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European Versus Mekong River Cruises. Just How Different Are They

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The Differences Between Mekong and European River Cruises

…ou’ll head off to see all the key sites like the City Hall, the City Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon, and the old Saigon Central Post Office. In Phnom Penh, you’ll see the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda… all those classic sites in the big cities. The second group of excursions occur when you head out into the smaller towns or villages and tend to focus much more on the culture and how people live. You might go to farms or visit handic…

Should You Only Book Cruises Via A Cruise Agent

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Should You Be Using A Cruise Agent To Book Your Cruise?

…ey can then put together one whole programme. From the time you leave your house to the time you get back. They can fill in all the gaps and work around all of those different rules, regulations and changes. Making sure that you know what they are. I think travelling over the next year or so is going to be quite complicated and handing that over to someone else is going to be a plus. And, the great thing about working with an agent, is that they’l…

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Best Places To Cruise Month By Month

…rm time. So, February is a great time to go to the Caribbean. Sydney Opera House at dawn March March is a fantastic time if you want to go much further afield and head down to Australia and New Zealand. It’s really the end of the peak Australian period. Because it’s the Southern Hemisphere, January/February time is really busy – lots of Australians go cruising at that time. In March, the weather’s still great, there’s still a lot of choice for cru…

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Cruise News Update 27 : CDC No To Cruise, Cancellations Into 2021 And More

…s hard to see how they can. Many will remember that when the current White House Coronavirus Task Force placed pressure on lifting the no-sail order in October, it was reported that the CDC wanted it to be extended to at least the end of February 2021. Over the coming weeks, it is worth remembering this and also that the CDC decide the pace that cruise lines will pass through their defined stages to resume cruising. And so, in my view, their lates…

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13 Things I Wish I’d Know Before Doing A Disney Cruise

…owards the front of the ship. #8 See The Forbidden Embarkation day is open house for the Kids Club, and I would strongly recommend you go and see those areas because that’s the only time adults are really allowed in. And it is worth seeing, even if you don’t have kids. They are incredible. They have the Oceaneer Club for ages 3 to 11, which is amazing and huge. There’s a play side and then they have the lab side, which is more interactive. Then, t…

Gary Bembridge Tips for Travellers

Gary Bembridge

My Story: 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Gary Bembridge

…st3-mp3 ), my first YouTube video on 24 June 2006 (a video tour of a guest house we were staying in Cape Town https://youtu.be/Wc4qTwI8rUg ). My second video was a Cunard Queen Mary 2 Queens Grill cabin a month later (https://youtu.be/58IuFxpSbqU), starting my journey that would eventually turn a hobby into a career. My Johnson & Johnson days I stumbled across cruising by accident. But it changed everything. I first boarded a ship, with some reluc…

10 Latest Cruise Rip Off's And How I Avoid Them

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10 Latest Cruise Rip Off’s And How I Avoid Them

…ny limits, like only cover drinks up to $15, or exclude many brands or use house spirits, beers, or wines. Most seem to upgrade to a better package in the end. I believe lines introduced these because they’ve worked out that they make more money this way. So, what do I do? I don’t buy the packages any longer. Just the things I need and know I will use, like better Wi-Fi. And I often buy it online before the trip if they offer discounts – I found I…

Christmas Cruising Wasn’t What I Expected. Here’s Why

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Christmas Cruising Wasn’t What I Expected. Here’s Why

…eryone together at Christmas, without all the hassle of going to someone’s house. And this is exactly what Liz and her family did. They were a group of 11 people, ranging from 11 right through to 80 years of age coming together and sharing the Christmas experience at sea. They all had an incredible time. So, I realised that a Christmas cruise as a family event was what really made it special. For us as a couple, going on a cruise over Christmas an…

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9 Things Smart Cruisers Always Do in The Run Up To Their Cruise

…at home, so I didn’t have to let the neighbours know to keep an eye on the house. They had a set of keys and know the alarm codes if any issues came up. Smart Cruisers Check #9: Roll Call One other thing I did was check the week before the Cruise Critic roll call for the cruise. It’s a great last-minute catch all for anything that I’ve missed. For example, for this trip people arriving in Chile warned of random COVID tests at the airport, with qua…

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9 Amazing Activities That Will Make Any Alaska Cruise Epic

…tory, and now they are mostly craft and souvenir shops, and one is Dolly’s House Museum, home of one of the infamous Madams there. Totem Time Ketchikan is also renowned for the around 80 totem poles in the city and surrounds. My favourite place to see them us at the 11-acre Totem Bight State Historical Park, which was created in the 1930s. As many indigenous native people were moving into the centres for work, there was concern that some of the he…

Waste of $10,000? I Put Cruising In A "First Class" Suite on Royal Caribbean To The Test

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I Put Cruising “First Class” In A Suite on Royal Caribbean To The Test

…before the show started. However, I did notice the very best seats in the house were held and reserved in a different place for those in Star suite level, like slap bang centre stage for both the ice and theatre shows. The only downside, again, comes back to the numbers in suites as the people manning the seats did not recognise who was or wasn’t in suite so they would be a bit assertive and demand to see my cabin card. So that ruined the sort of…