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What Should Travel Insurance Cover to Reduce Your Risk Abroad?

…catastrophes. You also get coverage for cruises if you decide to go on one during your trip abroad. And since it is covered as standard, you don’t need to pay extra for it. If you have a pre-existing medical condition, you may be in luck. Best travel insurers offer coverage for lots of pre-existing medical conditions as part of its standard policy. This means that if your condition is listed in No Screen Conditions, then you don’t pay a penny extr…

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AmaWaterways AmaSonata River Cruise Ship Review and Tour

…hen have the reception desk and area where you have the Cruise Manager and Hotel Director desks. You then have some cabins and at the rear you have a couple of really important things like the Chef’s Table, which is the speciality dining restaurant. The chef’s Table is included within the fare and all you do is book to go to it. There’s also the fitness room here, which is again complimentary, and you have the hairdresser and a massage room. The d…

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6 Cruise Freebies You Can Get If You Just Ask!

…ks. This tends to happen more in places like the Caribbean or Alaska where duty free shopping is a really big thing. On board there will be shopping advisors and they have lots of free gifts and incentives to get you to go into the shops. Again, you don’t normally have to buy anything, but by simply going to the talks you’ll get free gifts and then by going to some of the stores you can redeem vouchers for free gifts. It’s definitely worth doing t…

CroisiEurope Deborah Barge

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CroisiEurope Deborah Barge – My Drone Video

…hem. First, I was invited by CroisiEurope to try one of their French barge hotel cruises and, secondly, I have got a drone (DJI Spark) and tried it out on on this trip. I was pleased with the results for this first outing as I captured shots of CroisiEurope Deborah in a number of the places we docked in, where it was permitted to fly a drone. The video below shows the footage I captured. My drone footage of CroisiEurope Deborah Barge https://youtu…

Differences Between A European River Cruise and A Barge Cruise

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Differences Between A European River Cruise and A Barge Cruise

…ment and a have briefing, and it is all pretty full on in terms of the schedule. You also have a choice of which tours you want to do. Different pace However, a barge cruise operates at a completely different pace, and that’s for a couple of reasons. First of all, the barges go much slower (4mph) and cover much less distance, and importantly barges do not cruise at night – only during daylight hours. So, what normally happens is you’ll have half a…

Biggest Cruise Rip Offs

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10 Biggest Cruise Rip Offs And How To Avoid Them

…also then the people doing the treatments are incentivised to sell you products. They do quite a hard sell at the end. So, one of the things I find with spa treatments is that almost stressful in themselves because they are pretty expensive, and you have that up sell. So, make sure if you don’t want to be ripped off, you’re really clear that you don’t want to buy any products and only go on port days. #4 Photos Another area that I do personally t…

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9 things not to hide from your cruise line

…n where you’re cruising to. So, for example, drugs such as temazepam or products with codeine, if you’re cruising into the United Arab Emirates, and particularly disembarking there, will end up a real issue because those are banned. Also, if you’re heading to a place like Japan – even some fairly innocuous things like Tylenol (arthritis medication), or even Sudafed (cold and flu remedy) become issues! So, if you are taking any particular prescript…

Best Things About cruising

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7 Best Things About Cruising

…tain cruise because I was interested in visiting places like Edinburgh and Dublin. But actually, as we went around the top of the country, we visited all sorts of really interesting small places, which I discovered were linked to – and fundamental to – Scottish history. These destinations came alive because I had watched the TV show Outlander which is based in that part of the world, so I got to experience places that I hadn’t really expected. Whe…

Job-Related Cruise Discounts

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Can Your Job Get You A Cheaper Cruise?

…et a discount on a cruise. For example, if you work for the railways, in a hotel, in the tourism industry, for a tourism board… basically anything that promotes and sells travel. A company that I know relatively well in the UK called Touchdown will sell cruises at great prices to anyone who can prove they’re in the travel industry. Again, it tends to be in that period of 90 to 60 days when the cruise lines are looking to clear cabins that they hav…

European River Pros and Cons

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The Pros And Cons Of European River Cruises

…nd I think one of the things that river cruising is starting to do as an industry is to find ways of alleviating that, for example introducing more excursions which take you further afield, and more active excursions like bike tours to try and disperse people much more. Fewer onboard options The second possible con for some people, especially if you’re used to ocean cruising, is that the ships are small and there’s not a great deal of choice. You’…

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9 Things That Drive Frequent Cruisers Crazy

…se line that might take you from the airport to perhaps a cruise-nominated hotel and then to the ship the next day, or when you disembark, they will offer transfers to the airport or hotels. There’s a sense that they’re actually really poor value, and sometimes I’ve just done them because they’re easy to do, say if you have a flight at an early-ish time, and you want to get off the ship really quickly. If you book one of their transfers, they will…