…ing machines. What can your international removals company handle for you? Labelling, numbering and inventorying your items Items that you’re bringing overseas must be accurately labelled and inventoried. If you’re using an international removals company, they will do this for you as part of the shipping process. Making sure that your items are with you on arrival in Hong Kong International removals companies are global logistics experts. Trying t…
…isn’t going to guarantee you great weather. Iceland has become incredibly popular, especially since about 2010, and many of the key sites, particularly Golden Circle and Jewels of the North, get very busy and coming on a cruise is not going to give you any special access or ways of avoiding the crowds. Of course, the guides when they take around will try and take you the best times, but it is pretty difficult. Final thoughts Do the cons outweigh…
…less, because the land tourists are not going to be there. It’s much more popular in the summer months such as July / August. The same goes for the Caribbean – if you go in the August period or you even go in the December period, all of those places are going to be really busy. Crowds in Piazza San Marco (St Marks Square) Venice #2 Stay on board My second tip is a very obvious one – stay on board when the ship arrives in port. There’s an enormous…
…ive excursions. If you are in one of those regions, and the ports are very popular cruise ports, don’t feel worried that you’re not going to find something to do at a reasonable price. I always look at the ports and ask myself, how established is this port? If this is a port that very infrequently sees cruise ships, you may have a different perspective, and a cruise line excursion may be more appealing. What are the group sizes? Another factor to…
…ose for me are the big pluses of river cruising. What about the downsides? Popularity Probably one of the cons of river cruising in Europe is just how popular it’s becoming. As I already mentioned, there are lots of river cruise lines, and more and more people are cruising the rivers all the time, so the places are getting busier, because obviously there are only a certain amount of rivers, and they all tend to go to the same places because that’s…
…ictions on the areas where you can take them for fresh air. It’s extremely popular, and you have to book at least 12 to 18 months in advance. The kennels only operate on the transatlantic service between Hamburg, Southampton, and New York; New York, Southampton, and Hamburg. You can’t travel with pets any other time on Queen Mary 2. River and Canal Your second key option is in Europe, where there are a certain number of cruises on which you’re all…
…they had fewer cruise passengers, there was a realisation that some of the popular destinations are very overrun. There was already a lot of discussion around over-tourism and the fact that cruise ships were coming to places like Venice and Santorini and there were just too many people. As the waves of cruise ships aren’t currently arriving, a lot of these destinations are going to rethink their whole approach to tourism. This is partly because th…
…more around having a good time drinking, dancing and so on and calling on popular well-trodden tourist ports. The itineraries on offer in both the Caribbean and Mediterranean are limited and they repeat the same itineraries across the season. In the Caribbean, Scarlet Lady has three key itineraries out of Miami of 4 or 5 days, which are Mayan Sol (Costa Maya), Dominican Daze (Porto Plata) and Fire and Soiree (key West). All spend a full day at th…
…NTED Some of the early leaks on possible protocol changes, hinted that the popular buffet restaurants would disappear, and be replaced by table service only venues. Passengers generally were up in arms, and the good news for those of you who are fans of the buffet is that this cruise tradition looks to be reinvented not replaced. Self service will go, but the buffet will remain basically the same, but with crew members at every station serving pas…
…the Navy. So definitely one to watch to see how this plays out, and if the popular Key West call will have be dropped off cruise itineraries in 2021 and beyond Viking Installs Testing Laboratory One of the key CDC requirements in their “Framework For Conditional Sailing” is for cruise lines to build on-board capacity for testing of crew and passengers. Travellers out of USA ports have to be tested before boarding pier side and also before disembar…
…s good to see countries opening. Caribbean Prepares For Return Many of the popular ports across the Caribbean are using the shutdown, especially as it drags on, to upgrade and increase capacity to take more cruise ships. We are seeing big investments to make it easier for ships to call at some ports, especially the large mega-ships. Clearly, Caribbean governments believe people will return to cruising, and in growing numbers in the years ahead. Sh…
