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Watch Out! Cruise Port Scams That Caught Me & My Friends Out

…loss. Pickpockets target crowds in all the big cities that cruises call in Europe, as the narrower streets and packed sights where people are often jostling and bumping into one another is perfect cover for them. The Big Spill By the way, one old trick that I have seen someone try a few years back on an MSC Cruises tour in Rome was the classic spill trick. One of gents in our group had someone bump into them and spill some gelato on them. They apo…

8 Top Tips For Finding Cruises That Will Not Be Full!

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8 Top Tips For Finding Cruises That Will Not Be Full!

…d up to Japan. And they’ll be going to places like Alaska, or returning to Europe for the Mediterranean season. #5: Avoid Local The fifth thing that I look at, and I learned this the hard way, is regional departures. You’ll find sometimes that these cruises, particularly in those regions where cruise ships don’t sail a lot, will often be jam-packed, because of the catchment area. They don’t have a lot of choice, so everyone in that area will pile…

Things They Don’t Tell You To Expect on a Mekong River Cruise!

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Things They Don’t Tell You To Expect on a Mekong River Cruise!

…ces, how quiet, calm, and uncrowded it was. If you go on a river cruise in Europe, the places are really busy. You’re going to have loads of ships there, lots of people, but most of the places we went to – other than the big cities like Ho Chi Minh and Phnom Penh – we were the only ship there. We were the only people out in the community, and it was fantastic. As we cruised along the river, we hardly saw any other ships. So that was really a sense…

People Are Still Unnecessarily Falling For These 6 CRUISE TRAPS

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People Are Still Unnecessarily Falling For These 6 CRUISE TRAPS

…g. Many cruise lines, even if they’re American cruise lines sailing out of Europe, which we are doing now, will reduce that to age 18. Those are some of the main ones, but I wanted to pull out the next one that’s in the cruise contract as a separate trap because this is a big, important one. Trap #6: Itinerary Changes When you book a cruise, do not assume that the itinerary is locked and will not change. The cruise lines in the cruise contract wil…

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When Cruise Line Excursions Could Be Your Best Decision Ever

…ear the main attraction or city. This is especially the case when cruising Europe, South America, and Asia. Where many of the headline and must-see places are a long way away. For example, I am just back from a Western Mediterranean cruise on Norwegian Viva. And three of the ports fitted into this. Rome was a good hour from the port of Civitavecchia. Florence, and Pisa, were an hour and a half from the port of Livorno, and Seville was also an hour…

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Why Are Norwegian Cruise Line Cruisers Are So Unhappy?

…weather sailings, as I saw on my sailing which was a chillier November in Europe, and the ship became cramped inside when people could not be out on the open deck spaces. But this was further exacerbated by something Norwegian dialed up on this class of ships. And it was the cause of the third big complaint most cruisers I spoke to had. Closed Off They felt a lot of the ship was closed off to regular guests, making it more crowded than it needed…

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Incredible Train Journeys Every Cruiser Should Consider. And Why!

…mous Alice Springs to visit things like the home of the Flying Doctors. In Europe and UK there are some links to cruising and trains. While not as significant as in the countries I’ve spoken about so far, there are some fascinating options. Eurostar Some river cruise lines use the Eurostar to whisk cruisers to and from the UK under the English Channel to Paris. To join river cruises close to the Eiffel Tower sailing down the River Seine, which I h…

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Avoid Cruise Hell – Cruises You Should Stay Far Away From!

…l shakedown voyages over the years because one advantage of being based in Europe, where most cruise ships are built, is they mostly ask people close by. Second, and more important, in my experience things do not run smoothly. It’s a brand-new ship, and it’s the first time with a full complement of passengers, as the shakedown cruises usually run with around half capacity. The maiden is the first time everything gets tried out at capacity. Remembe…

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Too Many Caribbean Cruisers Still Get These 7 Things Wrong

…e way more other options. You can sail to the Caribbean direct to and from Europe. I have sailed to the Caribbean twice out of the UK. Once it was a repositioning Caribbean cruise on P&O Cruises Britannia, and the other on Cunard there and back. You can also do a Caribbean cruise on European lines like the UK’s P&O Cruises, German Mein Schiff and AIDA and Italian Costa. As they move and base many of their ships there in the season, mostly out of B…

I Put THE 3 Big Issues Cruisers Have With Holland America To The Test!

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I Put THE 3 Big Issues Cruisers Have With Holland America To The Test!

…nd New England, a show called “Breton Thunder”, with Nova Scotia music. In Europe, string music and European tenors with a show called “Chordial Chamber Trio” and the Pantheon. In Alaska, they’re going to still use the Step One Dance Company with their dance and video projection shows. Although they seem to have walked away largely from classical music, we all felt, that overall live music is still a big part of Holland America and the way they do…

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Not Telling Your Cruise Line These 6 Things Could Sink Your Cruise

…nting to do a repositioning cruise on Holland America Nieuw Statendam from Europe via Iceland, Greenland, and Canada to New York, told me they planned to simply leave in Canada, as it was closer to home. I’ve also seen people talking about jumping off in a particular Caribbean Island to stay in a resort. Sometimes it is possible to leave a cruise ship before the end of the scheduled sailing. However, it all hinges on the regional and country rules…