…hing from Princess, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, Costa, MSC, P&O Cruises, Cunard, Carnival, River Cruises and more. You’re not necessarily going to score big discounts in fares, but onboard credit helps enormously to make your cruise budget go further. Teachers If you’re a teacher or work in a university, you can also get various discounts and extra onboard credit. Again, a bit like with the healthcare servic…
…ior crew might invite you to a large cocktail party or host tables on some cruises. The cruise lines are becoming stricter on those interactions with the crew and if you go back and look at the old liner days, you’ll find there’s lots of cocktail parties and more mixing and socializing between the crew and passengers. The cruise lines have much stricter rules. Even if you strike up a friendship with perhaps the gym instructor or other crew, even m…
…mend that you understand to what degree there is cultural immersion on the cruise. Some cruise lines will make sure that every day there’s a local menu and they’ll bring onboard local entertainment. For example, on a recent Viking Danube cruise, every single day there was a local menu choice with a starter, a main course and a dessert which was specific to the very town or place that were going through. They would bring on board entertainers from…
…that I made around how all of those I followed were able to make living on cruise ships affordable, is they cruised on Inside Cabins and booked guaranteed fares, which meant they didn’t get to choose their cabin and location. All reported on some of their trips that had less than ideal cabins. Lynnelle of “From Poverty to Paradise” has spoken in some videos about cabin issues such as being near noisy venues or machinery and from the people next do…
…ore considering if they are right for your first (or next!) European river cruise. MS Serenade River Cruise Ship Photo: Titan Travel #1: Designed for the needs of UK Travellers The established river cruise lines set up and evolved to meet the needs and expectations of existing river cruisers. Many, like Uniworld and Viking, appeal and cater extremely well to American travellers while others, like CroisiEurope, offer a uniquely continental European…
…is suitable for them. Is it possible for people with disABILITIES to go on cruise holidays? ABSOLUTELY! Cruise holidays are a fantastic way for people with disABILITIES, as well as their families, friends and/or carers to enjoy a relaxing (or otherwise, depending on how you like to enjoy your holidays). How do I know? There are three reasons why I can say, hand-on-heart, that cruise holidays are fantastic for people with disabilities: I worked in…
…some cruises starting and ending in the United States, like some Caribbean cruises and Alaska cruises, allow US nationals to use a birth certificate and a government issued photo ID. However, every single cruise line I checked with recommend using a passport, even for those. If something goes wrong and you need to leave the ship and return home, not having a passport makes it extremely difficult. However, if you do decide to cruise with a birth ce…
…ecrets Staring Us In The Face It was 10 o’clock in the evening on a Viking cruise. I was chatting to the cruise director when an innocuous announcement came over the tannoy system. She turned and ran. When I discovered how the bridge knew she had to run. And how they let her know. It got me thinking about other hidden things on cruise ships staring us right in the face. Things that we have no idea are there or are missing the significance of. Let’…
…s. The second great thing is that you have an enormous amount of choice in cruise lines. Offhand, I could think of at least 14 or 15 cruise lines and there are many, many more that I’ve seen on the rivers that I just can’t remember. You have names like A-ROSA, AmaWaterways, Amadeus, Avalon, Crystal, CroisiEurope, Phoenix Reisen, Nikko, KD Cruises, Scenic, APT, Viking, Tauck and many, many more. What’s really important with this amount of choice is…
…he biggest cause. Bumped By Redeployments Most people are being bumped off cruises because cruise lines are redeploying ships to regions with more demand, and by changing or dropping plans to home base a ship out of certain ports. Of course, over the last few years many were bumped off cruises due to the Israel / Middle East conflict making it too dangerous for cruise ships to use the Suez Canal. Ships used it to go to-and-from their Asia and Aust…
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