This was all sparked by a swimming pool on Virgin Voyages Scarlett Lady. Just after I boarded, I was looking at the pool wondering why on earth it was so small for a 2,770-passenger ship. What were the ship architects and the line doing? And why on earth had they done it? It got me…
A German couple, Renate and her husband Volker, were thrown off a Mein Schiff cruise for something they did in their cabin that they thought was fine to do. They weren’t aware of the cabin rules which, if broken, could see passengers like them, you and I disembarked, banned for life, fined, or have our…
If I had followed these 7 pieces of cruise advice on recent cruises, I wouldn’t have made it to one, overpaid for another, booked the wrong cabin, bought something I never needed, and much worse as you’ll discover. Here’s what cruise advice to ignore and why. Book Direct With The Cruise Line Susan, a first-time…
Easy-to-Make Cruise Packing Mistakes: 11 things you shouldn’t forget to pack for your cruise! I want to look at 11 things that you really shouldn’t forget to pack before you set out on your cruise. Starting with the three obvious things that you need to pack and could probably get away with sailing your whole…
Port Day Essentials: 9 things you should not leave your cruise ship without! When we head out in port on an excursion or self-exploring, we don’t assume that things are going to go wrong – we always assume that we’re going to have a great time. However, that’s not always the case, and there are probably…
Discover the 10 Unusual Laws You Could Break Cruising! I’m going to look at a whole bunch of laws that you may find you end up breaking without even realising it when you’re going on a cruise – some of which can have incredibly serious consequences. Wearing camouflage The first of these laws is around…
I explore the reasons for and against using Holland America for your Caribbean cruise. I want to look at a couple of reasons for and a couple of reasons against choosing Holland America for your next Caribbean cruise. Let’s start by taking a look at the reasons for choosing Holland America for your Caribbean cruise.…
What are the best places to cruise month by month? I want to share with you my recommendations on what cruises I think you should do month by month based on the best time to visit a destination. Firstly, let’s acknowledge that there are two cruises that you can do, largely speaking, all year round:…
These are the 9 cruises that are best to book in advance. Find out why. When they’re booking a cruise, many people are looking for the best deal, so they’ll time when they book based on when they think they’re going to get the best prices. For many people, the key time to get some…
I explore the nine things that drive regular cruisers crazy I’ve been talking to regular cruisers recently about the things that drive them completely crazy, and I’ve come up with nine things – most of which I actually agree with, starting with this one: Features taking up space One of the things that’s driving people…
Pet friendly cruises. Six ways you can cruise with your pets! I’m asked a surprisingly large amount of times how – or if – you can cruise with your pet. If it’s something you want to do, you have six options Queen Mary 2 The first and easiest way to go cruising with your pet…
I am going to look at and suggest 10 best things to see and do if you’re on Adriatic and Greek islands cruise. It’s a magnificent part of the world and most of the cruises will start at either Venice or in Athens and travel between them. It means you take in parts of mainland…
I’m going to tell you my secret to solving problems on a cruise. That I think will work for you too. I like things to be spot on when I cruise, but I suffer from one of the biggest problems in the world when it comes to complaining – and that is I am British.…
While researching this, a few crew members told me that mafias exist onboard, and you need to know how to work with them. That revelation threw me, but as you will hear, there is a real positive in there for us. I also discovered that taking pictures of crew members could create serious problems for…
After my very first day on board, I was really struggling to work out just why my partner and I had paid so much money to be on an ultra-luxury cruise. It felt like the cruise was just a regular cruise on any other line that we had simply just paid so much more for.…
Cruise fare tracking could save you a fortune off your cruise. It has for me and many people that follow my channel who follow my advice to do it. Every week passengers contact me to tell me how they had their fares cut, got upgrades or extra on-board credit. It is easy to do. Once…
