If we could go back and talk to our younger selves as we packed for our first trip together 27 years ago, we would say one thing: “Put it back. You don’t need it.” In the early days, we were “just in case” packers. We packed for every possible weather […]
Travel Planning
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When we first started cruising, one of the biggest “culture shocks” for us was the shore excursion. Coming from a background of independent travel where we planned our day, the idea of being funneled onto a bus with 40 other people felt, frankly, a bit daunting. We worried we’d lose […]
If you had told us ten years ago that we’d become part of the cruising lifestyle, we would have laughed. For many years, we have been about where we can go by plane or car, sometimes a train. We liked navigating train systems in foreign places, dragging our bags over […]
Last week, we covered the basics: pick dates, pick a place, and book the main transport. If you’ve done that—congratulations, you are going on a trip! Now comes the fun part, and where 27 years of trial and error comes in handy. How do you take a basic booking and […]