…out of their team, because a happy crew certainly leads to a very well, very happy, satisfied guest. Read all my Insider Tips and Advice: Exclusive Interviews with the Crew series: Experience and Most Suited For: Hotel Director and Guest Relation Manager Destinations and Types of Cruises: Future Sales Manager Excursions and Self Touring: Destination Services Manager Solo Travellers and Families: Cruise Director…
…ise lines. It’s not a 5,000 passenger ship, you don’t have to be in line. You’re not just a number. Read all my Insider Tips and Advice: Exclusive Interviews with the Crew series: Experience and Most Suited For: Hotel Director and Guest Relation Manager Destinations and Types of Cruises: Future Sales Manager Excursions and Self Touring: Destination Services Manager Solo Travellers and Families: Cruise Director…
…t us know what you want and we’ll do everything we can to comply and make it your best vacation ever. Read all my Insider Tips and Advice: Exclusive Interviews with the Crew series: Experience and Most Suited For: Hotel Director and Guest Relation Manager Destinations and Types of Cruises: Future Sales Manager Excursions and Self Touring: Destination Services Manager Solo Travellers and Families: Cruise Director…
…it’s worth strolling across the massive steam engines. View from Room 627 Hotel le Germain Maple Leaf Toronto Rogers Centre Just down the road is the Rogers Center, which used to be called the Sky Dome. This large stadium holds concerts, hosts baseball, football and big events like mega-rallys. It can hold 70,000 people and it has a roof that closes in the cold season. Distillery District One of the districts that is worth spending time in is the…
…o satisfy yourself with a photograph taken with them at one of the events. Hotel Manager They are responsible for all passenger-facing activities including food and drink, housekeeping, shops, excursions and the casino. You are also unlikely to interact with them other than at cocktail parties but they are the most senior person to speak to if you have a major issue with one of these areas that the department head cannot resolve to your satisfacti…
…Great Bear Rainforest. A few nights at Knight Inlet Lodge, a floating eco-hotel half an hour flight from Campbell River and about 60 kilometres inland at Glendale Cove, is going to get me up close to view members of the largest concentration of grizzly (brown) bears in British Columbia.The tourism board says that it is not uncommon for there to be up to 50 bears within 10 kilometres of the lodge. This will be another first for me as the closest I…
…ut for me it is neither, it is just strange and fascinating at the same time. Come explore it with me. This show covers among other topics: Observations History General tips for visitors Best time to go Getting there and getting around Must-do things to see and do including: Casino Hotel De Paris Yacht Basin Monte Carlo Story Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium Palais du Prince La Cathedral De Monaco Jardin Exotique Zoo Car Museum Stamp Museum Naval…
…umbers of travellers are attracted to this “pack and unpack once with your hotel as transportation” way of seeing and immersing into European culture. Uniworld is one of the leading, and most luxurious, options available. In this article I share my nine tips for anyone considering river cruising and Uniworld. Tip 1: Make sure river cruising is right for you River cruising is not for everyone. Although the passenger mix is changing, it best suits p…
…It would appeal, in my view, to guests that are seeking a boutique modern hotel type experience. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/1aocrCqgYvU Uniworld River Empress One of the most prestige and premium lines with a reputation for personalised service. This all-inclusive line has different decor styles for every ship but tends to be a blend of traditional with a dash of glitz as the River Empress shows. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/6HfbupjXm…
…iday… just like you were going to, say, Benidorm you wouldn’t stay in your hotel room for the duration of your holiday, you would get out and explore the area. This is exactly the same on a cruise holiday, only, you have more than one port or country to explore. How you get there, depends on whether the ship as berthed along the quayside, or at anchor. Queen Mary 2 Tendering St Lucia Tendering issues If a ship is too long, or has a draft (the dept…
…Canadians. There were 25 nationalities in total. Cunard Entertainment and Hotel Managers that I have interviewed in the past had told me that Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth tend to be British traveller dominated, while the Queen Mary 2 due to the Transatlantic Crossings is more multi-cultural. This seemed true on this voyage. Although English speakers were in the vast majority, there were hosts for Japanese, German, French and Spanish speaker…
