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Tips For Travellers Group Cruises

Tips For Travellers Group Cruises – Come Sail With Me!

…group cruise. It is an itinerary I have wanted to do for years: Canada and New England out of Boston. This 11-night group cruise is on Celebrity Eclipse, sailing from 19 – 30 September 2024, and will call into Rockland, Halifax, Sydney, Quebec (overnight), Charlottetown and Portland. April 2024: Patron and Channel Member Holland America Eurodam 7-Night Eastern Caribbean This Tips for Travellers group cruise was a smaller group of 31 Patrons and Yo…

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Too Many Caribbean Cruisers Still Get These 7 Things Wrong

…and Norwegian and Royal Caribbean had nine alternatives. These include New York, Tampa, Galveston, and so on. The downside with those is, unlike if you’re sailing from Florida, you’re probably going to get some of the older ships, not the new, glitzy ships, but that does often mean lower fares. But there are way more other options. You can sail to the Caribbean direct to and from Europe. I have sailed to the Caribbean twice out of the UK. Once it…

Here's What It's REALLY Like On A Viking Ocean Cruise

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Here’s What It’s REALLY Like On A Viking Ocean Cruise

…. For dinner the menu had an “always available” section with classics like New York Strip Steak, Norwegian Salmon, Roast Chicken and Crème Brulé. There’s a destination menu linked to the location, for example on my first night it was Alaska Salmon Poke and Alaskan Snow Crab Bake. Then there’s a daily a la carte section, and finally a vegetarian section. World Café Then there’s the World Cafe, the buffet restaurant open for breakfast, lunch, and di…

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ON SALE NOW: My 2027 Tips For Travellers Group Cruise !

…for booking. It is a Cunard Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing departing New York in 23 July 2027 and arriving in Southampton on 30 July. Spaces on the group are limited and you can find out more details and how to book at https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/2027-group-cruise/ The Group booking will include access to organised events confirmed closer to the sailing. As with past groups, these are likely to include activities such as Welcome Cockta…

Thanet in Kent (Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate) revival – time for leisurely exploration?

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Thanet in Kent (Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate) revival – time for leisurely exploration?

…milar fashion to its’ American cousin, Coney Island, Margate has a genuine new buzz about it. Every other day a new independent shop seems to be opening in the Old Town that’s tucked behind the water front, from high-end vintage clothes stores to cutting edge tattoo parlours. This surge of regeneration is now spreading up to Cliftonville, undeniably one of the most deprived parts of Margate. At the vanguard, a new style café, reborn from a dilapid…

Eurostar comments on my posting on their lounge at St Pancras

Eurostar / London / St Pancras / Tips for Travellers / travel

Eurostar comments on my posting on their lounge at St Pancras

…after posting on this blog today about my experiences and thoughts on the new Eurostar Lounge at St Pancras, the Eurostar Communications Chap (Gareth Headon) had dropped me an email with some news about the lounge: This is what he had to say: “I was interested to read your blog about your experience of using Eurostar’s new Business Premier lounge at St Pancras International. I thought you’d be interested to know that we will soon be adding an add…

My new travel video podcast

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My new travel video podcast

…podcast (Tips for Travellers: The Global Travel Destination Podcast). The new podcast is a video podcast and called Tips for Travellers: Hotel Room Video Podcast. This has short videos with commentary of hotel rooms and attractions from all over the world. If you click on the links above it will add the podcasts to iTunes. If you don’t use iTunes the feeds for the 2 podcasts are below (cut and paste them to your favourite podcast catcher). Tips f…

Ramada Hotel, Newark Airport, New Jersey USA; Room video

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Ramada Hotel, Newark Airport, New Jersey USA; Room video

This is a video of Room 370 at the Ramada Hotel at Newark Airport, New Jersey, USA. As you will hear in the commentary I am a bit tired and fed up! This is not really to do with the hotel which I was pretty pleased with as usually Ramada’s I have stayed at have been not that great. The rooms were a good size, clean and comfortable. The reason for being unhappy was it was after a long and bad day due to Virgin Atlantic (who I usually praise) who t…

ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

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ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

…furbished or extended. Even the 5 star Hilton was transformed into a funky new modern hotel with sushi restaurants and hip spa. The city had new walkways for tourists and all the traditional sights have been connected in a kind of “archaeological area” and are easier to walk between without fighting through the heavy traffic. Most of the museums too have been updated, renovated and extended and the tourist services seem better, more efficient and…

NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

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NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

…book podcast by Gary Bembridge. Each month you will receive at leaste one new chapter of this book bringing to life the dramatic stories behind the most famous legends and icons of travel across the years. Chapters will include Air Force One, Queen Elizabeth, Channel Tunnel, Concorde and much more. Each chapter is taken directly from the book of the same name being written by Gary Bembridge, host of the popular “Tips for Travellers: Global Travel…