Cruising with your family can be a lot of fun, but it’s important to make sure you have the right luggage for the trip. Luggage can be expensive, and you don’t want to waste your money on pieces that won’t hold up, that are too heavy to carry, or that are too large to fit …
Many major cruise lines have private islands out in the Caribbean, and Royal Caribbean is no exception. In fact, they actually have two — Labadee (in Haiti) and CocoCay (in the Bahamas). CocoCay is the one that has been recently updated and upgraded, and as we have said in earlier posts, CocoCay is definitely worth …
The Barcelona cruise port is one of the most popular embarkation ports in Europe. If you are embarking on a Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona, you will almost certainly need a hotel. And, hopefully, you have enough travel days either before or after your cruise to spend time actually enjoying the many charms that the city …
Modern cruise ships are engineered to withstand the toughest conditions and offer the utmost safety and reliability. Nevertheless, people may wonder how often do cruise ships sink. The short answer: It’s rare. In the last 50 years, a ship has sunk during the course of a cruise less than once per decade. Nevertheless, while it rarely …
Family vacation options can often be limited based on whether or not everyone has a passport. And, in recent years, the time and effort it takes to obtain or renew a passport has increased considerably. Plus, procuring a passport for a child is not routine and requires more steps than what’s required for adults. So …
Cruising with a passport will usually be the best option, if you have one. But, sometimes you can’t quite pull it off. Perhaps there is no time to get a new or renewed passport (or perhaps you forgot to bring them at all!). Or, perhaps there are other obstacles to timely acquisition of a passport. …