The Worst Mediterranean Cruise Ports Are Also The Best
The Worst Mediterranean Cruise Ports Are Also The Best I was helping my friend Winnie plan her first Mediterranean cruise recently. She said she wanted a cruise that went to the...
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7 Things Every First-Time Cruise Passenger Should Know
7 Things Every First-Time Cruise Passenger Should Know When I started cruising, I made loads of mistakes. And it saddens me that when I go cruising today, I meet so many...
A Lot That Can Go Wrong On An Alaska Cruise. Here’s How To Avoid That Happening
There’s A Lot That Can Go Wrong On An Alaska Cruise The stakes are high. For you it may be a once in a lifetime trip you’ve been dreaming of. Or...
What Went Right And Wrong On My Alaska Cruise? And What You Can Learn From it!
What Went Right And Wrong On My Alaska Cruise? Before the pandemic shutdown, I booked a North to South Alaska cruise on Princess Cruises, from Whittier, near Anchorage to Vancouver. Firstly,...
I’ve Changed My Mind About Cruise Gratuities. Here’s Why
Cruise Gratuities On my last cruise, a Queen Mary 2 crossing, I was nervous about disembarkation. Not because the trip was ending. I was apprehensive about a potentially uncomfortable encounter with...
8 Cruise Line Secrets Staring Us In The Face. But We Don’t See
8 Cruise Line Secrets Staring Us In The Face It was 10 o’clock in the evening on a Viking cruise. I was chatting to the cruise director when an innocuous announcement...
How to get a cabin upgrade on a cruise: 9 ways that work for me
How to get a cabin upgrade on a cruise: 9 ways that work for me I get upgraded more than most cruise passengers because I don’t use the most common ways...
Things That Make No Sense On A Cruise Ship
Things That Make No Sense On A Cruise Ship This was all sparked by a swimming pool on Virgin Voyages Scarlett Lady. Just after I boarded, I was looking at the...
12 Things You Should Never Do In Your Cruise Cabin. And Why!
12 Things You Should Never Do In Your Cruise Cabin A German couple, Renate and her husband Volker, were thrown off a Mein Schiff cruise for something they did in their...
7 Pieces Of Cruise Advice That Will Ruin Your Cruise
7 Pieces Of Cruise Advice That Will Ruin Your Cruise If I had followed these 7 pieces of cruise advice on recent cruises, I wouldn’t have made it to one, overpaid...
Easy-to-Make Cruise Packing Mistakes. 11 Things You Shouldn’t Forget To Pack For Your cruise!
Easy-to-Make Cruise Packing Mistakes 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...
Port Day Essentials: nine things you should not leave your cruise ship without
Port day essentials 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...
10 Unusual Laws You Could Break While Cruising Without Knowing It!
Discover the 10 Unusual Laws You Could Break While Cruising! A look at unusual laws that you may end up breaking without even realising it when you’re on a cruise....
Best Places To Cruise Month By Month
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...
9 Cruises That Are Best To Book In Advance
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...
9 Things That Drive Frequent Cruisers Crazy
9 Things That Drive Frequent Cruisers Crazy I’ve been talking to frequent cruisers recently about the things that drive them completely crazy, and I’ve come up with nine things...
Pet Friendly Cruises. 6 Ways You Can Cruise With Your Pet!
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....
10 Best Ports For Greek Islands And Eastern Mediterranean Cruises
10 Best Ports For Greek Islands And Eastern Mediterranean Cruises I am going to look at and suggest 10 best things to see and do if you’re on Adriatic and Greek...
