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Consider a pre- or post-cruise stay to extend your vacation Short cruise itineraries are becoming more and more common: Royal Caribbean has two of its newest ships, Wonder of the Seas and Utopia of the Seas, doing 3- and 4-night sailings, and Carnival is soon to follow suit with Mardi Gras, the first ship in
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Choose longer cruises and certain cruise lines to avoid spring breakers I had to search my photos long and hard to find this picture of a crowded pool at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island. That’s because, well, I tend to stay away from crowds when I cruise. Cruises are notoriously popular Spring Break vacations. These
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This cruising must-have might seem surprising, but it makes a lot of sense Even if you don’t bring a snoring friend or partner along with you, you might find yourself bothered by noise in your cruise ship cabin. That’s why I recommend you always bring earplugs with you on your cruise. Every cruise ship is
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Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “Weekend Run“ As I write this, I’m sitting in the Fort Lauderdale airport, waiting to fly home from my third weekend cruise in the last six weeks. Weekend cruises, usually Friday-Monday, are a staple of those who live in Florida and can easily drive to
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Luggage storage, day rooms, and other ideas for late flights Picture this: You’ve just finished with an amazing 7- or even 3-night cruise. It’s 8:30 or 9:00 am, and your cruise ship has just announced that it’s time for all passengers to disembark the ship, because they have to get the ship ready for the
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A great place to relax with excellent food and drinks! If you had asked me one week ago, I would have confidently told you that the best all-inclusive beach clubs in Cozumel are Nachi Cocom and Paradise Beach. Those two are still great, but another resort has definitely entered the running — Iberostar Waves. This is
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One port, so many choices! (In honor of yet another visit to this popular Mexican cruise port, I’m resurrecting and updating a post from my old blog. If you ask me, Cozumel is better than ever!) The port of Cozumel, Mexico is fast becoming one of my favorite places to stop on a cruise. This
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These excursions can be pretty different — here are a few tips I had to use AI to generate this image of a motorcoach parked next to a cruise ship, because surprisingly, I didn’t take any pictures of the actual buses from my excursions in Europe. Given how much time I was going to be spending
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Why I booked through the ship — and what I’d do differently next time My week-long Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona had four port stops, and I bought excursions through the cruise ship at three of them. This is a little unusual for me, so I wanted to talk about why I did it, and what
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Consider bringing an inflatable camping pad on your cruise All credit for this hack goes to my late husband, who was a survivor of multiple back surgeries. When we met, I was 35 and he was 55. I had a lot of experience traveling the world — but not a lot of experience with the
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