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Which ones do I recommend? Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale is one of my favorite cruise ports: It’s close to the airport, and it’s not nearly as congested as some other port options (ahem, Miami). As a travel agent, I’m always asked for my recommendations for hotels in port cities. So I try to stay…
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Flying home from your flight? The port matters…a lot No one likes to think about the end of their cruise, but there’s one time when you have to do it: When you’re buying your plane tickets and choosing your flight home. Here’s one thing people might not think about if they don’t cruise often: Not…
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What I did, and what I should have done instead I wrote in a previous blog post about how I did something not-too-smart when I took my recent weekend cruise on Utopia of the Seas: I flew to my port on the morning of my cruise. I tried something equally ill-advised on the way home,…
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Avoid flying on the day of your cruise if you can — but sometimes you can’t In the picture you see here, it’s 11:45 am, and I’m about to board a cruise ship. Just about seven hours earlier, I’d woken up in my bed in North Carolina. That bemused look you see is probably because…
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It’s true — there’s not much to do in some ports. But you don’t have to just stay on the ship. This will be a short post because, well, there wasn’t much to our day in Freeport. Not that that’s a bad thing. Although the cruise industry can seem sort of traditional, some things are…
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It turns out that traffic in the port is getting worse, not better Back in February 2025, I had a horrendous embarkation day trying to board my Symphony of the Seas cruise out of Port Miami. Around 11 am that day, my friend and I left our hotel near the airport in an Uber for…
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Here’s how to do it without breaking the bank Look, after a week on Icon of the Seas, I get it — these ships are pretty amazing. They’re well suited to groups of friends, couples, families, or multigenerational groups. Heck, I would even cruise on one of these ships as a solo! There’s truly something…
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My grandma’s favorite saying became unfortunately relevant while I was traveling home from my recent cruise(s) As I loaded up the car and checked out of the hotel room I’d booked quite suddenly in Daytona Beach, FL the day before, I snapped a picture of this beautiful sunrise. At least, I mused, I was here…
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Is it the cheapest way to get to St. John when your cruise ship stops in St. Thomas? No, but it’s the easiest. I’ve heard great things about St. John for years, but I’d never really spent much time there. This island in the U.S. Virgin Islands isn’t geographically far from the popular cruise port…
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The best place to go in Costa Maya port, hands down I first went to Maya Chan in 2018. I had read about it in a popular cruise blog, whose founder raved about the place. I figured I had to check it out for myself. It couldn’t be that good, could it? Reader, it was.…
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