…will be many sea days as the ship has to cover vast distances. Lines like Cunard offer these cruises. Other lines, especially those with smaller ships, will provide extended voyages which cover a region more intensely and will make frequent stops and cover less total distance. #4 Budgeting The cost of the cruise will be significant but the costs once on board may be too. You need to understand what is included in your fare and budget the add-on c…
…ferent status levels. All the different lines offer different benefits. On Cunard, you’ll get things like Wi-Fi, free laundry services and all sorts of different features. As you hit different status levels, you’ll get better perks like speciality dining for free. Faster boarding and disembarkation The third perk, which I think is a great one is that you get faster embarkation and disembarkation. This is particularly useful if you’re on a bigger s…
…pular time to go cruising. For example, I have been a number of times on a Cunard Christmas cruise – they cruise the Caribbean every single year, and they’ve been doing it for decades. It goes out of New York, around the 21st, 22nd of December, and comes back to New York around the 3rd or 4th January. I met people when we first went on that cruise, that had been doing it since they were children, and they’re now in their 20s. Their family and exte…
…n Lion Pub. Sir Samuels coffee shop is named after the original founder of Cunard. The Carinthia Lounge is named after the very first ship to ever do a world cruise, which Cunard operated on that ship in 1933. G32 the nightclub is the name of the hull of the ship when it was being built and before it was officially named Queen Mary II. On Cunard Queen Elizabeth there is the bust of the Queen of the famous QE2 as well as that ship’s bell. Many ship…
…ruises had a smaller menu choice and the food was not as good, compared to Cunard, Holland America, Celebrity or Virgin Voyages. It was probably on par with P&O Cruises in the UK, which is a cruise line with many similarities. The other lines have upped it with culinary councils and partnerships. I suspect that Princess knows this is a weakness as they recently announced the appointment of the US chef Rudi Sodamin as “Head of Princess Culinary Art…
…but The Retreat is a wonderful experience. My partner Mark is a big fan of Cunard Queens Grill, but I want to change a future Cunard plan into a Celebrity Retreat as it’s more contemporary and the lounge, deck and perks are much better than Cunard equivalents. View more of my cruising tips. SUPPORT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS Find out about being a YouTube Channel Member: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/Join Find out about being a Patron on Patreon: htt…
…he best premium overall suite offer of any of the premium lines, including Cunard because although Cunard’s Queens Grill food beats them, the overall Retreat experience is better. Two Clear Options This brings me to the next thing that I think they’re doing well, and that is they’re evolving and giving cruisers two clear options. Celebrity Cruises has three classes of ship. Millennium-class, which includes Celebrity Millennium with 2,218 guests. T…
…of my cruising journey, as I’m going to explain. #1 Friends and Enemies My Cunard experience was so different, and better, than my P&O ones and I wondered if by not constantly trying different cruise lines I would miss out. I came to think of cruise lines like I do my friends. While I have a best friend and a close group of friends I hang out with a lot, I have other friends I turn to for different occasions. Some are better to party with, others…
…But it wasn’t a rule, as such. Cunard Enforcement… However, when I was on Cunard recently, lack of enforcement created a lot of angst. Cunard do have a clear dress code and this is the reason many chose the line. They want gala nights with the ship full of men dressed in tuxedos and ladies in fancy dresses. They choose it for those evenings when the ship feels like the glamorous days of ocean liners. In the past, Cunard strictly enforced the code…
…ses to get free cruises is by running artwork and craft classes. Mostly on Cunard. He did most of a recent World Cruise doing this. I have also met people teaching and running bridge classes. David, who I’ve been following for many years on Facebook, upon retiring developed a series of tech classes. He now runs these on ships on how to use FaceTime, edit photographs, and make short videos on your phone. So, if you have any of the skills or knowled…
…s, and the Princess Grill Restaurant for those in mini suites. Even though Cunard has a reputation for being the most class-based, it is the one of all of these I am talking about that has the fewest or least extensive facilities. The main pro about going Cunard Grills is the dining experience. This is where they place most focus. I would say the restaurants do offer some of the best food at sea, certainly within the premium category and better th…
