…ther 2000 plus hotel gets added more people come. It is till hard to get a room in Las Vegas at busy times! The up-coming boom seems to be the growth of the massive condo market as these are being built everywhere and soon new residents and presumably second homeowners will fill thousands and thousands of condos. There are 3 cities that I have visited over the last few years that change each and every time I go back. Las Vegas is one and the other…
…re. http://www.bembridge.co.uk/0504_Cape_Town.htm Also check out the hotel room video clips on the tipsfortravellers.com website CAPE TOWN TOURIST SITES http://www.cape-town.org http://www.cape-town.net http://www.longstreet.co.za/ MY CAPE TOWN “THINGS TO DO” RECOMMENDATIONS Tripadvisor.com view on attractions: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312659-Activities-Cape_Town_Western_Cape.html Table Mountain: http://www.tablemountain.net Victori…
…us pictures and filming small video clips using my digital camera of every hotel room I stay in and places I visit. I also read zillions of books on travel, and an currently researching and writing a book about “Icons and Legends of Travel”. As I travel about I always take with me my camera, my computer and my iPod. All 3 of these are essential tools for my travels – and so the discovery of podcasting and blogging gave me the inspiration and desir…
…were: Captain Birger J. Vorland Maro Car, Vice Captain Josef Lumetsbeger, Hotel Manager Rick Spath, Cruise Director Robert Bayfield, Chief Engineer The representatives of Crystal Cruises management were: Thomas Mazloum, Executive Vice President Toni Neumeister, Vice President Food and Beverage This is what I learned during the session: Major developments: Crystal celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015. To celebrate it plans to feature cruises ho…
…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…
…aster Ball that evening (where egg-shaped posters were hung around the ballroom). Other activities included a special cocktail (a sort of egg nog thing), an Egg Drop Competition where guests who had previously signed up dropped eggs in devices they had created from the upper level of the Pavilion Pool to the deck to see which did not break and an ice-carving demonstration out by the Lido Pool where a large Easter Bunny was created. A nice touch wa…
…f the hottest topics is the whole debate around gratuities. I have a whole video about gratuities and it’s one of the most discussed topics both in the video comments and on cruise forums generally. The real sense with gratuities, because many of them are auto added and in some cases quite hard to take them off, is that actually they’re a part of your cruise fare, so they should be more upfront and just build the gratuities into the fare, so once…
…de Hotel de Paris (which I stayed in once by the way, over-priced and tiny room). The next four ports are much more substantive, and favourites of mine. Split Split in Croatia is an ancient town of great beauty. Walkable from the cruise port, it is rich in history and has a wide boulevard on the ocean front with lots of cafes to site and people watch after a city tour. Kotor Kotor in Montenegro is another. Ships sail through a fjords-like entrance…
…ey must be made of non-flammable materials. Again, that fear of fires. Bathroom Once in the bathroom, there are a few things you should not do. Having been on a few cruises where toilets stopped working thanks to fellow passengers, it is frustrating as easily avoided. Never flush anything other than the supplied toilet tissue down the toilet. The toilets work on a suction system and are easily blocked. Products like wipes and feminine hygiene prod…
…eople and families in their ads and on-board materials. Like the excursion videos, and adopting and promoting more issues that appeal to a younger crowd. For example, the ship godmothers. Malala for Edge, who of course became famous for being injured by the Taliban for promoting womens education. Reshma Saujani for Apex, who is founder of the “Girls who code” to improve women in tech. Simone Biles for Beyond, the well-known U.S. gymnast who was ve…
…to bring the history and stories more alive. There is also a “splendid tea room” according to the leaflets. It is ok but not sure really “splendid”. There is also a large gift shop with some great costumes for kids, and some great model soldiers and the such. Watch the video tour of the castle on YouTube or on blog postimg: There are guided walking tours of the town during the summer that last about 90 minutes, or you can buy the Ludlow Town Trail…
