Tips & Advice

Wondering what you need to pack? What is food onboard a cruise line? What accommodation should I book? Or what should insurance should I book for more cruise? This is the best place to find tips and advice before you book your next voyage.

How to ring in the New Year on a cruise
Saving Tips & Deals

Christmas wrapped for $119 a night: yule love these deals!

The holiday season can be an expensive time of year – and exhausting if you have to shop, wrap and cook. But we’ve found a deal for as little as $119 per person, per night […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 5 2019
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the best cruise deals for eofy
Saving Tips & Deals

HURRY! Best EOFY deals like $129 a night for a cruise, a hotel stay and flights!

The end of the financial year means that you can find fantastic cruise deals. Cruise lines and travel agents have some amazing deals where you can save up as much as 43 per cent on […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 28 2019
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Cruise gratuities: why you should tip
Tips & Advice

The great gratuities debate: why many cruise crews rely on your tips to make ends meet

It’s one of the most contentious payments cruise lines demand from their guests: gratuities have sparked debates for years about how high they are, and where the money goes. Cruise lines say gratuities reward and […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 28 2019
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The most spectacular train journey - a trip through the Rocky Mountains
Destinations

The most spectacular train journey – a trip through the Rocky Mountains

It’s considered to be one of the most picturesque train journeys in the world and on a journey aboard the Rocky Mountaineer, you will traverse past vast lakes, the towering mountaintops of the Rockies and […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 21 2019
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Beat the crowds and experience the real Mediterranean with these unspoilt ports
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Beat the crowds and experience the real Mediterranean with these unspoilt ports

So you want to cruise without the crowds? The iconic major cities might be the itinerary rock stars, but smaller ports provide real opportunities to experience local life and culture. Smaller ships visit smaller towns […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 14 2019
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Tokyo Olympics
Shore Excursions

How you can see the Tokyo Olympics by cruise ship

Tokyo has called up cruise lines to provide accomodation and spectators for the city’s Olympics next year. Royal Caribbean have scheduled cruises with overnight itineraries, in addition to Princess  and MSC ships being charted to […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 14 2019
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Yoga
Health & Wellness

Yes! You can now lose weight on a cruise

Gone is the stigma that cruises are only about lining up at the buffet for those extra crab claws drenched in butter and sipping sugary cocktails on the lido deck. Increasingly, it is possible to […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 14 2019
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Azamara Pursuit
Destinations

Journey from the home of the gods to the land of Nordic cool on three luxury ships

It’s an epic journey stretching from the city of the gods in Greece to the home of Nordic cool – a 46-night odyssey which includes four back-to-back cruises on all three of luxury line Azamara […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 13 2019
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Small ship luxury
Ships

Can big ships really do luxury?

It’s always been assumed that, for luxury cruising, small ships are a must. But more and more big ship lines are now offering ship-within-a-ship experiences with many of the add ons you expect from a […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jun 12 2019
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Nigella Lawson
Dining

Why you should take Nigella’s tip and trust the sommelier

Nigella Lawson, the sensuous and celebrated British chef once said: “I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.” She’s a brave woman to be investing her faith in […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 12 2019
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Luxury shore excursions
Shore Excursions

Are these the most decadent shore excursions?

In a world now plagued with overtourism, two words epitomise an ultra-luxe shore excursion: exclusive and authentic. Maybe it’s a visit to a castle where the Count, whose family has owned the place for generations, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 11 2019
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Which cruise line has the cheapest coffee
Tips & Advice

Which line has the cheapest cup of barista brewed coffee?

Australia’s love of coffee is legendary. Small wonder cruise lines make sure we are spoilt for choice with great daily coffee when they sail in our waters. Cruise Passenger surveyed the lines to find out […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jun 7 2019
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