…progress, cost its occupant $500,000, Rolfe said.) Its onboard shops, with labels like Hermes, Swarovsky and H. Stern, are not for the faint of wallet. Dress codes are more relaxed in the Caribbean, but you can still count on three formal nights on both seven- and 10-night sailings, and three on the six-night transatlantics. On the current 80-night World Cruise, Rolfe said, there are 60 nights at sea; 50 of them call for formal dress. The dress co…
…O Site describes the cruise as: “Arcadia’s homecoming Caribbean cruise and transatlantic crossing from Barbados to Southampton takes you first to the beautiful St George’s Harbour on the fragrant island of Grenada, which has more spices growing per square mile than anywhere else on earth. Scenic St Lucia is home to the world’s only drive-in volcano (Soufrière) and to another pretty harbour (Marigot Bay) while lush rainforests, sugar-white beaches…
…you decide if you like cruising, and banish your fear of getting seasick! Transatlantic Crossing: The ultimate journey! 7 days at sea on Cunard Queen Mary 2 is a journey everyone should do! But a lot of people worry about being at sea for so long without any ports to stop at and get off. But this is the classic journey that everyone should do. It is amazing. It is very relaxing, with an incredible amount of things to do – and lots of dressing up….
…overview of the Cunard Line. 2) Cruising with Cunard. 3) Queen Mary 2 and Transatlantic crossing focus and detailed coverage. 4) General cruising advice and tips including advice for first time cruisers, cruising the Caribbean, cruising the Norwegian Fjords and Transatlantic Crossings. Get the book using this Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk link. Please can you leave a review on Amazon too! Subscribe to the Tips for Travellers Monthly Newsletter: clic…
…ook includes: 1) The history, heritage and overview of the Cunard Line. 2) Transatlantic Crossings in summer and winter. 3) World Cruises and Voyage including life on board and facilities. 4) Norwegian Fjords Cruising. 5) Behind the scenes of Cunard including the history of afternoon tea, below deck, the kitchens and dealing with Norovirus 6) Ship reviews 7) Tips for different cruising in different parts of the world including the Caribbean, Medit…
…e video about cruising with your pets, but one of the best ways is doing a transatlantic cruise on the Queen Mary 2. They only have around 22 kennels, and they are very, very popular. Plus, of course, they’re not doing transatlantic crossings all year round. So, it’s something you need to look at booking way ahead of time. Cunard actually recommends between 18 months and two years in advance to make sure that you’d absolutely get a kennel for your…
…Service Charges” on my Scandinavia cruise, while on my Cunard Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic voyage it was just called a “service charge”. Maybe they’re renaming them to cloud that they are ramping up the cost of gratuities at the same time. Most lines now have gratuities at between $14 and $20 per person per day based on cabin grade. This also applies to children sharing their parent’s cabin. That adds between $200 and $300 for a couple for a seven-d…
…nd Caribbean seasons, like March/ April and September / October and on the transatlantic repositioning of ships around this time too. Another good way I find to find solo deals is on a few cruise aggregation sites. VacationsToGo.com, a popular discount site, have a solo deal search tab which shows either low price cruises even though you’re paying a supplement, and no supplement deals. When I did a search recently, they had solo deals on Seabourn,…
…y cruises. Then, I tried Cunard – only because I wanted to do their famous Transatlantic crossing – and everything changed. That learning experience set in motion the projection of my cruising journey, as I’m going to explain. #1 Friends and Enemies My Cunard experience was so different, and better, than my P&O ones and I wondered if by not constantly trying different cruise lines I would miss out. I came to think of cruise lines like I do my frie…
…Vienna to Budapest because the water levels were too low. #7 Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Next is a Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic between Southampton and New York. I have done this 5 times now because it’s the only true ocean liner sailing today. It’s a truly unique experience, harking back to the glory days of crossing before aeroplanes, and no other line or ship replicates it. The highlights for me are dressing up and the balls, although dressing up…
…to see if we liked it. When we discovered we did, we then went on to do a transatlantic crossing on the QE2. I think at the time we were trying to do all those things that you can do. So, fly on Concorde, go on the QE – all the kind of iconic things. Danielle: Had you been on Concorde? Mark: Yes, we’d been on Concorde. Well, Gary had been on it a number of times. I’d been on Concorde, I think, a year or two before. Danielle: Having now cruised se…
