Essential Cruise Tips

Gary Bembridge author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" provides another 60-Second Cruise Tips. For more visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-travelers-handbook If you a traveller that likes to tailor and personalise your travel experience, or want to be able to be spontaneous day-by-day as the mood takes you, then Norwegian Cruise Line is likely to appeal to you. You do not have to follow a fixed pattern of main dining room and times nor follow a dress code. Norwegian is suited for people that want to be able to chop and change as the mood takes them and need lots of options to be able to do that.While many cruise lines focus on set formats and regimes on board, Norwegian believes everyone has different needs and interests and aims to provide as much choice and options as possible to let people create their ideal vacation. They build choice into every aspect of the on-board offering. For example the bigger ships have over 20 dining options, more than 20 bars t

Gary Bembridge author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" provides another 60-Second Cruise Tips. For more visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-travelers-handbook Excursions will add significant amounts to your cruise budget. A family of four can easily spend over $200 a day on cruse line excursions. With even basic three-hour coach-based tours around a port of call costing about $50 per person, cruisers always ask me for ways to save money without missing out on seeing the best that a port has to offer.I use and recommend taking the local hop-on hop-off bus tour. Virtually every port I have been to has one of these. Most seem to be run by global operators like “City Sightseeing” and “Big Bus Tours” with reliable standards, quality and good prices.Hop-on Hop-off buses usually stop at, or close to, the port and sell tickets as you disembark the ship. The tours provide a helpful map of the city, take you to the key sights, provide multi-lingual recorded commentary

Gary Bembridge author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" provides another 60-Second Cruise Tips. For more visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-travelers-handbook River cruising has a reputation of being for older passengers, but it’s less about age and more around what kind of travel people like doing.  River cruising suits people who want everything organized for them on a vacation.  Those who don’t want to have to worry about finding the right hotel, organizing tours, the right place to eat and managing different currencies and exchange rates.  It is ideal for travellers who want the hassle and vacation planning taken away. Every detail from departure to arrival is sorted out for them.  River cruising is a very supportive way to travel as you are met at the airport, taken to the ship, unpack and everything is taken care of. The fares are usually all-inclusive and include meals, drinks, tours and often gratuities. This is why it has traditionally attracted trav

Gary Bembridge author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" provides another 60-Second Cruise Tips. For mroe visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-travelers-handbook Holland America is ideal for people who enjoy a sophisticated and refined environment. For people new to cruising it is worth thinking of Holland America as an alternative to staying in a smart five star hotel. Holland America has a heritage of 140 years of transporting passengers and tries to retain the traditions of cruising on board. It has a focus on food with fine dining and cooking demonstrations, decor that is subdued with art and maritime artifacts.  The entertainment is classically biased, and most passengers prefer to sit in the piano bar singing popular tunes than disco dancing the night away. There are talks about the history and culture of destinations visited. You will not find water slides, high energy deck games and round-the-clock partying. The dress code is smart.Despite the line’s Dut

The importance of creating and bringing your own personalized first aid kit when cruising. Tips from Gary Bembridge author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook". Visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com

In this episode of 60 Second Cruise Tips Gary Bembridge, author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" talks about probably the main and most popular online resource in cruising Cruise Critic at CruiseCritic.com . To get more cruise tips visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruising

In this epsiode of 60 Second Cruise Tips, Gary Bembridge of TipsforTravellers.com and author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" shares a packing tip about why it is important to make sure you bring the right type of adaptor for your home electrical plugs based on yoru cruise line - or you may find you cannot charge your mobile phone, laptop, camera and other devices. For mroe tips subscribe to the podcast, read the book and visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com

In this epsiode of 60 Second Cruise Tips, coming to you from on board the Norwegian Getaway, I share the most important tip I give to first time cruisers - the importance of working with a cruise agent specialist. I share why it is so key. For more tips subscribe to the podcast, read my book "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" and visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com

Gary Bembridge author of "The Cruise Traveler's Handbook" provides another 60-Second Cruise Tip. For more visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-travelers-handbook   Costa is an Italian line that has been in service for over 60 years and most of the passengers come from Italy. You will hear Italian spoken all around you and in announcements, although English is also used extensively on board. Costa provides social hosts for most main language groups who hold briefings at the start, during and end of the cruise on processes, events and procedures. They also available every day for one-on-one sessions. Passengers are allocated dining companions based on their language. It is very popular with families including multi-generational groups traveling together. The entertainment and activities are very child friendly. So Costa suits people who have children or do not mind being surrounded by lots of them. They offer good value cruising with competitive fares to appeal t