For many travelers, exploring the culinary delights of a destination is part of the fun of travel. Foodies on Caribbean cruises can easily target where to go with organized food-focused shore excursions. On these culinary outings you meet with chefs and taste regional dishes, often accompanied by local adult beverages (bring on the rum or
Dine on celebrity chef cuisine on these ships Cruise lines are touting big names when it comes to cuisine, to delicious results. Celebrity chefs are a shipboard calling card for foodies and anyone who likes the idea of dining with bragging rights. Here’s whose famous cuisine you can sample on cruise ships. Alain Ducasse. The
Cruises that visit the wine regions are always especially popular. All wines are best when selected by the vintners themselves, who always keep the best years and varietals on their own premises. Here are four different wine-specialty cruises: Windstar – Culinary & Wine Delights of Spain & France Discover the delectable cuisines and spirits of
Most people associate Florida with cruises, but put all the various cruise lines together and you find hundreds of cruise ships sailing from US ports from Seattle to Boston. After the Florida ports of Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Port Canaveral and Tampa, cities in other states with the cruise departures include Galveston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Charleston
Since my first cruise in 1982 I have seen the world by cruise ship. As a crew member for Royal Viking Line) my first journey was from Bora Bora to Bergen (Norway). When I include river cruises I can add world-class cities like Moscow, Vienna, Paris and Shanghai. Here are eight of my most memorable
You might think it sounds crazy to cruise during hurricane season, but there are actually many advantages – including the lowest cruise prices of the year (on average), and not just because it’s hurricane season – but also for other reasons. One – there is less demand for cruises since the summer vacation season just
We are big fans of Jason Leppert. With nearly 1 million YouTube views under his belt, Jason is becoming one of the world’s most popular cruising experts. His videos offer behind the scenes tours of cruise ships and his website (PopularCruising.com) posts great deals on cruise vacations. We managed to track Jason down before his next adventure on the high
Last night, the ill-fated Carnival Triumph finally docked in Mobile, Alabama after passengers had endured four days of discomfort following a fire that knocked out much of the ship’s power and left it bobbing listlessly in the water, requiring the vessel to be towed to port by tugboats in order to get passengers evacuated. The
As people book cruise travel, often they’re confronted with a series of options to “add on” products and services to their bookings. Airfare deal sites, hotel sites, and cruise lines themselves may offer travelers the chance to quickly purchase a travel insurance policy along with their bookings — usually, this involves not much more effort
Ed. Note: We’re pleased to welcome back to the InsureMyTrip blog a great friend of ours, travel writer and icon Johnny Jet! This week, Johnny is sharing his thoughts on cruising, a very popular travel choice among InsureMyTrip’s clients. Next week, stay tuned for Johnny’s post about navigating the sometimes stressful experience of holiday travel.
