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…attractive. It is probably more akin to cruising in a three- or four-star hotel. To get a feel for what CroisiEurope ships are like watch my video tours of their CroisiEurope Lafayette and Loire Princesse. The cabins have the amenities you need like air-conditioning / heating, bathroom with shower, satellite TV with channels from a range of European countries, safe, hairdryer and lots of electrical outlets (all using the European plug shape, so b…
…our cases than on check in. our transport arrived and we swept off to our hotel. One thing I have learnt from doing this extended cruise is that I want to do a world voyage again (and again). It was a magnificent experience and adventure and we met so many interesting people – both passengers and crew. I can see why people keep returning to do them. During this segment of the world voyage: Lido Alternatives were: Aztec – “Authentic regional Mexic…
…awling over 250 acres of reclaimed land behind the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel, it’s a modern-day wonder. The largest of the three gardens is the 130-acre Bay South Garden, which is the focus of the video tour. It has three of the more famous aspects of the gardens. Watch my Tips For Travellers Gardens By The Bay Video Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/LdVYs1ESwuw SuperTrees and the OCBC Skywalk way. The SuperTrees are vast structures of be…
…ners will be announced on 18 October at a glitzy event in a central London hotel. These finalists and then winners selected by industry judges, and so there is no lobbying and voting unlike many other awards. If you are not already following and subscribed to my Tips For Travellers YouTube channel were I have weekly videos to help travellers make the most of their precious travel time and money on both land and at sea, please do now: http://www.ti…
…all outside cabins. It caters for premium cruisers and has plush boutique hotel style decor. The ship is improved and updated every two years. The line aims to keep it looking great and catering for the prestige traveller. Although a relatively small ship, there are a range of facilities and choices on board. This includes a various speciality dining venues. I toured the ship in October 2017 just after some of the biggest changes. In the video I…
…ons list. In case the airlines you were to travel on goes insolvent or the hotel you were to stay in goes out of business or, even worse, a conflict breaks out where you were planning to travel, then comprehensive travel insurance cover for that too. It’s called End Supplier Insolvency Insurance. The beauty of the comprehensive travel insurance policy is that you can customize it to suit your needs. This means that you can take your trip knowing t…
…and ask them if they have an amenity kit. You’ll often find, like in many hotels, you can often get those for free. The other thing to do is you’ll often find in your cabin or by going to Guest Services, you can get stationery, envelopes, writing paper, pens and postcards. One of my favourite ways of getting free gifts is to take part in some of the raffles, especially on embarkation day you’ll find a couple of places around the ship have raffles…
…hem. First, I was invited by CroisiEurope to try one of their French barge hotel cruises and, secondly, I have got a drone (DJI Spark) and tried it out on on this trip. I was pleased with the results for this first outing as I captured shots of CroisiEurope Deborah in a number of the places we docked in, where it was permitted to fly a drone. The video below shows the footage I captured. My drone footage of CroisiEurope Deborah Barge https://youtu…
…find more limited ones in other parts of Europe, like Holland and Belgium. Hotel barge season is from April until October, which is the same for river cruises. #2 Amount of choice The second key difference between a barge and a river cruise in Europe is the amount of options and choices. On a river cruise you have a huge amount of cruise lines, ranging from very premium to more value price points. There’s a huge number of rivers you can choose fro…
…resort passes. You can often find them online, either directly through the hotel site, (or again you can just search for resort passes in the place you’re going) and you’ll find you can often go to the same resort or similar results for significantly less money than you’re going to be paying for the cruise line. So, definitely take a look at different alternatives. You may decide you want to stick with the cruise line because you like the security…