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…if you are travelling to or on a cruise that calls into countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia you are required to apply online for an eVisa, such as the USA ESTA and Canadian ETA, before going. Now with the UK having launched one (called an ETA) and the EU also launching one called an ETIAS during 2025, many more cruise passengers, including many who have never had to apply for one before, are going to have to get them online if…

…and eSim companies that work when cruising. For example, AT&T users in the United States can add a cruise package, which allows 1 gigabyte of data, talk and unlimited text on 175 cruise ships at the time of recording. This worked for US AT&T users on that Explora Journeys trip I mentioned at the start of this. More providers are starting to offer this but check the exact offer and capability carefully. For example, I looked at some other providers…

…as going to be transiting the Panama canal and visit places in the Azores, United States, South America, Hawaii, Fuji, New Zealand and Australia. However, once I was on it, I realised that the problem with a World Cruise is there’s an enormous amount of sea days, and very few ports. In those 50 days, we only went to 12 ports. So, on average we had three sea days for every one port. It was a costly and very time-consuming way of not seeing very muc…

…ots of on-board credit I mentioned? Unfortunately for me, not being in the United States, some of this doesn’t apply. But here’s what she recommends. Book on board to unlock the bonus on-board credit of between $30 to $500 they offer when doing that. Next be a member of the AARP (which used to be called the American Associate for Retired Persons) as Holland America will add up to $200 more on-board credit. Next get more onboard credit added throug…