5 Things to Consider When Booking A Group Cruise
A cruise ship holiday alone can be peaceful. A cruise ship holiday for a couple can be romantic. A cruise ship holiday with a group is memorable! What better way to see the world than with family or friends. Group cruises can be a perfect way to celebrate a wedding, unite a family or simply share precious moments together with friends. Most cruise lines offer discounts for large groups booking holidays together and you may even be lucky enough to get your cabin for free if you’re travelling with enough people. In fact some group cruises don’t even have to be with family and friends and may be as part of a hobby connection or convention. However, in life we know that organising large groups of people be a struggle, so here are five tips to ensure that you’re group cruise sails smoothly!
1: Choose a Leader
It could be you who is an organisational wizard, but if it’s not, make it known. Selecting a leader to hold all the information and liaise between the group members is the first thing you should do. Leaders should email updates regarding the cruise around to all members and should be the first person to contact with any questions. If they don’t know the answer to your question, they should then find out from the cruise operator and return this information to the group. Having a leader will prevent multiple people making differing arrangements which could cause confusion not only between yourselves but with the cruise company. Read more…
Kingfisher Airlines and Royal Caribbean International Announce Partnership
Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and Royal Caribbean International have partnered to offer new bundled packages and extra travel services and benefits to cruise aficionados and frequent fliers alike.
The new travel packages are offered exclusively to Kingfisher Airlines King Club members residing in India. According to a media statement, Kingfisher Airlines’ frequent fliers will earn miles when booking a qualifying Royal Caribbean International cruise. Read more…
Summer 2011 is Coming: Time to Cruise
So you’ve travelled the whole of England. You’ve seen Kent. You’ve been to Stonehenge. You’ve done everything an Englishman is expected to do. That doesn’t leave you with much choice. You might as well sit home and flip through the channels, or go down to the pub for another pint. Travel-wise there’s nothing more to do, right? Hold your horses right there! There’s a whole world waiting for you; waiting to be explored; waiting to be discovered; waiting to treat you to its delicacies, its wonders.
And what better way to discover the world than by taking a lovely cruise aboard a fantastic luxury cruise liner such as one from Princess cruises or other high end vessels? You have to admit; this is one of the best ways to travel; no traffic lights, a wide horizon, endless fun and exotic destinations. It makes perfect sense, if you think about it. Read more…
Cruise Critic’s Top 10 Destinations by Boat
Cruise Critic, one of the go-to online resource sites for cruise reviews and details, has just announced its list of best 10 destinations by boat. Here’s quick review of who they thought was the best in the boat trip world:
- Australia – for its lazy cruises along the East Cost, with popular stops such as the Great Barrier Reef or Sydney harbor.
- Vietnam/Cambodia, which are generally hot destinations for 2011. Great cruises along the Mekong River are at the top of Cruise Critic’s list Read more…
2011 Brings Weeklong Cruises to Southeast Alaska
Family owned tour company Allen Marine Tours announced it will offer weeklong cruises of southeast Alaska starting next year. The trip will start and end in Sitka and glide around Admiralty Island from May 14 through September 3, allowing tourists to dive into Alaska’s culture, history, wildlife and environment.
The passengers embarking in the eight-day seven-night long cruise will also enjoy time ashore in Hoonah at Icy Strait Point, Glacier Bay, Juneau, Tracy Arm and Hobart Bay. The tours will be performed on two former Cruise West vessels leased by Allen Marine Tours. The former Cruise West vessels, Spirit of Columbia and Spirit of Alaska, are now called Admiralty Dream and Baranof Dream and will each host 70 passengers.
“What we’re excited about is we’re showing off the area where we live,” Allen Marine Vice President Jamey Cagle said of the new venture, Alaskan Dream Cruises. “Our family and company have a lot of history here. We’re good at hosting people three to five hours on tours and we would like to see if we can do more.”
New Disney Cruise Ship, Fresh out of German Building Docks
When it comes to Disney cruise ships, the hype builds up long before they start off on their first cruise. Their latest ship, Disney Dream, has made the news for merely making it out of the German shipyard in Papenburg and into a harbor where the final stages of construction and testing will take place. Why so much hype about the Disney Dream? It is the largest ever built in Germany!
Disney Dream is 1,115 feet long, it has 14 decks and hold 4,000 passengers. The cruise ships also features the AquaDuck, a water coaster wrapped around the perimeter of its top deck, virtual portholes offering live views of the sea and sky from video cameras mounted around the ship and a series of lounges for all ages. Quite enough room to meet new people on a Disney cruise, wouldn’t you say? Read more…
Sailing and sunbathing on New Year’s Eve
Guest post by Cristina Banu
Last year was the first in which I did not see any snow in the period around New Year’s Eve. Why? Because I spent that special time of the year on a cruise in the Caribbeans.
It was a very nice experience, being on such a big ship – Mein Schiff, on a tour provided by TUI. The best thing about cruises is that you sleep at night relaxed in your bed while the ship is heading to the next island. In the morning the ship arrives in the harbor and you have the entire day to go sunbathing, sightseeing, shopping, sailing, diving, basically whatever you want to do on the islands.
The ship had very good food and lots of it! When you go on such a cruise, you need to be careful not to eat too much. It isn’t easy though, if you enjoy eating as much as I do 
. I went to the gym everyday to make sure I stay in shape.
New Year’s Eve was celebrated with lots of food, drinks, deserts, all arranged in shapes of castles, the Eiffel tower and other such architectural landmarks. I could hardly decide which one to try first. At midnight all passengers and crew gathered on the deck to watch the beautiful fireworks. Read more…
