What are the pros and cons of suites on a cruise ship? I thought I’d explore the best and worst things about cruising in a suite when you’re on your next cruise. When I go cruising, I often cruise in a verandah or balcony cabin, but when I go cruising with my partner, we often…

The seven ways cruising will change after the shutdown. These are my projections and thoughts. I want to share with you the seven things I think are going to happen to cruising moving forwards as a result of the shutdown, and how people are going to travel after the pandemic. Also, what I think is…

Here are my 9 tips on preparing to cruise again post the cruising shutdown. I want to share with you the things that I’m doing – that I think everybody should be doing – if you’re interested in cruising again, whether that’s when the shutdown ends later in the year, next year, or even further…

Cruise Shutdown: What To Do About Cruise Bookings and Plans With everything going on in cruising at the moment, and the cruising shutdown, I’ve decided I’m not going to post any regular cruising content until the shutdown clearly ending and life starts to come back to normal. However, I’m getting lots of questions from people,…

What are the 8 big downsides of cruising and how should you deal with them? What are the biggest downsides, cons or negatives of cruising? In another article and video I explored the positives and good things about cruising, but now I want to explore the downsides, starting with this one: The environmental impact of…

The best and worst things about staying loyal to a cruise line? The ins and outs of cruise loyalty programs. I’ve been looking at loyalty programmes with cruise lines and looking at the pros and cons of staying loyal to a particular cruise line. Cruise line loyalty programmes are free to join, and you normally…

Can Your Job Get You A Cheaper Cruise? Did you know that there are a whole range of jobs or industries where by doing a few simple things – or even just asking – you can actually get cheaper cruise fares? This is not something I had realised until quite recently, so I’m going to…

What are the seven best things about cruising? We often talk about the cons – I have a whole other video where I talk about the negatives – but what are the biggest pros of cruising? I’m going to explore the positives and list what I consider to be the seven best things about cruising.…

You are about to discover some key things to consider about cruise line excursions. And, importantly, 9 reasons not to do them! Is it best to explore using the excursions offered on board, or would you rather strike out on your own? I thought it would be helpful to explore the arguments for and against…

Who really owns and operates your favourite cruise line? (Be prepared for some surprises!) In this article, I want to let you know who actually owns the various different cruise lines around the world. When I talk to people about this, there’s usually lots of surprises and people are amazed at who owns what. For…

Which cruise line excursions should you take, and which to avoid? When choosing an excursion, many focus on what their cruise line offers as it’s just easier. But in my many years of cruising experience, I’d advise to be a little pickier about the excursions you should and shouldn’t take. What are the cruise line…