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.

When your cruise ship doesn't launch on time
Tips & Advice

What happens when that swanky new cruise ship doesn’t launch on time?

So you booked that swanky new ship that everyone’s talking about. But suddenly, that revolutionary new design is taking a little longer to get into the water. What happens next? Scenic’s much-anticipated new luxury vessel, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 22 2019
Virgin Voyages
Ships

Dare to compare: Virgin Voyages v Celebrity, Oceania and Silversea. You’ll be surprised at the results

It’s being launched with all the hullabaloo you’d expect from the Virgin brand and global entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson. It’s the cruise for non cruisers.  The line that will change the game for ever. What […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Feb 21 2019
Cruise ship steakhouse
Dining

The top 10 cruise ship steakhouses

For carnivorous cruisers, a visit to the steakhouse is a quintessential part of any voyage. It’s a staple on the list of many of the lines’ specialty restaurants. How can you go past a surf […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 7 2019
Mardi Gras parade
Activities & Entertainment

How to pair your cruise with a major event

Cruise lines are branching out and creating varied itineraries to suit everyone’s tastes. And some of these offerings include pairing a cruise with a major event. From Mardi Gras in New Orleans to the wicked […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jan 24 2019
cruise-travel-alcohol-related-injuries
Tips & Advice

Does your cruise travel insurance cover alcohol-related injuries?

Most of us are guilty when it comes to having a few beverages on our cruise. Let’s face it, we’re on holiday and we have every right to enjoy ourselves. But if we let our […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 18 2019
Hand washing
Health & Wellness

What to do if norovirus breaks out on your cruise

Norovirus can still strike despite everyone’s best efforts, as it did on Royal Caribbean last week. Plenty is done to prevent a viral outbreak, from hygiene safety drills before sailing, constant cleaning by the crew […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 18 2019
How to beat the falling Aussie dollar and still cruise in style
Saving Tips & Deals

10 ways to beat the falling Aussie dollar and still cruise in style

The Australian to US dollar exchange reached a decade low this month – and it will have real impacts on the cost of your cruise travel. But here are 10 tips for you to stretch […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 11 2019
How to take the best selfies
Sponsored

Photograph yourselfie: 8 tips for the best selfies

Fancy taking your own travel snaps of yourself? FujiFilm’s Warwick Williams has some tips. Lens A mobile phone camera has, compared to the human eye, a wide-angle lens, so it distorts your features. It is […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Dec 14 2018
How sustainable is your cruise line?
Tips & Advice

How sustainable is your cruise line?

When Sir David Attenborough, the voice of the BBC’s documentary Blue Planet series, addressed the UN climate conference in Poland earlier this year, his message was one that has been felt throughout the entire world. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Dec 7 2018
Princess versus Oceania
Dining

Whose galley rules? Princess and Oceania battle over Readers’ Choice Awards

It’s a bigger battle than MasterChef or My Kitchen Rules. Cruise Passenger announced its Readers’ Choice Awards this week – with the biggest voting panel in our history at 10,700. And while there were some […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Dec 7 2018
Single traveller
Ships

Best cruises for singles in 2019

Once, they were double charged and considered almost pariahs. Now, demographics have made solo sailors the flavour of the month, with more lines reducing single supplements and offering special activities to win their business. Most […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 30 2018
Photographing Australian landscapes
Sponsored

An expert’s guide to photographing Australian landscapes

As someone who has both cruised, driven and flown around this incredible country of Australia I am well aware of the incredible number of sites worth photographing in this amazing land, from snow-covered Snowy Mountains […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Nov 20 2018