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.

Tauck Loft Cabin Room with Bathroom
Accommodation

How do I get a free cabin upgrade?

You’re getting ready to unpack in your low-cost cabin, when suddenly a crew member advises you that you’ve received an upgrade to a balcony class suite. That’s the dream. Now here’s the reality. They’re a […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 3 2013
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Airport Luggage
First Timers

The ultimate guide to luggage survival tips

More than 26 million bags disappeared or were misplaced across the world’s airports last year, according to recent data released. That’s about nine lost or misplaced bags for every 1000 that are checked in. Unless […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 20 2013
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royal princess cruise
Tips & Advice

20 things you don’t know about Royal Princess

Princess Cruises has announced ’20 new things you don’t know about Royal Princess‘ at Cruise Shipping Miami this week ahead of her launch in June. The 3,600-passenger vessel will host many firsts for the line including […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 15 2013
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Destinations

Cruise Region Focus- Culture Feast

The rivers, jungles, villages and cities of this fascinating equatorial region are becoming more open to travellers – explore its many attractions before they’re overrun. Close to Australia is an exotic tropical world with infinite […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 28 2013
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Shore Excursions

The best Alaska shore excursions

While nature is the inevitable focus of an Alaskan cruise, there’s a lot to connect modern travellers to the gold prospectors of the past.  Hiking Ketchikan  Rainforest, Raptors and Totems As long as you take […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 11 2013
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HMY Ophir
Tips & Advice

Ships of State

Cleopatra had one which Antony much admired, while the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi had a marble one permanently anchored in an ornamental lake…  …the Russian Romanoffs had too many to count, and Kaiser Wilhelm II […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 11 2013
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River boating
Destinations

Taste of China

Misty, sheer-walled gorges, the world’s largest dam and a nightly banquet of food make this Yangtze River cruise the highlight of a trip to China. As the old boatman poles our wooden canoe along Shennong […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 11 2013
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Fitness Center
Health & Wellness

The cruise industry goes from fat to fit

Cruise holidays are generally perceived as a time and place to embrace our inner laziness (most people are inclined to call this ‘relaxing’, but let’s face it, it’s really just a matter of semantics). This […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Dec 10 2012
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Hotels & Airlines

What’s the cheapest way to fly from Sydney to Singapore to join a cruise?

One of Australia's leading travel writers and friend to Cruise Passenger David McGonigal is off to Borneo. You can follow his journey right here over the next 10 days.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 12 2012
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Kimberly cruise
Destinations

Discover the Kimberley

A cruise is just the gateway to Australia’s spectacular North-Western region – plan your next trip to this ancient land with advice from our seasoned adventurer.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 11 2012
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ireland pastoral heartland
Tips & Advice

Discover Ireland’s pastoral heartland on a boutique barge

It’s a wonderful thing to be able to combine two passions – in my case, history and fine food – on one journey.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Sep 5 2012
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Eqi Glacier
Destinations

Highlights of Eqi Glacier in Greenland with Ponant

It doesn’t matter how many times you see a glacier up close, these massive feats of nature cannot fail to impress you. Here in the 40,240ha UNESCO World Heritage-listed Illulissat Ice Fjord, it is one […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 7 2012
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