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Cruise Tips

2025 Cruise Tips: Changes EVERYONE Cruising In 2025 Needs To Know About

…d Norwegian Bliss. As I mentioned earlier, with demand so high and so many cruises already full, cruise lines are looking at redeploying ships at relatively short notice to add capacity where demand is greatest. So, with huge demand in the Caribbean, some are redeploying ships from other areas with lower demand. For example, some of those Norwegian changes were pulling ships out of Africa, South America, and Asia to redeploy to areas with higher d…

Here's What It's REALLY Like On A Viking Ocean Cruise

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Here’s What It’s REALLY Like On A Viking Ocean Cruise

…stein Hagen, the founder of Viking, describes it as the “thinking person’s cruise, not the drinking person’s cruise”. Like other small ships, the daily program is light, and I felt could do with some more light-hearted aspects and fun. In summary, each day on my trip there were several enrichment talks by the 4 guest speakers, including a Resident Historian on the cruise. A port talk with an overview of the port history and all the tours by the Cr…

HEALTH TIPS WHEN TRAVELLING: avoiding the Cheryl Cole and more…

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HEALTH TIPS WHEN TRAVELLING: avoiding the Cheryl Cole and more…

…have a journey to make and toilets are not always at hand. Always read the label and remember to rehydrate with water and rehydration salts, or sports drinks if you have diarrhoea.” On their site they have this travel hotspot thing: Find out more about Travellers’ Diarrhoea What are your tips? Add a comment on the blog or email and I will add: [email protected] ——————————————————– Sign up now to get updates from Gary Bembridge: Tips for Travell…

HILTON MILLENIUM HOTEL, NEW YORK, USA: noisy due to ground zero building

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HILTON MILLENIUM HOTEL, NEW YORK, USA: noisy due to ground zero building

…it on this trip. The hotel is right next to the famous Century 21 discount label department store and an easy 10 minute walk to South Street Sea Port area with its shops and museums and the major drop off and pick up for the round Manhattan bus tours. But overall, it is not a very handy destination for tourists as far from the shopping areas and Central Park etc. Overall, I liked the room a lot but the noise of construction did wake me up earlier…

Cruise the Caribbean like an expert! Follow these 6 tips

Caribbean / Caribbean Cruise

Cruise the Caribbean like an expert! Follow these 6 tips

…Time Cruiser tips I also have an article with 16 key tips for “first time cruisers” based on the many cruises that I have done to date, and things that I learnt from others too. These have proven to be popular and helpful to others #2: Choose your Cruise Line very carefully With so many cruise brands, you need to choose who you visit the Caribbean with very carefully. It could really make or break your cruise experience. While most of the USA bas…

7 Ways Cruising Will Be Changing

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7 Ways Cruising Will Change After The Shutdown

…f years, we’ve seen a real drive to find new itineraries and new places to cruise. The cruise lines were pushing their ships all around the world. In the run up to the shutdown that became a real challenge, because ships were far away from their home ports, where they had clout because their head offices were there. And increasingly as things developed, we saw that international ports were not willing to let cruise ships come in, particularly thos…

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Cruise Shutdown: What To Do About Cruise Bookings and Plans

…on’t necessarily have the same degree of resources. Should we be booking a cruise? The other thing I get asked a lot is should I book cruises now for this year with all these deals going? Personally, I’m not sure that’s a great idea. I don’t want to upset anyone in the travel industry, because of course they’ll be desperately trying to get back to normal, but what I would say is, it’s still too uncertain – we really don’t know what’s happening at…

Cruise excursion tips

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Cruise Excursion Tips: Which Should You Take, And Which Avoid?

…that I would do is if there are very special events or activities that the cruise line does. For example, some cruise lines have very special tours with partnerships on UNESCO sites, where you get some behind the scenes stuff that you don’t get elsewhere. I was on a Seabourn cruise once around the Greek islands and they had some evening concerts in some beautiful ruins, which again was exclusive and different. So those the sort of things that I wo…

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The Cruise Traveler’s Handbook: New Book Quashes Myths about Cruising, Inspiring Readers to See the World from the Water.

…can cruise to, and who they are best for. . How to chose the right type of cruise, cruise line and cabin. . How to budget and ensure you get the best fare. . How to get the most out of your time on-board. As the author explains, there’s no better way to see the world. “Cruising as a vacation choice is now my preferred way of exploring the world. It has taken me to places I would never have gone to otherwise, and revealed experiences and sights I w…

Top Cruise Vloggers

…of both is to dispel common cruising misconceptions and to show potential cruisers that there is a cruise line to suit everybody. Her channel covers everything you’d expect, and she has a big focus on budget cruising. The Ship Life The Ship Life offers a fascinating collection of content ranging from drinks package mistakes to what life is really like working onboard a cruise ship. It’s a fun and engaging channel, run by an ex-cruise ship employe…

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9 Things Smart Cruisers Always Do in The Run Up To Their Cruise

9 Things Smart Cruisers Always / Should Do in The Run Up To Their Cruise I was on a 2-week cruise recently from Valparaiso, Chile to Buenos Aires and I came across many disappointed or frustrated passengers. Everything went great for me – with no unpleasant surprises – because I did the following in the weeks before the cruise, but others weren’t as relaxed as I was and this is why… Smart Cruisers Check #1: The Sights On this cruise, there were i…