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Cruise Tips

2025 Cruise Tips: Changes EVERYONE Cruising In 2025 Needs To Know About

…mid-teen percentage higher than in 2024 with most demand coming for North America, Caribbean, and European cruises. He also said bookings for 2026 are coming in rapidly and future bookings are way above anything they’ve seen in the past. And what he said, and I quote him, is the following, “Passengers should book now while there is still space available”. So, if you are planning on cruising in 2025 or even 2026, you may want to move soon to lock…

Cruise Tips

Panama Canal Cruise Tips: What Everyone Gets Wrong And Why

…Victoria that I have transited through and Queen Elizabeth, and in Holland America like Koningsdam that I have also been through the old locks on. If unsure, also check in the fans of a line Facebook groups or Cruise Critic Boards to get recent passengers to confirm which locks the ship that you are looking at used. There is then another major mistake I see people make before finally deciding on the ship, and that is checking if it offers the best…

Cruise Tips

These 4 Overrated Cruise Tips Are Probably Costing You BIG TIME!

…nard and so am at their highest tier, but I booked a Holland America South American cruise instead of theirs for roughly the same fare. I have very limited status on Holland America, but the deal at the time included their “Have It All” package. So, I got Wi-Fi, drinks, gratuities, dining and excursion credits, which not only are way above any of the limited perks I would get on Cunard but would have been add on costs of well over $2,000 if I’d go…

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4 Overrated Cruise Tips You Should Ditch (And What To Do Instead)

…itineraries and deals. For example, I once booked a Holland America South America cruise instead of Cunard that I had been loyal to for years. The fare was similar, but Holland America’s “Have It All” package (Wi-Fi, drinks, dining, gratuities, and excursion credit) added over $2,000 in value I wouldn’t have had by staying “loyal.” 💡 Smart move: Focus on value, itinerary, and inclusions — not loyalty points. 🚢 Overrated Tip #2: Always Use Cruise…

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

California / san francisco / Tips for Travellers / travel / usa

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

…ast (New York/ New Jersey), but it always strikes me that San Francisco is American but does not feel as American. This is party the architecture and style of the city, but probably the more laid back and less frantic approach (5) Weather and micro system San Francisco is its own city. With an almost bizarre weather system that bears little to what is going on even 10 minutes drive down the motorway. The bay sucks in fog that in summer often compl…

Airlines / British Airways / transportation

British Airways BA First Class: The old and the new versions

…ent of flat bed style seats in Business that go 180 degrees like on BA and Virgin made the decline come even faster. Then there was the shift in company travel policies that followed both for economic and for that reason. I remember not so long ago when we were able as part of the travel policy to be able to fly First Class is the flight time was 12 hours or more. No longer. One upside of the current decline of business travel is that airlines are…

Cape Town: Derwent House Boutique Hotel review

Cape Town / South Africa

Cape Town: Derwent House Boutique Hotel review

…dded Nice touches and features: – free passes for the huge and very modern Virgin Active Gym at Wembley Square. This is a lovely gym and has lots of fit and good-looking inspirational eye candy to admire while working out! – free wireless internet access throughout the hotel. As a regular hotel stayer for work, I wish more hotels would do this! There is also a laptop in the lounge if you don’t bring your own. – turn down with yummy chocolate and a…

Travel comedy: The very funny and talented Pam Ann

Airlines / British Airways / comedy / heathrow / London / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Travel comedy: The very funny and talented Pam Ann

…she performed a lot in west London, this funny video with her as a new BA cabin crew on her first flight is a scream.. Click here to watch on YouTube, or on the blog posting: Pam Ann ad spoofing Virgin Atlantic airlines 25th anniversary TV ad, announcing her TV show Click here to watch on YouTube, or on the blog posting: Pam Ann channel on YouTube: click here…

Japan / Tokyo

Tokyo: My tips for travellers visiting!

…irport, even according the Tokyo Tourist booklet that we were given on the Virgin Atlantic flight I was on, is regularly voted one of the top 2 worst airports in the world by travellers apparently. The reason it gets this “honour” is because it is very far from Tokyo, and can be very expensive to get from into town. My driver told me when I got into the cab that it was about 80km from the airport to the hotel, which was in the financial area of th…