way-to-do-port-elizabeth-south-africa/

 

Thanks again @Britboys

  • Like 6
  • Thanks 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later...
Torquer

Torquer

Posted
Posted

Tom's complete website, including all the PDFs is available from the web archive.org site:

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20200507004112/https://www.tomsportguides.com/port-guides.html

 

They are simply the best guides available for practical information about ports.  Hopefully, Tom's real site will come back online soon and that he will continue making these guides, now that cruising is slowly resuming.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 years later...

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • ANNOUNCEMENT: Set Sail Beyond the Ordinary with Oceania Cruises
      • ANNOUNCEMENT: The Widest View in the Whole Wide World
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Cruise Critic News & Features
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...