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Cruise Tips

Seniors Cruise Tips: Too Many Cruisers Over 55 Fall For These 8 Cruising Traps

…er crowds in ports and less full ships. For example, I’ve found for us the Caribbean is best in November/ early December, or January/ February, the Mediterranean is best in June and October; and Alaska May / early June and late September. Also, when cruising those regions, look for itineraries longer than 7-nights as they tend to have more 55 plus travellers on them and less families. Repositioning cruises at the start and end of each region’s cru…

Podcast: Caribbean Cruise (Tips for Travellers Podcast # 33)

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Podcast: Caribbean Cruise (Tips for Travellers Podcast # 33)

…0703b_Grenada (38), originally uploaded by garybembridge. To listen to the podcast, right click this link and save to your hard drive. Or subscrive via iTunes by clicking on this link Read my impressions and thoughts: click here Read my tips for travellers: click here…

Caribbean Cruise Part 8: Funchal, Madeira

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Caribbean Cruise Part 8: Funchal, Madeira

Arcadia in Funchal, Madeira, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Read previous instalment: Crossing the Atlantic April 3 11:05am Yesterday after 5 days at sea, we arrived at the island of Madeira off the coast of Africa around 12 Noon. The good thing about arriving at that time versus the 7am, that ships usually plan to arrive at ports is you are up to see the ship approaching the island in the distance right up to docking. The island of Madeir…

Caribbean Cruise Part 7: Crossing the Atlantic to the UK

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Caribbean Cruise Part 7: Crossing the Atlantic to the UK

To read the previous instalment (Antigua): click here Crossing the Atlantic Wed 28 March 3pm P&O Cruise Ship Arcadia, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Click on the photo or links to view all the photos Today is the first of 5 days crossing the Atlantic from Antigua to the Atlantic island of Madeira, where we stop for half a day before carrying on for 3 days to Southampton (our final stop). We woke during the night noticing that it was fairly…

Caribbean Cruise Part 5: St Kitts

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Caribbean Cruise Part 5: St Kitts

READ PREVIOUS INSTALMENT: CLICK HERE 10:27 am Tuesday 27 March (St Kitts) As I write this, I am sitting under and umbrella on a sun lounger on the very beautiful Dickinson Bay Beach in Antigua. The sea like in Grenada is a mass of greens and blues – and quite lovely. The sand is especially remarkable and very fine and white; it is almost powdery in texture. More about Antigua later but first let me update you on yesterday in St Kitts. Yesterday w…

Caribbean Cruise Part 2: Setting off, and the dreaded charter flight

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Caribbean Cruise Part 2: Setting off, and the dreaded charter flight

To Read part one: click here So we are on our way as I wrote this posting. At the moment I am sitting on the Monarch Airways charter flight from London Gatwick to Barbados to join the P&O ship “Arcadia” which is sitting in the harbor of that glorious island waiting for us. I adore Barbados, and to hear just how much listen to my podcast about the island and read my blog and see my photos. I will tell you more about Monarch Airlines in a short whi…

Caribbean Cruise 2007: The amazing cabin

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Caribbean Cruise 2007: The amazing cabin

…As you will have seen from the original posting, I went on a 14 day cruise which started in Barbados and ends in Southampton in the UK. I wrote a journal that I will be posting with pictures and videos. But meantime, here is the cabin on the ship (P&O Arcadia) that we were in. It is a really amazing cabin which was B58 on the port side of the ship called the “Florence Suite”. More of the trip to come soon!…

Journeys / Transatlantic Crossing

Cunard Queen Mary 2 Crew Answer Your Questions About A Transatlantic Crossing

…After the Transatlantic Crossing, this is where we will be calling in the Caribbean: Cunard Queen Mary 2 Caribbean December 2012 – January 2013 I have been to Barbados, St Lucia and St Kitts before, and so am planning to add to my experiences there, and try some new things to be able to recommend. It will be the first time that I have been to St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands and to Dominica. The day in port at St. Thomas will be a crazy one, a…

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Cruise Tips And Advice: Main Cruise Types and Destinations To Consider

…like Southampton in the UK, as you will spend more time in the Med itself. Caribbean Islands Cruising round the Caribbean accounts over half of all cruise trips worldwide. It used to be right up to about 70%! They tend to be 7 nights, and cover either the East or West Caribbean. Most cruise lines departing from Miami will alternate the routes, and so if you have 2 weeks you can do both back to back. Most European Cruise lines move their ships to t…

Caribbean / Destinations / St Lucia

St. Lucia. My Guide to Luxurious Must See Excursions and Beaches When You Have Limited Time

…s most of the development is more in the south and around the Castries and Caribbean Sea parts of the island. You also get a chance to speed along empty beaches, and have a swim in the sea. It is warm and more robust than the Caribbean Sea. It is pretty special as this part of the island is very unspoilt and empty. You feel like you are on a deserted island. The video above shows more. You can spend the rest of the day exploring the Castries marke…

Seabourn

Seabourn Insider Tips and Tricks : Destinations, Types of Cruises, Booking

…we’re going to South Korea and Taiwan, which is exciting for us. With the Caribbean we visit undiscovered Caribbean ports. Although you have the convenience of sailing from Fort Lauderdale, you can actually see some of the real Caribbean islands that are less spoiled, less commercialized as well as some of the bigger known islands that most guests would be familiar with and may have travelled to before. Tips for Travellers: Talking about the smal…