However, certain parts of the cruise ship are more contaminated than others. Passengers should especially avoid the lift buttons if they want to avoid getting ill, revealed the doctor. As almost all of the passengers come into contact with this …
Cruise WARNING: Keep away from this DIRTY part of the ship to avoid getting sick Read more »
The process seems simple enough when buying a cruise. Decide when and where we want to sail then call or click our way to travel happiness. Some travelers handle the booking process themselves from dreaming to doing with little …
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This week’s best travel bargains around the globe. Kilkea Castle, an Irish fortress dating to 1180, is offering a special package to celebrate its recent $30 million renovation. The Kilkea Castle deal costs $540 per person (normally $1,080) and includes …
Travel deals: Aer Lingus sale to Europe and Zambia bush camp special Read more »
FORT LAUDERDALE — Listen. Find a mentor. Communicate. Set goals. All of those and more were offered as career advice for travel agents at CruiseWorld on Wednesday. The advice came from cruise line executives on the “Mastermind Sales and Marketing …
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FORT LAUDERDALE — Celebrity Cruises has designed a new ship for use in the Galapagos, a rare newbuild in the market and at 100 passengers the smallest ship parent company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has ever built. Celebrity president Lisa …
Celebrity building the Flora, a small ship for Galapagos cruises Read more »
Native-born Montanan Mindy Bausch thought the cruise she booked after a random political survey call might be the ticket to getting her nature-loving husband out of Montana and to the Bahamas for a warm Caribbean vacation. “We don’t travel,” she …
Travelers who want refunds call cruise travel agency a ‘scam … Read more »
A little-noticed provision of the Senate’s tax reform legislation introduced last week would partly repeal an exemption from U.S. income tax that the cruise industry has enjoyed for decades. The Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act addresses sections 873 and …
Celebrity Cruises is rolling out new non-refundable deposit fares. The non-refundable deposits will be optional and will go into effect starting November 28, a Celebrity Cruises spokesperson tells Travel Agent. They will be applicable to new deployment only. Guests who …
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As the co-owner and president of a Virtuoso-affiliated agency, Paul Largay never had much interest in Norwegian Cruise Line. The Waterbury, Conn., travel seller had cultivated a luxury clientele who preferred upscale lines such as Silversea Cruises, Regent Seven Seas …
Class warfare: The rise of luxury enclaves at sea Read more »
If facing winter makes you dream of spring, check out American Cruise Lines’ Tulip Festival cruises next April that will explore Washington state’s Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. The weeklong cruises visit the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival …
Take a small-ship cruise to Washington state’s tulip festival next spring Read more »