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.
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 thing of the past, says a cruise specialist, Melissa Gower. But for those still crossing their fingers that they’ll receive … Read more
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 cruising from your local port, most cruisers have to fly to join their cruise, this is where most problems occur. … Read more
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 a Vegas-like top deck, a plus-size atrium, the highly-anticipated glass-bottomed SeaWalk, SeaView Bar and the largest-ever ‘Lotus Spa’. 1. On-demand stateroom entertainment Passengers … Read more
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 potential for adventure. Many of us have ventured to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Borneo and have discovered plants, animals … Read more
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 time to explore remarkable Creek Street, head out of Ketchikan on this tour, which includes a guided nature walk in … Read more
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 was obsessed about having the largest. I’m talking, of course, about royal yachts, those once overly decorated ships of state … Read more
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 Stream, I gaze at the mountains soaring above this spectacular waterway and listen to our delightful Tudja guide singing the … Read more
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 perception is as clichéd as assuming that the population of seniors who (as stereotypes inform us) are the majority of … Read more
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.
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
