…emium large ships like Princess, Holland America, P&O Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, and Costa. If you’d rather enjoy a small ship but still with a premium experience, there are lines like Azamara and Oceania cruises, or if you wanted to go ultra-luxury, there are five and six-star cruise lines such as Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas and Silversea. If you want to explore exotic, remote places, you’ve also got expedition cruises. Cruising really does…
…ships over 500 passengers until the end of June. New Zealand is the same, Australia iis closed already for cruises until mid-June, and most of the ports in Asia are closed with no plans to reopen. Increasingly I think we’re going to see the timeline for ports opening is going to be more like the Canadian and New Zealand timeline, than perhaps everybody else is hoping. The challenges ahead As we head into April and May, normally the cruising seaso…
…ther departures on pause) Ocean Cruise Lines (Australia / New Zealand) The Australian government extended the ban on cruise ships entering until June 2021, so, when will cruise lines resuming cruising in the Pacific region? See below: June Carnival Carnival Splendor until 28 June, Carnival Spirit until 12 Sept Click here for more information P&O Australia (All cancelled until 18 June. Pacific Adventure™ due to join fleet on 19 June, and Pacific En…
…e the UK and Spain. No agreement on lifting bans in places like Canada and Australia. There is a process for a return to sail in most of them, like the US CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing, but no clarity or certainty on the dates when cruises will actually start up in USA, UK, Spain, Australia and so on. Thirdly, even once they can start sailing, all lines have been clear that they will be staggering their fleet return to service through most…
…Expedition ships (Coral Discoverer and Coral Adventurer) are also sailing Australian itineraries for Australian cruisers from January. So, this is the latest on the progress for resumption of cruising in the major regions of the world. Some progress but still no dates pretty much sums it up! ABOUT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS —————————————– Gary Bembridge’s Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and w…
…(Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America, Cunard, Princess, P&O Cruises, P&O Australia, Seabourn, AIDA and Costa Cruises) blew through half a billion dollars every month in the last quarter. They cut the amount down from over $700 million by selling 18 ships last year. Royal Caribbean Group, which owns Royal Caribbean Line, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Cruises and Silversea, and are joint ventures in Mein Schiff and Hapag Lloyd in Europe, are burning…
…Pluck of Travel by Red and Walter Biscardi of Where’s Walter Travel. If in Australia then I can suggest Jake Hower. Note: I get no benefit or commission if you do book with any of them and I recommend them based on my personal experience and those of people who follow the channel. Make sure you check this page often, as I am in the process of arranging some exciting future group cruises! Watch this space … Tips for Travellers Upcoming Cruises June…
…e Round UK, Norwegian Fjords, and Northern Europe sailings. Ships based in Australia do phenomenal cruises around Australia and New Zealand. They also base ships on the US West Coast and do Hawaii and West Coast deep dives. The other close competitors visit many of these but with limited sailings by comparison. Getting Right #3: Multi-Generational? The next thing that I think Princess are doing well is, although I’ve touched on it, is offering a v…
…p we are planning. My partner Mark and I, are looking at taking his Mum to Australia, a place she has always wanted to go. Celebrity Edge is going to be in Australia and would be an easy way to explore more, but after being on Edge, I decided there’s no way I would take her on Celebrity Edge. It’s too modern. The infinite balcony would alienate her. She doesn’t use a smartphone, so controlling the things in her cabin would be more challenging and…
…itself to travellers from countries like the USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Australia and so on. #2 Different itineraries to others Building on that, something I really like about Cunard is that they offer a slightly different approach on itineraries compared to most other cruise lines. And they have two key unique features. Firstly, Cunard is the only cruise line in the world that has a scheduled transatlantic service, which runs roughly from Apri…
…only affect ships when they’re under construction… People embarking on P&O Australia’s Pacific Encounter may be a little surprised to learn that the ship had a catastrophic fire on board during its previous incarnation as the Star Princess. In March 2006, what was then the Star Princess was sailing off the coast of Jamaica with 3,813 guests. It was just before 3am that a crew member smelled burning. They couldn’t see anything and didn’t think it w…
