Tagged: tips for travellers
Ship-Within-A-Ship Showdown: Putting the Best (& Worst) “Ships-Within-A-Ship” To the Test Although most cruise reviewers say there are five, there are strictly speaking only two cruise lines that truly have a “ship-within-a-ship”. A fully self-contained...
Most Asked Questions About River Cruises I am asked a lot of questions on different cruise related topics during my livestreams, so I decided to start gathering these together to form a ‘Most Asked Questions’...
I Cruise Silversea To See If Its New Owners Have Ruined It Four years ago, Royal Caribbean, best known for huge, good value resort ships, surprised many by buying Silversea, known for ultra-luxury small ship...
The Cruise Maps Giveaway – Print Your Cruise Itinerary Map! Last year, I highlighted ‘The Cruise Maps’ a company launched also last year by Matthew Jones and Will Ellison. They offer prints and framed prints...
(Should’ve Done It Last Year!) 5 Things You Won’t Be Able To Do On A Cruise This Year There are five things I took for granted last year as a cruiser that have unexpectedly disappeared...
Reasons To Book Your Cruise With A Travel Agent Despite doing 100 and growing cruises, I use a travel agent to book every cruise and for many good reasons, which I’ll explain below. There are...
6 Things “Polite” Passengers Do That Drives Cruise Crew Crazy I used to think of myself as a considerate cruise passenger, trying to be polite and help make the crews’ jobs simpler, easier, and more...
Do Regular Britannia Guests Miss Out on The Full Cunard Experience? Cunard has the reputation of being the most class-based cruise line sailing today, keeping alive the tradition of grand old ocean liners like the...
Too Many Repositioning Cruisers Get These 5 Things Wrong Cruise lines charge less per day for repositioning cruises than ANY of their other cruises. Making them some of the most inexpensive and appealing to many...
Don’t Tell The Kids! “Naughty” Tips ONLY Cruisers Over 18 Should Know About I have some tips and tricks that only cruisers over 18 should know about. Kids absolutely shouldn’t know about these, but I’ve...
Why Are Norwegian Cruise Line Cruisers Are So Unhappy? I met so many regular Norwegian cruisers on my Norwegian Viva cruise that disliked this new class of Norwegian Cruise Line ships. So much so that...
I Test Out The VIP-Only Area On Norwegian Cruise Line: The Haven Just before my much anticipated and costly $1,800 a night cruise in Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Viva’s all-suite Haven, “Cruise with Ben and David”,...
You Should NEVER Buy These From Your Cruise Line While Cruise lines make it easy and convenient to book and buy most things for our cruise directly with them, have you stopped to ask if...
When Cruise Line Excursions Could Be Your Best Decision Ever The cruise lines argue we should always do their excursions because they are convenient, easy to book, include the must-see sights, the ship will wait...
Biggest Cruise Excursion Blunders & How To Avoid Them Excursions are one of the biggest extra costs when we go on a cruise vacation, and so it never ceases to amaze me the bizarre choices...
Pro-Cruise Tricks Smart Cruisers Don’t Want You Know About! I love it when cruisers who watch my videos come up to say hello on board ships. Just like on my recent Norwegian Viva Med cruise...
2024 Cruise Watch Outs! Changes That You Need to Know About 2024 cruise watch outs! After listening to what cruise lines have been telling investors they’re doing this year, I’m convinced that in 2024 we...
My Friends & I Scored Free Or Nearly Free Cruises. Here’s How I’m going to show you how seven of my friends paid nothing, or next to nothing, to go on cruise vacations in the...