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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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When in doubt, go off the beaten path The port of La Spezia in Italy is mostly known for its proximity to popular locations: Pisa (home of the famous leaning tower), Florence, and the Cinque Terre region. Rather than visiting those places, though, I decided to pick an excursion that took me to two lesser-known…
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Sometimes, the excursion isn’t what you’d expected Civitavecchia is the port city for Rome, so most people choose an excursion in this port that will take them into the Eternal City. Me, I’d been to Rome before, and knowing that the trip from the port into town would take a long time, I opted to…
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Don’t walk — take the Blue Bus! I always recommend Barcelona for a Mediterranean cruise, because the cruise port is located right downtown, making it more accessible than embarkation ports like Rome (which is actually located in Civitavecchia) and London (Southampton). Just because the port is right downtown doesn’t mean it’s walkable, though! Once you…
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