Upgrades: Keeping the Option either Open or Closed

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Cruise lines occasionally offer passengers free upgrades if they are over booked in a certain category or for some other reason cannot offer them the room they originally booked. For cruisers who have booked the best room that they could afford with no particular regard to location on the ship, an upgrade can be a… [Continue Reading]

Windstar Offers Holiday Sail & Stay Packages in the Caribbean and Costa Rica

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Includes a Windstar Voyage and Two Free Hotel Nights in December
Seattle, August 4, 2011 – Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world’s most treasured destinations, offers Holiday Sail & Stay Packages in the Caribbean and Costa Rica which include a… [Continue Reading]

Sharing the World with Your Child Through Cruising

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I have written several times in support of parents taking their children out of school for family vacations, especially cruises. Critics have argued that it is irresponsible for children to ever miss even a day of school for any reason other than illness. I have always felt that it is the… [Continue Reading]

Equinox Cruise Pictures

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In case you haven’t had a chance to check out our Gallery pages, I wanted to let you know that we have added our pictures of our Celebrity Equinox cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to the Caribbean. Here’s a link to the newest Gallery Page.
My blogging ended on the second to last day, but… [Continue Reading]

Jet Lag and Airline Food, the worst part of a Trans-Atlantic Cruise

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Unless you are doing back to back Trans Atlantic cruises, you obviously have to fly over the Atlantic to get to or return from your cruise. Fortunately, the worst part of that experience with which we had to deal was jet lag and airplane food.
Our long flight across the Atlantic… [Continue Reading]