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Viking River Cruises Tips, Must-Knows and Watch Outs

…t Viking River Cruises tips you should know about. I complied this after a European River cruise along the Danube with Viking on the Viking of Vilhjalm as a guest of Viking Cruises, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to share the things that I wish I’d known, and the things that I learned, to help you better understand a Viking River cruise in Europe. And the things to really watch out for and make sure that you’re aware of before you g…

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Viking River Cruises Longships Review And Ship Tour

…you need to know about a Viking Longship if you’re planning on going on a European river cruise, including what it has and a few surprising things that it doesn’t have. I travelled as a guest of Viking Cruises on a 7-night Danube cruise before making the video and review. Watch my Viking River Cruises Longship Video https://youtu.be/nrTPiuJUCZw Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nrTPiuJUCZw   Longships First of all, what’s important to note is th…

Cruise Tips

10 Best Cruises Around The World

…everybody! Norwegian fjords absolutely magnificent. Baltic Another popular European-based cruise is to the Baltics, and this is very magical. These normally go to places like Helsinki and Tallinn, and then they will head into St Petersburg in Russia – and normally will be either two or three overnights to make sure that you can really explore the magnificent that is St. Petersburg. It really is a magnificent trip. It’s very interesting because you…

Best Things About cruising

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7 Best Things About Cruising

…a huge amount in a very short space of time. For example, you can go on a European cruise for seven nights, and go to four or five different countries, visiting all the iconic sights. On a seven day cruise in the Caribbean, you’re going to be able to visit four or five islands, so you can see and cover a huge amount of territories in a very short space of time, in a very simple and easy way without travelling, packing and unpacking and having to…

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Cruise Shutdown: What To Do About Cruise Bookings and Plans

…ges are now going to launch at the end of July, and Avalon will only start European river cruising at that time too. Secondly, most of the airlines have largely closed down operations, and fleets are grounded right through into May at least. Thirdly of course, governments are asking people to stay home if they’re residents, and many are not letting non-residents in. A lot of borders are being closed; travel insurance is largely locked down – it’s…

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Easy-to-Make Cruise Packing Mistakes. 11 Things You Shouldn’t Forget To Pack For Your cruise!

…Europe, they tend to have more US socket styles and maybe only one or two European sockets. So, make sure you’ve got adapters. I like to take the adapters that you can set for different regions, so you don’t have to think too much about which one you’ll need. One thing that cruise lines are clamping down on is plug points. So, see whether your cruise line allows you to bring some sort of extension cord. Importantly, they don’t allow extension cor…

7 Best Cruises To Consider For Your Return To Cruising

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7 Cruises To Consider For Your Return To Cruising (After the Shutdown)

…rough to about September/October, a lot of the focus shifts to Europe. One European cruise that I would strongly recommend you consider is the Norwegian Fjords. During peak season it barely gets dark at all, and all the time you’re sailing through phenomenally beautiful scenery. You go really far inland, so it’s a magnificent way to spend seven days. You can cruise the Fjords from various different ports around Europe, for example, out of Southamp…

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CRUISE UPDATE: 7 EU GUIDELINES FOR CRUISING To Resume You May Not Like

In a major cruise update, the European Union issued a 49-page document with guidelines for cruise lines for restarting cruising across Europe. This comprehensive set of cruising guidelines was developed with input from CLIA (Cruise Line Association) and over 30 Cruise lines executives. I discuss 7 areas of note that I think cruise passengers may have some issues with, including travellers over 65, itinerary proposals, screening, masks, dining, so…

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USA 2020 Cruise Update – New Plans and Protocols

…is should be much reduced. Testing has worked successfully so far for the European lines like MSC Cruises, Costa and others that have used it as they started cruising again. Though: It is not clear what form the testing will be, and who pays yet. Some lines, such as SAGA in the UK, have announced they will be doing 2-stage testing with guests having to do a test before they depart to join the ship and another pier side before boarding. This is co…

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Cruise News Update #24 – Lifting Of No-Sail Fall Out

…will reassess based on when Germany lifts it’s lockdown. Carnival’s other European line, Costa which caters for Italian guests, has changed itineraries and dropped calls in France and Spain that were due to commence in mid-November due to the level of cases and lockdowns in those countries. They will only call on Italian ports now. This is possible despite Italy moving to stricter Covid restrictions rules. While early drafts of the restrictions r…

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Latest Cruise News Update #26 – Carnival, Cancellations, Test Cruises And More

…ing Italian, Greek and Canary island itineraries, although on pause due to European lockdowns. CLIA is pushing to get the UK-based lines, and those that home port in the UK, sailing UK-based itineraries which (as I reported in the last update) the UK government appears to be moving towards. Test Cruises Update One of the steps the lines have to complete before the CDC will allow them to sail out of US ports is to run, what they call “simulated cru…