…y-day on a river cruise, answers to frequently asked questions about river cruising and cruising tips, tricks and advice. The book provides a balance of easy to read and practical tips and advice and includes: introduction to River Cruising, including pros and cons, day-by-day on a cruise to provide insights and tips about how a river cruise works and what to expect, frequently asked questions answered and cruising Tips, Advice and Resources inclu…
…fully these ten differences have helped you understand better the key differences between ocean and river cruising and will help inform your travel choices. If you have thoughts to add please leave a comment and join the discussion! River Cruising Book Get more advice and tips on river cruising in my “European River Cruising. Advice, Tips and Tricks” from Amazon USA, Amazon UK or your local Amazon site. Pin It If you enjoyed this post: Follow Tips…
…there is no recompense for that. Sea-related illnesses Another downside to cruising is cruising-related illnesses. The most obvious of those is seasickness, and this can depend a lot on the itinerary. Of course, there are ways to combat this and I would always recommend arriving prepared with the motion sickness or seasickness medications that you know work for you. If you really are struggling, you can go to the medical centre on board and pay to…
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…ain and Spread What is included and not included in the fare? Unlike ocean cruising, river cruising provides more all-inclusive fares covering food, drinks and tours. However, you should check by cruise line what is included as there are variances by provider. On Uniworld, for example, drinks, food, gratuities and a choice of tours every day is included. Other lines only offer certain types of drinks, more limited tour options and require tipping…
…t is reached. Something to watch out for. The Inaugural Four Seasons Yacht Cruising In 2026? New Lines And Ships Cruising will also offer rather different options this year because there’s a wave of new ships and even entirely new cruise lines arriving. Although at the same time, there is a dramatic pullback in one of the more experimental ideas that we were promised. More on that shortly. New Lines The new lines launching are mostly at the high e…
…ctions I still hear from my friends or people I meet when they hear I like cruising. If cruising wants to really attract more travellers faster the industry need to focus on this issue as a major priority – even more than they do now. “2014 Cruise Industry Challenges“: This article explores some of the recent problems in cruising that have increased doubts among non-cruisers such as the Costa Concordia disaster and other breakdowns on ships. I bel…
…very day is different with varied sailing times each day. And unlike ocean cruising where usually cruise ships are in port for the entire day and sailing at night, this is less likely when river cruising. The sailing schedule is more varied. So, there may be a stop in one place in the morning, then sailing to another to explore in the afternoon. But the next day totally different. There is often little time to self-explore in the program, to try l…
…thinking about as you’re planning cruises, particularly if you want to go cruising sooner rather than later, is to focus on cruising closer to home. What we saw in the whole run up to the shutdown is people who had gone on some very exotic, long distance cruises actually had some quite stressful times, either with quarantining, getting home or just being stranded really far from home. One of the things I would therefore recommend is to focus clos…
…‘go-to’ tool for factual and correct information. When I first discovered cruising, I made the Berlitz guide to cruising and cruise ships my ultimate reference book. I took a copy of it on many of my earlier sailings. It has been relaunched under the Insights Guide brand, and the current guide is the 39th in the series. I had the pleasure of meeting Douglas Ward, the author of this series, several years ago and it was a huge pleasure, especially…
…change the way that we cruise moving forwards. I have many more videos of cruising advice, tips, and thoughts about the future of cruising, so why don’t you watch one of those, right now? Subscribe to Tips For Travellers YouTube Channel (click image): Follow Tips For Travellers: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Sign up for the monthly newsletter. includes a free eBook to download every month. Nev…
