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Cruise Update

5 Reasons That Cruise You’ve Booked May Not Run Even When No-Sail Bans End

…’m Gary Bembridge and I am going to explore why the lifting of the bans on cruises could still mean that cruise you have booked and are looking forward to may well not sail, especially if you have cruises booked in the months following cruises resuming. Including a rather surprising logistical reason you may not have considered Let’s take a look at why that cruise you have booked may not sail Watch My Video On Why Your Cruise May Not Run https://y…

9 Cruises You Must Book Well In Advance

Cruise Tips

9 Cruises That Are Best To Book In Advance

…cruising. For example, I have been a number of times on a Cunard Christmas cruise – they cruise the Caribbean every single year, and they’ve been doing it for decades. It goes out of New York, around the 21st, 22nd of December, and comes back to New York around the 3rd or 4th January. I met people when we first went on that cruise, that had been doing it since they were children, and they’re now in their 20s. Their family and extended family go ev…

Bad Cruise Habits and Annoying Cruise Passengers

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12 Worst Cruise Habits

…ir kids go when it’s adult time. Kids are often a source of conflicts with cruisers and cruise lines which are not really family orientated. There’s a lot of cruise lines like MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian which are very focused towards families. People going on those cruises do, of course, expect to see lots of kids and families and go with that mindset On other cruise lines, which are perhaps less family or kids orientated, I have s…

AmaWaterways / Cruise Ship

AmaWaterways River Cruise Tips

…nt or better. #3 All-inclusive fares Pretty much all of the European river cruise lines talk about being all-inclusive, but every single cruise line has different definitions of what all-inclusive means. Let’s take a look at what the AmaWaterways fare includes and excludes. Included: First of all, obviously your accommodation is included. All of your dining is included, so you have breakfast lunch and dinner which is all in the main dining room. T…

8 Things I Didn’t Expected To Happen On Ultra-Luxury Cruise Lines

Cruise Tips / luxury

8 Things I Didn’t Expected To Happen On Ultra-Luxury Cruise Lines

…tra-luxury cruise line costs me as much for one day as an entire week-long cruise on resort and even premium cruise lines, I expect everything to be better, but that isn’t always the case. As you will see… No Bad Cabins? The biggest revelation that I had going on an ultra-luxury cruise was that there are still bad cabins, despite guests paying a lot of money. On Seabourn last October, for example, I’d booked late, and because it was so costly, I b…

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The Bizarre History of 6 Cruise Ships: You Won’t Believe What I Found!

…rnival Triumph left Galveston, Texas in February 2013 for a short four-day cruise. After a stop in Cozumel, a fire broke out at 5am in the cruise’s engine room, leaving the ship without power. Most things stopped working, including the plumbing. This led to a horrific experience on board. Passengers had limited water, experienced extreme heat with no air conditioning and, at one point, had human waste running down through the hallways. Some ships…

Stop Taking These On A Cruise, Take These Instead!

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Stop Taking These On A Cruise, Take These Instead!

…ot one of these people, despite all of my cruises, who brings a lot of the cruise paraphernalia. Cruise Paraphernalia I don’t bring a lanyard, for example, but I know a lot of people love those. I don’t bring clips for clipping towels on the pool deck or closing the curtains – I’ve got my eye shades to do that. And I don’t bring over-the-door holders, which a lot of people like to use to sort out stuff. I know a lot of people love those and they f…

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My Windstar Cruises Tips For Travellers. Are They Right For You?

…I look at 10 things to consider if you are thinking about doing a Windstar Cruise. Windstar Cruises Star Breeze #1 Independent Windstar is not owned or controlled by one of the mega-cruising corporations. Many travellers I talk to are surprised when I explain that three large corporations run most of the cruise lines they are familiar with. These are: Carnival, the largest of all, that owns lines including Carnival, Cunard, Holland America, Seabou…

I Put THE 3 Big Issues Cruisers Have With Holland America To The Test!

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I Put THE 3 Big Issues Cruisers Have With Holland America To The Test!

…ppeal to attract more of the fastest-growing family and multi-generational cruisers. Based on the people on my group cruise, and my own recent experiences of cruising Holland America, we felt there were three things people worried about this should know. First, we know people can get the classic and almost adult-only experience on Holland America’s more exotic and longer cruises because of the long-haul flights, location, and cruise length. For ex…

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The Worst Mediterranean Cruise Ports Are Also The Best

…Also The Best I was helping my friend Winnie plan her first Mediterranean cruise recently. She said she wanted a cruise that went to the best ports and avoided the worst. I told her she’d set me an impossible task, as the best ports in the Mediterranean are also the worst. Here’s why they are the worst Mediterranean cruise ports. So Many To Choose As I explained to Winnie, the number of ports she can visit is vast. Though the ones worth visiting…

Group Cruise 2027: Join Me On An Iconic Cunard Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing

…r booking. For more details on the 3 options: https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/cruise-deals/cunard-cruise-packages Insurance Confirmation. Cunard requires every group member to have travel insurance. The level of cover differs significantly based on if you are UK or non-UK based. This is outlined in “Cunard Note 1” below, and in the booking request email please confirm you have acknowledged this requirement. NB: Cunard Care cannot be purchased for the…