If you think a beach is a beach is a beach, which people who don’t lie in the sun might feel inclined to do, then you haven’t met our son-in-law. He will structure his family’s vacations around the quality of the beaches. Prompted by his discriminating eye, we’re re-visiting some that we’ve at least seen… Continue reading Friday File: Beaches of Beauty
Category: Deals
What Price For Ship’s Room Service?
News item: Norwegian to charge up to $7.95 (per order, not per person) for room service, while providing an enhanced menu on two ships. Hmm. Is this a glass half-empty or half-full? Will passengers feel it’s another example of being nickeled-and-dimed, or will they happily pay for the convenience of having freshly cooked eggs for breakfast?… Continue reading What Price For Ship’s Room Service?
At Sea…The Sound Of Princess
Clever. That’s what Princess Cruises is….and not just because Princess people can sing “the seas are alive, with The Sound of Music” when the iconic movie is being screened on all 18 ships, starting this month. The first line of the press release announcing it is clever enough. What makes it even better is that… Continue reading At Sea…The Sound Of Princess
The Italy You Might Not Know
SAVONA, Italy — One of the Costa Diadema’s regular stops as it circles the Mediterranean week after week is this northern Italian port. It may be a part of the country that you wouldn’t choose to visit…until you’ve been. Then you’d be back. To be fair, it’s mostly European vacationers who would choose to visit… Continue reading The Italy You Might Not Know
China Cruising Wave of Future
Good friends of ours are going to China in a little over a month. This is not something on our bucket list but if that ever happens, we’d probably do what our friends are doing. They’re going on a cruise. It could be our friends are ahead of their time. The way things are going… Continue reading China Cruising Wave of Future