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Latest Cruise News Update #26 – Carnival, Cancellations, Test Cruises And More

…the Barbados authorities, were disembarked and returned home on commercial airlines, for example UK guests on a British Airlines flight. This move surprised some, including some of the passengers, as the CDC guidelines for ships to sail out of USA would have required longer quarantining and also use of non-commercial transport to get passengers home after an outbreak. Guests report that the Barbados authorities were behind this push for them to di…

Cruising In 2026? Then You Need to Read This!

…gin Voyages is also offering status matching and including a wide range of airlines, hotels, and cruise line programs. Cruising In 2026? More Adult-Only Options One of the most appealing changes for many this year is the expansion of adult-only cruising, with more options than ever before. Carnival will be running more adult-only cruises in the Caribbean. These are casino-focused cruises, but there’s many more after trialing it last year. The bigg…

Cruise Update #30 (Vaccines, Alaska, Cancellations And More)

…oring requiring proof that travellers have been vaccinated. So far, Qantas Airlines has already confirmed that they will be. Based on all of this, Cruise Critic in the past week asked various lawyers in the US, including Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, to look at if the lines would be able to require vaccinations. Broadly speaking, although it is expected that if the rule came in there may be legal challenges, all agreed that the lines as…

Cunard Transatlantic Crossings By Ship : The History and The Heritage

…1936 and 1938). The last official holder of the Blue Riband though is the “United States” in 1952. Nowadays, crossing the Atlantic is more about the experience, and taking a more leisurely and indulgent journey. #3: Transatlantic Crossings During War Transatlantic liners were integral to both of the World Wars, and also the Falklands War when Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2 was used to transport troops to the islands. In fact much of the liner ship bui…

Revealing the fascinating story behind the crew on Holland America Line

…cruits and builds its family of crew fascinating. They have built a small “United Nations of Holland America” that is focused on ensuring a distinctive feel and shared values. It seems to work as the crew seemed positive, focused and made the experience remarkable. They smiled, they laughed and joked with me. They remembered what I liked and kept checking I was having a good time. Pity the real United Nations is not quite as harmonious.. Captain B…

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

…ed States and an english-speaking culture. Passengers mostly come from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada and, increasingly, Asia. Well-travelled. People on board have extensive travel behind them. Everyone I met had travelled for many years and have visited many areas of the world. They had been to many of the ports on the itinerary before and were on board for the experience of cruising with Seabourn and the ambience, intera…

P&O Cruises Tips For Travellers: Answers to 8 Key Questions You Should Be Asking

…e in the United Kingdom, well-known in Australia and almost unknown in the United States, the largest cruise market in the world. However even in the UK, there is some misunderstanding. It is the oldest cruise line in the world and, until 2000, included a ferry division that operated between the UK and Europe and a cruising division, which sailed out of the UK and Australia. After the ferries were spun off, the cruise lines (P&O Cruises and P&O Cr…

My Rocky Mountaineer Tips For Travellers

…popular with Australians than any other nationality, with people from the United States and the United Kingdom being other major groups. Native Canadians relatively under travel it. On my train was a good representation from other English-speaking nations like South Africa and New Zealand. As a premium service travelling through landscapes, most of the guests appeared to be 50+ couples and groups. People were very sociable. In my view the Rocky M…

5 Reasons That Cruise You’ve Booked May Not Run Even When No-Sail Bans End

…ority, like Caribbean, Round UK and short Mediterranean cruises Travel and Airlines Opening Cruises rely on a frequent and extensive transfer of passengers, mostly flying in. Airlines have slashed routes and capacity, and this looks to continue into 2021. So, cruises will need to rely even more on drive to and more local passengers. Those cruises will be the priority for return. If your cruise is not one of these it may be at risk Of course, until…

PODCAST 10: THE BEST ONLINE DESTINATION (FOR DESTINATIONS)

PODCAST 10: THE BEST ONLINE DESTINATION (FOR DESTINATIONS)

…ne travel sites, including Expedia.com®, Orbitz, Hotels.comTM and American Airlines, for the best deals on the Web. TripAdvisorTM (http://www.tripadvisor.com) offers travel suppliers a cost-per-click marketing platform, so customers pay only for leads, not impressions, with every campaign. Winner of dozens of awards, including PC Magazine’s Top 100 Web Sites and Forbes Best of the Web, TripAdvisor is an operating company of Expedia, Inc.” The 10 m…

Caribbean Cruise Part 2: Setting off, and the dreaded charter flight

Caribbean Cruise Part 2: Setting off, and the dreaded charter flight

…and and read my blog and see my photos. I will tell you more about Monarch Airlines in a short while, but first an update on the journey so far. We all stayed at the Gatwick Hilton last night as check in for the flight was 07:15am. Gatwick is 50 miles from the house and involves traveling around the hideously busy M25 motorway that runs around London and so it is much less stressful to stay at the airport the night before. It not we would have had…