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…or Asia) Others include rare routes via the Suez Canal, French Polynesia, South America, or Australia. Because of the distances involved, repositioning cruises are longer (10–21 nights) and sea-day heavy, often with five or more consecutive days at sea. Why People Book Repositioning Cruises 1. Incredible Value Fares are often half the daily rate of the same ship’s normal cruises. Many cruisers use this to try premium lines like Viking, Regent, or…

…ip luxury space. My recent Sydney to Papeete voyage on Riviera through the South Pacific and French Polynesia is a perfect example, as was unique and intensive. Their shore excursions are generally well-run with good local operators. But here’s my issue: they do a terrible job of immersing us guests in those destinations on board. On all my voyages there have been no port-specific talks at all. Not even basic briefings about what to expect in the…

…of a World Cruise, that’s 50 nights at sea, on Queen Victoria sailing from Southampton to Sydney, Australia. It looked fantastic when I looked at the itinerary because I was going to be transiting the Panama canal and visit places in the Azores, United States, South America, Hawaii, Fuji, New Zealand and Australia. However, once I was on it, I realised that the problem with a World Cruise is there’s an enormous amount of sea days, and very few por…

…wanted to see Machu Picchu, and it was a key reason I booked the 31-night South America cruise on Holland America, as the ship stayed in Lima for 2.5 days making it possible. I went all in on Holland America’s most expensive “Gold” Machu Picchu Excursion option. Because that one included travelling on what’s considered one of the most luxurious trains in the world, the Belmond Hiram Bingham, run by the same company behind the Orient Express and R…