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Before You Consider Virgin Voyages, What You Need To Know

…t I saw is a god description. If that appeals to you, then consider them. Adult only One of the key appeals for me, is they are adults only. You have to be over 18. Although, if 18 to 20 you can cruise come with at least one adult over 21. Early on, Virgin Voyages seemed to be implying that their core was the “millennial generation”, but they now talk about being for the “young at heart from 18 to 80” and especially people who not thought cruising…

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I Discover What Ultra-Luxury Cruising Is REALLY About

…cruise lines, but there’s no set definition like there is on land, say for hotels, where a three-star, four star or five-star hotel is all consistent, and it has rules around what it’s going to be. Mass-market and premium It’s broadly agreed that there’s several categories in cruising. You have kind of the mass market lines like Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, MSC, Carnival, which offer kind of good value resort type cruising. Then there’s premium cru…

Mediterranean Cruise Traps To Avoid

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Mediterranean Cruise Traps To Avoid

…see the cities where Winnie embarks or disembarks, I encouraged her to add hotel stays, or she will not see anything of them. Tiring Second, a week-long Mediterranean cruise can be tiring. Few have sea days for her to relax, as they call into ports daily. She’ll be out exploring most of the day and enjoying the dining and entertainment onboard into the evenings. She’ll be flying in, so likely tired and jet-lagged. Another good reason for having pr…

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The Worst Mediterranean Cruise Ports Are Also The Best

…d it took 45 minutes to get to Venice. La Spezia in Northern Italy is an industrial port with little around it to explore. But in an hour or less you can be exploring the gorgeous Cinque Terre region, a collection of 5 amazing villages clinging to the hillside with quaint shops and popular beaches. Greece Katakolon in Greece is a small town with one road of tourist trap shops that takes about half an hour to explore, but an hour away is the vast O…

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7 Pieces Of Cruise Advice That Will Ruin Your Cruise

…first port. Covering the costs. I used to book my own flights and pre-stay hotels but no longer. If the cruise line flight and hotel are higher than booking myself, my travel agent builds a package of flights and hotels which, certainly in the UK, through the ATOL package tour rules, provides the same protection. So, when my flights via Amsterdam to Panama City to join an Oceania Cruise were cancelled at short notice, she had to find new flights t…

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12 Things You Should Never Do In Your Cruise Cabin. And Why!

…he toilet. The toilets work on a suction system and are easily blocked. Products like wipes and feminine hygiene products are the most common causes of problems like we had. Instead wrap them in toilet tissue or the supplied bags and use the small rubbish bin in all cruise bathrooms. You’ll find a retractable washing line in the bathroom, in the shower or above the bath. This is because you shouldn’t hang things out to dry on your balcony, where t…

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8 Cruise Line Secrets Staring Us In The Face. But We Don’t See

…dden. On Celebrity Solstice I stumbled across it when I was invited by the Hotel Director for a sail out party from Costa Maya. There it was, right on the bow. On that Queen Mary 2 trip I noticed a large yellow dot on a wide-open space on the Deck 12 sports deck. On your next cruise when you are on a big open deck space, look down to see if there is a big yellow dot or big letter H and the helicopter pad has been staring you in the face all along….

I Cruise Celebrity Cruises To See Who They're Really For Now

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I Cruise Celebrity Cruises To See Who They’re Really For Now

…ourse became famous for being injured by the Taliban for promoting womens education. Reshma Saujani for Apex, who is founder of the “Girls who code” to improve women in tech. Simone Biles for Beyond, the well-known U.S. gymnast who was very public on mental health issues during the Tokyo Olympics. They make a big issue of crew diversity, mostly woman-focused in senior roles, where they have Captain Kate, the first North American woman captain – no…

5 Reasons Cruising Galapagos Wasn't What I Expected. At All!

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5 Reasons Cruising Galapagos Wasn’t What I Expected. At All!

…was mostly regional dishes, using locally sourced ingredients. Packed Schedule It was a fuller, more demanding, and tiring schedule than any expedition cruise I’ve been on. I had three active activities off the ship per day, with early starts of 7:00 AM or 8:00 AM for the first. Every day there were hikes with a dry or wet landing off the zodiac. A wet landing is where we had to step off the zodiac into the water, like we did at Darwin Bay. Most…

Too Many Galapagos Cruisers Make These Same 8 Mistakes

Cruise Tips / Galapagos

Too Many Galapagos Cruisers Make These Same 8 Mistakes

…price included flights to Ecuador and on to Galapagos, pre- and post-stay hotel, transfers, all drinks, basic Wi-Fi and gratuities, entry fee to the Galapagos National Park, and expeditions. The only cost I had once there were meals in the hotels, and I upgraded to the better Wi-Fi. As much as I enjoyed my trip, I realised I am a more casual nature lover and prefer the more bucket list animals. If you are like me, you may find the Arctic with pol…

These Cruise Insiders Want Us To Know About This

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Cruise Travel Agents Want Us To Know About These Things

…ot a benefit. They spoke about how so many cruisers say they want to avoid hotel costs by flying in the same day of the cruise. However, many have got frantic cries for help due to delays or cancellations on cruise embarkation day. I agree with this. Over the years, I have been saved much drama and stress by building in at least one overnight, like on a recent Azamara Quest Western Mediterranean cruise out of Barcelona where bad weather passing th…