Picture this- you wake up in your luxury stateroom with floor to ceiling windows to a magnificent view of an imposing Medieval Castle, lush river bank vineyards, colorful native wildlife, and remarkable ancient wonders.
1. Security and Keeping Details Safe
Scan your passport, passport photos and documents. Store them (in an email) in your web based email account. You can also store the details of your emergency 'lost card' telephone numbers in your web based email account so you know who to contact if your credit card or ATM card is lost or stolen. This way, even if you lose everything, you have immediate access your all important information. You can even email the details page of your passport to the embassy or consulate when applying for a new one. Make two copies of your passport, take the original and one copy with you and leave one at home where someone can access it, if needed
Royal Caribbean International has added 47 additional Europe cruises for the 2011-12 season aboard Splendour of the Seas and Mariner of the Seas.
Guests on Mariner of the Seas' Holy Land cruises can choose the "Grand Overland" land excursion, which hits some of the most sacred sites in Israel. There is also the "Grand Egypt Tour" and the "Best of Ephesus."
Avalon Panorama will be the first Avalon ship with a proprietary Panorama Suite design "to maximize the river cruise experience.
There is very little room, if any, for error when planning a wedding or honeymoon, but when it is a destination one? That puts the process on a whole new, slightly daunting level. There is no one more crucial to planning a destination wedding or honeymoon than a travel agent
For the 20th year, Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach and director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research, has released his list of the top 10 beaches in the United States. This year, the Empire State of New York is home to the winner:
A room overlooking Rome sounded just swell in the online hotel description and it only cost 150 euro a night. Such a deal! Turns out it did overlook Rome but it was 10 miles out of town and cab service to the city center was 75 euro each way.
You asked your friends on Facebook where you should go for your honeymoon, and a guy you went to high school with (whom you only sort of remember) told you he ran a travel company and that he’d get you a discount. It was only after he’d taken your money and disappeared that you remembered that he’d also disappeared suddenly during senior year, to serve time for stealing all the hubcaps of the school’s buses.
You’d never been to Spain before, so you asked around for travel advice. Your college roommate’s brother, who had spent a semester in Spain a few years ago, enthusiastically gave you a list of all the places he’d stayed at. It wasn’t until after you’d arrived in Madrid that you realized you’d booked yourself into the top youth hostel in town.
Norwegian Cruise Line will offer a "Check-In-Rock-Out" program on the Norwegian Epic, enabling guests to rent a Gibson guitar and play it in their stateroom.
Norwegian Cruise Line will offer a "Check-In-Rock-Out" program on the Norwegian Epic, enabling guests to rent a Gibson guitar and play it in their stateroom.
For $10 per day, passengers get the guitar and a private amplifier with headphones.
Alaska cruises certainly aren't anything like a day at the beach. So when it comes to packing, what ends up in your luggage likely won't resemble the bikinis and Hawaiian shirts you'd choose for a tropical getaway. For anyone planning a journey to the 49th state, be sure to heed this packing advice.
So why are these obsolete travel agents still selling 51 percent of all airline tickets, 87 percent of all cruises, 81 percent of all tours and packages, 45 percent of all car rentals and about 47 percent of all hotel stays?
According to the Travel Industry Association of America, 24 percent of American women have taken a girlfriend getaway in the past three years while 39 percent plan to take one in the next three years. As women everywhere have quickly discovered the blissful escape of girlfriend getaways. The Top 10 Girlfriend Getaways in the U.S.
Celebrity Cruises is educating cruisers about the brand's approach to minimizing its carbon footprint through its new "Oceans Ahead" program. Part of the brand's "Celebrity Life" onboard activities program, the series of presentations will be fleetwide and led by Celebrity's shipboard environmental officers. Celebrity regularly invests in marine conservation, education and technologies through its corporate Ocean Fund, which has provided $11-million since its establishment in 1996. Those efforts also are discussed in Oceans Ahead.
Each cruise line has their own guidelines and practices but I will describe for you the possibilities. It works best if you promote the cruise at least 9 months to a year in advance of sailing. You can obtain the best pricing and amenities plus have plenty of time to promote it to supporters, friends, family and the general public. The donation portion of examples below are only available to IRS approved non-profit corporations.
Earl and I are having a terrific time on our Avalon River Cruise. We arrived in Amsterdam a bit later than we thought on Sunday due to a 6 hour delay in Boston. The ship is beautiful. Food is terrific. Took a fantastic canal cruise in Amsterdam and spent a few hours touring the city and then the rest of the day on our own buying fresh cheeses and Delph pottery.
