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Cruise Tips

Avoid Cruise Hell – Cruises You Should Stay Far Away From!

…s often can face rough seas. Of course, there are others like winter North Atlantic Crossings which was one of the first trips I ever did on Cunard, with massive waves crashing over the bow of the ship, crossing the Drake Passage to Antarctica, and going around the Cape Horn.   SUPPORT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS Find out about being a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers Check out my T-Shirt range: http://bit.ly/TFTStore FOLLOW ME…

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These 17 Ports Are About To Ruin Your Cruise Plans

…here. Canary Islands The Canary Islands, a group of Spanish Islands in the Atlantic, are a popular cruise destination but are also seeing recently anti-tourism demonstrations under the banner “Canarias tiene un límite” (The Canaries have a limit) with a claimed 57,000 attending one that happened at the start of the season. They are currently focused on getting the state to limit land tourism numbers and clamp down on things like Airbnb lets, and n…

Cruise Tips

Repositioning Cruises Explained: Bargains, Hidden Traps, and Must-Know Tips

…den gem for experienced cruisers. The most common repositionings are: Transatlantic (Europe ↔ Caribbean) Panama Canal / Pacific Coast (Alaska ↔ Caribbean or Mexico) Transpacific (Alaska ↔ Japan 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…

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

California / san francisco / Tips for Travellers / travel / usa

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

…d empty shops but not on a massive scale. The most noticeable was the huge Virgin Megastore closing down. (2) Hobos and homeless I do recall this image from before, but there seems to be a lot of hobo and homeless people on the streets in the centre. Not that you feel threatened or scared, but you see a lot of them all over. More so than I feel you see elsewhere. Is this a heritage of San Francisco’s hippy days and Mecca to attract bohemians and t…

Airlines / British Airways / transportation

British Airways BA First Class: The old and the new versions

…ent of flat bed style seats in Business that go 180 degrees like on BA and Virgin made the decline come even faster. Then there was the shift in company travel policies that followed both for economic and for that reason. I remember not so long ago when we were able as part of the travel policy to be able to fly First Class is the flight time was 12 hours or more. No longer. One upside of the current decline of business travel is that airlines are…

Cape Town: Derwent House Boutique Hotel review

Cape Town / South Africa

Cape Town: Derwent House Boutique Hotel review

…dded Nice touches and features: – free passes for the huge and very modern Virgin Active Gym at Wembley Square. This is a lovely gym and has lots of fit and good-looking inspirational eye candy to admire while working out! – free wireless internet access throughout the hotel. As a regular hotel stayer for work, I wish more hotels would do this! There is also a laptop in the lounge if you don’t bring your own. – turn down with yummy chocolate and a…

Iberia Economy versus BA Economy

Airlines / British Airways / Iberia / Tips for Travellers / travel

Iberia Economy versus BA Economy

…past posting on my reviews of BA long haul and also on why I prefer BA to Virgin will already know that. My experience today has helped to confirm my preference. With a recent change in my role at work, I am now doing much more travel within Europe than Long Haul. Being based in London and living fairly near to Heathrow, you can get pretty much anywhere direct on BA. I have been wondering if there is a better option to my default of booking onto…

Airlines / Korean Air / transportation

Korean Air Club Business Class Seats (Photos, Review and Video)

…seat in your face like on airlines like Singapore Business. Service was good and friendly. I also have a video of the take off that shows some of the cabin and that is posted below the photos. I also have on this blog pictures of British Airways old and new Club Seats and Virgin (search the blog to find these). Korean Air Club Class (4), originally uploaded by garybembridge. Korean Air Club Class, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Korean Air C…

Sao Paulo (Brazil) : Sofitel Hotel

Brazil / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Sao Paulo / Sofitel

Sao Paulo (Brazil) : Sofitel Hotel

…British Airways (which was a nice change after the terrible time I had on Virgin – and still no apology or news on what they plan to do). Below is a video of the very nice room at the Sofitel Hotel on Rua Sena Madureira here in Sao Paulo. View of Sao Paulo from my room in Sofitel Here is my review of the hotel: I liked this hotel. The rooms are large; the food is good and the staff all very helpful and friendly. While the hotel basically overlook…

Cathay Pacific Review: 1st Class London – Hong Kong

Cathy Pacific

Cathay Pacific Review: 1st Class London – Hong Kong

…uncomfortable as the seat is contoured for sitting upright and so (unlike Virgin where their lie flat seat flips right over to provide a flat surface) it is a bit bumpy. But you are lying flat and can stretch out and so to quibble about this seemed a bit silly I reminded myself as it crossed my mind. And as the flight was 11 hours to Hong Kong I did manage to sleep pretty much for 7 hours. The food on offer is generous, varied and good. It starte…