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Highs and Lows of Cruising on The Cunard Queen Mary 2. Rough Seas & Norovirus Included!

…reated much less work for the crew – and not meant their own Christmas and New Year parties were cancelled for them to do extra cleansing duties. Royal Court Theatre Shows and Entertainment. The production shows and the guest entertainers are pretty weak. They are also on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. The Royal Court Theatre Company has some young talent within in, but the shows generally are poor and predictable. They lack a slickness and g…

Cruise Ship / MSC / MSC Preziosa / transportation

Cruise Ship Jobs: Exclusive Interview About Designing the MSC Preziosa On-Board Experience

…-ship while I am on-board. It takes at least 3 years to design and build a new “class” of ship. A “class” means a new design, style and size of ship. Once it is developed, it is used as the base for subsequent ships, which can then take about a year or so to build as all the development and fine tuning has been done. MSC Preziosa is a “Fantasia” Class ship, and will join 3 sister ships using the same base design in the fleet (MSC Fantasia, MSC Spl…

Accomodation

New Hotel Booking Site TravelPony.com Extra Savings For Facebook Users

                    A new hotel booking site from the USA has expanded with sites targeting the UK and French travellers as well as their home market. The site is called Travel Pony and what makes it different is that you sign in with your Facebook account and this triggers deeper discounts. Clay Jackson from travelpony.com told Tips for Travellers that  ” “TravelPony is the first website that gives travelers special rates on hotels just for bein…

travel podcast

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides sponsors of Tips for Travellers podcast get a new look

…more into the history, have directions and maps and also go into more detail on the must-see attractions that I recommend in the podcast. The guides have been updated and refreshed in recent months, and have a new look – as the image of some of the books in the banner above shows. To find out more about the episodes that they have sponsored to date, and to see the guides visit tipsfortravellers.com/DK…

cruising

Ultimate Guide to Cruising – a new resource from Virgin Holidays

…hers. Virgin Holidays have just produced a fascinating cruise resource for new and regular cruisers where they try and cover in depth many of the questions they are asked by clients. The visual below shows the key topics that they cover. You then click on a topic and there are a series of articles linked to each topic: To review the resource visit: virginholidayscruises.co.uk/cruise-guide/ Also subscribe for free to 60-Second Cruise Tips video pod…

Travel Book

New: “Essential Cruise Tips for First-time Cruisers” eBook

…ed help navigating through all the complexities and conflicting advice? My new eBook called “Essential Cruise Tips for first-time cruisers” is designed to make choosing and getting the most out of your first cruise simple and easy, by providing you with only the most essential tips and advice you need to know including: first-time tips common mistakes to avoid budgeting and saving money on fares, excursions and on board cruise contract watch-outs…

7 Ways Cruising Will Be Changing

Cruise Tips

7 Ways Cruising Will Change After The Shutdown

…se to home. Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a real drive to find new itineraries and new places to cruise. The cruise lines were pushing their ships all around the world. In the run up to the shutdown that became a real challenge, because ships were far away from their home ports, where they had clout because their head offices were there. And increasingly as things developed, we saw that international ports were not willing to let cruis…

Cruise Tips

Best Places To Cruise Month By Month

…watch another one right now? View more of my cruising tips. Subscribe to Tips For Travellers YouTube Channel (click image): Follow Tips For Travellers: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Sign up for the monthly newsletter. includes a free eBook to download every month. Never miss a post by signing up below and every new post will be sent direct to you. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email a…

Cruise Update

Good Cruise News You Should Know About

…oups have had to tide them over. So that is the bad news! What is the good news? The good news is that to date only a handful of around 5 smaller lines have disappeared, like Cruise & Maritime out of the UK and Pullmantur (a Spanish joint venture with Royal Caribbean). And the really good news is that all the major lines are very well-placed to survive through this storm. According to their financial reports, the world’s three largest cruise corpo…

Upcoming Cruises

…r) January 2028 Holland America 40-Night Australia, Fiji, South Pacific, & New Zealand (4 January – 13 February)   Tips for Travellers – Cruises To Date 131: Cunard Queen Mary 2 7-Night Transatlantic (Southampton to New York) (10 – 17 June 2026) 130: Windstar Wind Surf 8-Nights Classic Italy & Dalmatian Coast (Venice to Rome) (13 – 21 May 2026) 129: Holland America 31-Night Oosterdam South America, Inca & Panama Canal Discovery (8 March – 8 April…

Cruise Tips

Princess Cruises Versus Celebrity Cruises: Which Is Better?

…re but is not significantly the better. But what they are doing with their new ships. As Princess adds new ships they are sticking to an existing style and format. The newer ships are getting bigger but the ships like Sky Princess, Enchanted Princess, Discovery Princess are the same layout and format as the slightly older and previous Royal Princess, Regal Princess, but with an extra deck. They have the same look, the same venues, the same facilit…