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Examining the process of cruise travel from research to booking, packing, travel gear, travel apps and more

Carnival Outlines Restart Plan, In Detail

Posted onSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020AuthorChris Owen

Taking us one step closer to sailing again, Carnival Corporation issued a statement related to the planning of enhanced health protocols when cruise operations begin again in the Americas. Here we have a first look at the successful restart protocols Read More …

CategoriesCruise Industry, Cruise News, Ocean Cruising, Planning, Travel Safety

Cruise Lines Extend Pause In Operations

Posted onMay 7, 2020May 7, 2020AuthorChris Owen

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line recently extended their pause of global cruise operations through the end of the summer. Here are the details: Princess Cruises Pause Policy Due to reduced air flight availability, the closure of cruise ports in Read More …

CategoriesPlanning

By The Book, Cruise Lines Position To Be The Safe Travel Choice, Eventually

Posted onApril 29, 2020April 29, 2020AuthorChris Owen

It’s not unfamiliar ground. The safe, closed environment and mobile nature of cruising has been a selling point since forever. It still is. We’ll remember this as a time when so much was up in the air. In the rearview Read More …

CategoriesCruise Industry, PlanningTagsCruises, cruisesmile, travel

Wonderful And Enriching Will Be Back

Posted onMarch 24, 2020March 24, 2020AuthorChris Owen

We went back to Mexico when stories of ill fate befalling tourists kept them away, proving it a safe place. We were on the first ship back to Haiti after devastating earthquakes rocked the island. We sailed on the Danube Read More …

CategoriesExperience, Planning, Travel Safety

Virgin Islands Closing For 30 Days

Posted onMarch 24, 2020March 24, 2020AuthorChris Owen

Starting tomorrow, the U.S Virgin Islands will close for 30 days, eliminating a number of popular ports of call on cruise (and land) itineraries. St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix will all be out of service until at least April Read More …

CategoriesPlanning, Travel SafetyTagscruise, islands, travel, U.S. Virgin Islands

Cruise Lines Pause Sailing From U.S. Ports

Posted onMarch 14, 2020March 14, 2020AuthorChris Owen

Members of the Cruise Lines International Association have pressed pause on all sailings from United States ports. Read More …

CategoriesPlanning, Travel SafetyTagscoronavirus, cruise, cruise cancellations, Cruises

Cruise Lines Update Change/Cancellation Policy, Temporarily

Posted onMarch 6, 2020March 6, 2020AuthorChris Owen

Cruise lines are bending over backwards responding to the Coronavirus issue and booked traveler concerns about it. Becoming an industry standard rather quickly: the ability to cancel very close to sailing with little or no penalty. Today’s update: Oceania Cruise Read More …

CategoriesCruise Industry, Planning

Odyssey of the Seas Inaugural Season Starts November 2020, Sailing from Florida

Posted onNovember 23, 2019December 12, 2019AuthorChris Owen

Odyssey will be the first Quantum Ultra Class ship to call on Aruba and Curacao as part of its 8-night itineraries. Read More …

CategoriesCruise Industry, Ocean Cruising, PlanningTagscruise, Cruises, Odyssey of the Seas, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean International, travel

Women Make Better Travel Planners

Posted onNovember 1, 2019November 11, 2019AuthorChris Owen

Several examples of diverse offerings from female-owned travel planners Read More …

CategoriesPlanningTagsCruises, travel, travel planners

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