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Best and Worst Things About Staying Loyal to a Cruise Line

…programme, or that of Regent Seven Seas. However, if you cruise with Royal Caribbean Group, you’ll find that your status moves between their different brands, so if you cruise with Royal Caribbean, and build your status with their Crown & Anchor Society, you’ll find if you go on Celebrity or Azamara, you can keep building and adding your points, and they apply across the different cruise lines. With MSC Cruises, they offer a status match, so if yo…

7 Things Every First-Time Cruise Passenger Should Know

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7 Things Every First-Time Cruise Passenger Should Know

…chment talks. Or they don’t want to be with children but booked on a Royal Caribbean, MSC or Norwegian cruise, which is often packed full of families. It can be complicated choosing the right cruise line. There are so many and each one is designed to cater for someone different. Broadly speaking, there are four key categories of cruise lines in my view. Cruise line categories Bigger ships – resort-style The biggest category, in terms of passengers…

How I Cruise Solo Cheaper, Smarter and Better

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How I Cruise Solo Cheaper, Smarter and Better

…deals, as was Ponant Antarctica, Azamara Mediterranean, Regent Seven Seas Caribbean and Windstar Norway. I find most of these deals happen in the “shoulder” periods, so early and late in the Mediterranean and 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…

10 Latest Cruise Rip Off's And How I Avoid Them

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10 Latest Cruise Rip Off’s And How I Avoid Them

…ed out that drinks packages make them more money. Drinks packages on Royal Caribbean or Carnival can cost between $400 and $600 per person for a seven-night cruise. And that is the price before they add an 18% gratuity, require everyone over 21 in your cabin to also buy that package usually, and have small print terms and conditions that limit number of drinks or cost of drinks that are included. Before buying one, use an online drinks package cal…

8 Top Tips For Finding Cruises That Will Not Be Full!

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8 Top Tips For Finding Cruises That Will Not Be Full!

…ten quite busy. In the Mediterranean, you can often push into June. In the Caribbean, that tends to be November, early December, January, early February time. These again are the shoulder periods in between the big kind of vacations like Spring Break and all that kind of stuff. Probably one of my most favourite things of choosing a cruise is looking at shoulder periods. #4: Do “Repositionings” Another fantastic choice, which is my fourth option, a…

People Are Still Unnecessarily Falling For These 6 CRUISE TRAPS

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People Are Still Unnecessarily Falling For These 6 CRUISE TRAPS

…our cabin grade includes. For example, although I haven’t cruised on Royal Caribbean very much, I am Diamond status because of my cruises I’ve done on Celebrity, and when you’re Diamond status, there’s a whole bunch of things you get. You get four free drinks up to the value of $15 per day in any of the bars and so on. You also get access to a Diamond Lounge where they have evening canapes and continental breakfasts and some Concierge help. Then,…

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My Friends & I Scored Free Or Nearly Free Cruises. Here’s How

…yal Caribbean’s Crown and Anchor Society gives a seven-night cruise to the Caribbean in a balcony cabin for their top tier. Norwegian Cruise Line’s Latitudes Rewards highest tier also has a free seven-night cruise in a balcony cabin, and for any destination as long as it’s not at Christmas and New Year. Celebrity Cruise’s top tier gets a seven-night Bermuda or Caribbean cruise in a balcony cabin. Though others like Holland America only gives their…

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2024 Cruise Watch Outs! Changes That You Need to Know And Worry About

…ver capacity. All three major cruising groups (Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Group) have told investors that sales in 2024 are way above any previous year, and occupancy of their ships is already running at 109% capacity and above. For those of you not sure what that means, the capacity of a ship is measured based on the number of fixed beds, which on average is around double occupancy per cabin. But many cabins have so…

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“Naughty” Tips ONLY Cruisers Over 18 Should Know About

…ruising with us in Europe, she does not want to go cruising with us in the Caribbean, or anywhere in and out of the USA until she is 21, as she wants to be able to drink on board. Lines sailing in and out of the USA have the drinking age set as from 21, as it is on land. But when in Europe, and most of Asia, the drinking age is 18 and the lines usually follow that. So, if you’re taking friends and family or are in the age range 18 to 21, bear that…

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I Cruise Silversea To See If Its New Owners Have Ruined It

…found it a little bit disappointing that it was still the same since Royal Caribbean have enormous expertise in entertainment. While some tell me on newer ships they felt it has improved, I found the daily program was much the same. Trivia, Bingo, table tennis competitions, cooking demonstrations, live music in lounges, and production shows. Those are the standard themed song and dance, with for me dated themes and music. I’m mid-60s and it felt m…

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These 17 Ports Are About To Ruin Your Cruise Plans

…ort from future cruises. These Ports Are About To Ruin Your Cruise Plans – Caribbean The Caribbean, the busiest cruise region in the world, is seeing limited new restrictions as many of the islands are focused on cruise tourism. However, there is an ongoing issue on Caribbean itineraries, related to Key West. Key West residents have had a long battle around the number and size of cruise ships that can dock there. During the pandemic, they voted to…