Sue Slater of Presto Magic Travel is nothing if not well-traveled. She’s sailed on 36 cruise ships to Canada and New England, Hawaii and Alaska, and has toured Ireland, Italy, the Greek Islands and Morocco. So what distinguishes her from …
“Like many other viruses, COVID-19 appears to spread more easily between people in close quarters aboard ships and boats. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there remains a risk of infected passengers and crew onboard cruise ships. “Older adults and people …
As the cruise industry shutdown continues to have a global impact, it’s sometimes hard to remember exactly how we got to where we are today. It’s safe to say that nobody could have foreseen how serious the current health crisis …
A passenger on AIDAblu – the first AIDA Cruises’ ship to resume cruising during the time of Covid-19 – was banned from reboarding after straying from a shore excursion in Catania, Italy, this week. In doing so the passenger broke …
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While the cruise industry awaited a decision on the No-Sail-Order to be issued, the CDC now recommends that travelers defer all cruise travel worldwide. The decision from the CDC to issue this advice is surprising, to say the least. It …
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A few years ago, while visiting a small beach town on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, my husband Barry and I discovered a children’s library in the village. Since we planned to stay for several days, we asked the librarian if she’d …
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It still feels like it will be a long time before the cruise industry will ever get going again after Covid-19. Queen Elizabeth waits to start work Weymouth Bay. And here in Weymouth Bay some of the ships are not …
Fifty-seven-year-old Parveen Kausar curses the day her youngest daughter Oniba and her husband stepped out of the country. Tears roll down Kausar’s cheeks as she looks at a fancy mug that has Oniba’s photographs on it. She wades through the …
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As cruise lines slowly ramp up service in Europe and get closer to resuming service in the rest of the world, much has been made about what is probably the protocol that most changes the traditional cruise experience: passengers only …
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Trisha Boucher enjoys a drink in the pool area on a Carnival Cruise in 2018. (Courtesy photo) Two weeks before their April 2020 cruise, Stephanie Boucher and her daughter Trisha Boucher found out the inevitable – the trip was canceled. …
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