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More Cruisers Are Being BUMPED From Their Cruises Than Ever. Here’s Why!

…I have also seen with great frequency people being bumped off cruises when new ships are running over-schedule in the shipyard. The good news is fewer of these are happening as shipyards catch up after the disruption from the Pandemic Shutdowns. But in recent years, many people were being bumped off maiden voyages including Sun Princess, Queen Anne, P&O Arvia, and Explora II. I always recommend avoid booking maiden voyages because so many people f…

Cruise Tips

I’ve Done 15 Caribbean Cruises. Here’s What No-One’s Telling You!

…ea and Regent carry more passengers than their existing ones. And even the new classes of ships themselves are being supersized when new ones are launched. For example, the latest versions of Celebrity Edge Class ships (Xcel and Ascent) carry several hundred more passengers than the first versions (Edge and Apex). This all means that even if the same number of ships are calling into a port on any day as they used to, there can be thousands more vi…

Cruise Tips

10 Bucket List Cruises You Absolutely MUST Do Before You Die!

…nd Mediterranean as great a vacation as they offer, are not as life-changing and magnificent as those on my list. And while sailing in and out of Sydney Harbour is incredible, I have found that Australia and New Zealand are better seen as a land-based trip and not a cruise. Sign up to my Substack Newsletter and never miss another post, and also get bonus content. Free and Added Features Options…

Cruise Tips

Solo Cruise Tips: I’ve Done 87 Solo Cruises, And Here’s What No-One Else Is Warning You About

…eabourn, and Regent Seven Seas also have no solo cabins, and none in their new builds either. So, we’re not seeing more solo cabins as new ships are built. And, when it comes to fares, things are not looking good either. It appears that lines increasingly have quotas to limit the number of solos on any sailing. Let me give you some examples. On Celebrity, if I search for a cruise for two people and then change the search to one person, I often get…

Airlines / United

United Airlines Business First Class. Cabin, Seats and Service Review

…al 4, which used to be the British Airways main terminal before the swanky new Terminal 5 was opened. The Terminal has been updated and is pretty pleasant. They use the new Sky Team Lounge which is vast and uses the old BA lounges. They have done a nice job at making it look bright and good selection of food and so on. Photos at the end of the posting. I am a huge fan of BA and then Virgin, so was keen to Continental/ United out as my experience f…

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

Athens / Greece / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

…and a toilet behind the other.Even the meeting rooms, which are in another new building, were good. The provision of free internet access in the bedrooms was also a nice touch. The fitness center was a real disappointment. 3 cardio machines and very light weights with no bench. It is a real missed opportunity. There is a large pool in the gardens which looks great. If you stay ask for building “2” and “3” as the rooms in the new buildings are supp…

QE2 A PICTORIAL JOURNEY: Book review

Cruise Ship / Cunard / QE2 / Travel Book / Travel Book Review

QE2 A PICTORIAL JOURNEY: Book review

…ting record of what the ship looked like before it gets converted into its new use in Dubai. And if rumours are true, then changes to the ship may be drastic and dramatic to convert it into the new use. The book covers: Accommodation, Restaurants, Bars & Lounges, Public Areas, Crew Areas and then some topics covering the external aspects of the ship. Every section has a photo or series of photos and as they are personal photographs they have a sen…

Continental Airlines USA Review

Airlines / Continental Airlines / Tips for Travellers / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Continental Airlines USA Review

…y part by the experience that I had flying Continental from Los Angeles to New York Newark. This leg of my trip was part of a round trip on Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow – Los Angeles – New York – London Heathrow. As Continental is a partner alliance airline with Virgin they did the internal US leg. As it was a business fare, I was travelling First on Continental. The Continental flight was so close to being good, but just not quite there c…

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

Arcadia / caribbean / cruise / P and O

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

…ore heading off to walk around St George harbor area. We are moored on the new quay and found that ships used to moor in a harbor, which is not far away, but more of a natural bay. “The World”, a residential ship that cruises all around the world, was moored in this old harbor area today but it seems that most ships use the new quay now. If you go through the mall of shops (where more are being built) and go down the road and through a tunnel buil…

Podcast: Airport Security

Airlines / podcast / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

Podcast: Airport Security

…yourself of you really need to travel until things calm down again and the new rules bed in and things get back to normal. Of course, get back to normal is a misnomer as things will never go back to the old system just to a more efficient new normal. We hope. These tips are based on what I experienced which was as follows: I had looked online yesterday, been a bit obsessed as I am, to see if the equivalent flight that I was on for that day had bee…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

Cunard Transatlantic Crossings By Ship : The History and The Heritage

…eduled jet liner services started making the crossing faster and offered a new, modern and exciting alternative. By the mid 1960s, it was possible that crew out numbered passengers. Like other companies, Cunard was forced to scale back crossings. They withdrew both the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth from service in the mid 1960s. The Queen Elizabeth 2 entered service in 1969, and was the only liner that maintained a regular service, positioning it…