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Berlin / Germany

ITB Berlin: The World’s Largest Travel Show, Walking Expedition & Travel Love Fest

…0 tips on attending ITB Berlin: Book well in advance. The city is full and hotels get busy and expensive. Stay in a partner hotel as they then have free shuttle buses, which can save a lot in taxis and working out the public transport options. Set a clear objective (or maybe 2) of what you want to achieve and focus on that. There are so many people and so much to do, you need to focus. Pace yourself. It is big, busy and hectic. Do not over commit…

Cruise Ship / MSC / MSC Preziosa / transportation

3 Cruise Wishes Are Being Solved By The MSC Preziosa

…n Style” cruise line work. I will be interviewing the CEO, The Captain and Hotel Manager as well as the Head Butler. You can follow all the reports on the blog (including my dedicated MSC Preziosa/ Tips for Travellers Page , which I will post through the journey as well as on my social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Get involved: Let me know what you want me to explore, discover, review and also ask the Captain, Hotel Manager, H…

Cruise Ship / MSC / MSC Preziosa / transportation

MSC Preziosa Yacht Club Video Tour & Review. Unique ship within a ship experience.

…ns when visiting. Similar to MSC Cruises Yacht Club, the Four Seasons is a hotel hidden on the top floors of Manadalay Bay Hotel with dedicated reception, quiet pool and spaces. Step through a discrete door and you can access the hectic Mandalay Bay casino, wave pools and party bars. Watch my video tour of the MSC Yacht Club I made on the MSC Preziosa which will take you through the entrance, deluxe suite, concierge, lounge, pool deck, restaurant…

Cruising

River Cruise Tips and Tricks: My European River Cruising Advice

…Uniworld Danube River Cruise guests prepare to cycle 17 miles from Melk to Durnstein in Austria Is a river cruise laid-back and quiet? I had expected river cruising to be a very sedate and slow experience with not much to do. It was not. While gliding along the river is quiet and restful, and the scenery passes by in gentle waves of gorgeous, ever changing vistas, the pace during the cruise is surprising fast-paced. Far from being full of people t…

Cruise Ship / MSC

MSC Cruises Tips: My Observations, Review and Top Cruising Advice

…re shown in English, French, Italian, Germany and Spanish / Portuguese. Production Shows Theatre production shows ran most nights except in Palma when the ship docked until just after midnight. The shows are on twice each night (7:30 for second-sitting diners and 10:30 for those on the first-sitting). The shows are consistent with those on many cruise lines and are a mix of dance, singing and variety acts like acrobats and jugglers. Overall they a…

travel podcast

Tips for Travellers Podcast 146: Shanghai China Tips

…including glass floor looking down 100 floors Jin Mao Tower – Grand Hyatt Hotel (tallest hotel lobby in world 56th floor) – observation floor on 88th – only 45 seconds to get to top Shanghai tower – 632 m high opposite opened in 2014 The Bund and huge Huangpu Park Grand old buildings known as the World Architectural Gallery. People’s Square Shangai Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai Art Museum Shanghai Grand Theatre New Town Hall Urban Pl…

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Visit Flanders Exploring World War One Sites: Why You Should Do It?

…a pontoon bridge to connect the main city to the other side of the river. During the war the city was under siege and a pontoon bridge helped get supplies in and people to escape. As I ate dinner at the perfectly-located Zuiderterras overlooking the river, I watched the sections came up the river and it being built. It remained in place over the weekend for people to walk across, occasionally breaking up to let river traffic pass by. I stayed at…

Seabourn

Seabourn Cruise Tips: Eight Things You Should Know About Cruising With Seabourn

…costs $80. Customised experience is possible. In fact they prefer it. I conducted a series of interview with the senior crew, including the Hotel Director, Guest Services Manager, Cruise Director and Destination Manager, and one theme came through from all of them: the ability to customise your cruise on Seabourn. As the ship is small and holds limited numbers of passengers, they strive to provide a different experience to as many people as possib…

Las Vegas Bellagio Fountains At Night (with Paris Hotel & Eiffel Tower In Background)

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Las Vegas Tips For Travellers

…stay the best thing to look for great deals is in some of the older strip hotels (like Circus Circus, Stratosphere ) or resorts off the strip (like Rio and Palm). These often have amazing prices (down to even $30 a night) and you have all the benefits of being in a major report and handy for everything. Hotels like The Plaza (which was featured in “Back To The Future”) down in Fremont Street which is the old Las Vegas can be very inexpensive too…

Seabourn

Seabourn Cruises Insider Tips and Tricks: Experience and Who Best Suited For

…u describe the Seabourn experience? There’s lots of choice in the cruise industry, so how do you see it as being different? Karl: I think that Seabourn experience is customized. If guests open up to us and let us know what they like and dislike, we can get to know them personally and add in small touches and little surprises. It’s what makes the Seabourn experience, as they it can be customized. Colleen: We’ve got a big focus on special requests….

British Columbia / canada

How to explore Vancouver British Columbia without having to walk much.

…e Creek Waterfront Park and then return. This area used to be a derelict industrial area that came to life and was developed to support the 1986 Expo and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Today the area along the banks called Yaletown has modern soaring glass condominium blocks (that are popular with the young and trendy Vancouver residents), yacht basins filled with upmarket boats, a quirky floating home village, Brazilian artist decorated concrete stora…