Q – My girlfriend has invited me to join her on a cruise to the Caribbean aboard a line I never heard of, MSC. I Googled them but only got more confused. We are in our seventies and I have done eight previous cruises on Cunard Line, Princess, and, most recently, Crystal, which I liked…
Q – I just paid $2.10 a gallon to fill my Lexus with premium gas. I imagine the airlines are seeing similar huge reductions in the price of fuel. So why did I just pay $120 more for a round-trip ticket on Delta to London than I did the same time a year ago.? Is…
Q – Our travel agent seems to be quite high on Viking Cruises and wants to book us on the Viking Star. The price seems good, very good, and they do include shore excursions. We know you don’t give Viking’s river cruises the highest ratings so we’re wondering if this cruise to northern Europe is…
Q – I have heard that there is a woman living aboard a Crystal Cruise ship. We’ve never sailed Crystal but we find the idea of spending our retirement at sea absolutely intriguing. Do you have any idea of how this would work and what this woman I read about is actually paying on a…
Q – A casual friend has put us on a Canadian mailing list that includes updates of cruise information for the Canadian market. He claims that you can save money if you book in Canadian dollars. Wondering iof that is true but moire interested in the headline of the last issue that said there was…
Q – We hear good things from our friends in Austin about Celebrity and I’m not just talking about friends in cowboy hats. We don’t see much about them on your site and are wondering why. Also wondering just how much is included on this line. I would hate being nickel and dimed for drinks,…
Q – I am confused. Having migrated away from Holland America and Norwegian, we are now ready to do one of the top lines on a “try it out” Caribbean cruise. But your ratings list Hapag-Lloyd as the best while the Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Ratings are completely different and barely mention the…
Q – What amenities are offered on Azamara? They are named to your list of the best inclusive cruise lines. How do they compare to Oceania in terms of what they offer in their fare? A – Thanks so much for your warm note! Azamara and Oceania have both made our top ten list because…
Q – Having just taken retirement from one of the large brokerage houses, my wife and I are ready to start traveling. As we approach some cruise plans, we will prefer voyages of several weeks or longer, we had one question we thought we’d ask you first. Are there any itineraries that really sell out…
Q – My wife and I are contemplating a river cruise in November/December 2017 and have a questions: Does it make sense to be on a river cruise for these Christmas markets considering that the outside temperature is going to be lower and might prevent you from fully enjoying the aspects of a river cruise…
Q – Is this really the right time to be thinking about traveling to Europe? We have some concerns about traveling this summer but we really want to go on our planned cruise. What are you advising and how do you handle this question with your clients? A – For most travelers, whether or not…
Q – Is this really the right time to be thinking about traveling to Europe? We have some concerns about traveling this summer but we really want to go on our planned cruise. What are you advising and how do you handle this question with your clients? A – For most travelers, whether or not…
Q – I have been reading all the questions and answers on your website but cannot find an answer to my specific question. We are looking at a Rhine River cruise in June 2017 from Amsterdam to Basel. I like Avalon because of it’s room arrangement, size and panoramic windows. I see though that you…
Q – Our neighbor said his son told him to get a passport card to use in place of an actual passport when he travels outside the States. We went online and it looks like the card is less expensive than a passport and easier to carry. Since we’re planning to do one of…
Q – My wife and I want to travel on a charter transportation to Cuba in early May. We’ve looked into AccessTrips culinary tour to Cuba and it looks good. Do you handle tours to Cuba? If so, would you recommend the AccessTrips tour or any others? Thank you. A – Access is a company that…
Q – My husband and I usually go on tours with Tauck. We have really enjoyed all our trips. This particular trip we are going on is to Peru. Our travel agent has set us up with Sita Tours. I am questioning them because my search has not showed that name at all. My search…
Q – Having sailed 11 times on some of the top brands such as Le Ponant, Silverseas, and Cunard, I wonder why we have never encountered a female ship captain. Don’t you think it’s about time. Tell me if I am wrong, but aren’t about half of us on any ship women? A – Actually…
Q – We are considering our first cruise and, on the advice of good friends here in Ft. Collins, we are leaning toward the Azamara line. One of the cruise sites we visited said the ship was really showing its age and that carpeting was spotted and the decor was rather dated. We’re in our…
Q – Thank you for your website. Interesting and very helpful. Also loved the sense of humour throughout. I like your comments re the problem with pax reviews and marketing department frauds. I do want to suggest a mild correction regarding Aussies consumption of Fosters. We (ie probably 99% of Australians) don’t drink Fosters in Australia! …
Q – Although we cruise several times a year on some of the better lines appearing on the Top Ten List on LCR, I am fascinated by some of the deals we continually get in our mailbox and via e-mail. This latest one seems to be, what you like to call, “A Real Deal” but…
Q – This is really a question of ethics in your industry so I don’t know if you will respond. We went to visit a travel agent in St. Louis who we know sells a lot of cruises. We went in to ask about a Regent cruise, which we had been on before, but the…
Q – As a senior financial analyst with one of the nation’s largest investment firms, I would like to pose a personal question or two as well as a question about industry pricing. Although I don’t specialize in the travel sector, I am sometimes asked about major cruise line stocks and current pricing models. Wondering…
Q – Eleven years ago this April, we went on a mega-ship cruise. We vowed we would never do it again. The people aboard our seven-day western Caribbean ship seemed determined to embarrass themselves by showing up in the dining room in jeans and tee-shirts, getting drunk each day in the pool area, and whistling…
Q – We had friends in town visiting who have been to Italy a number of times. They were quite surprised that we were visiting Italy on a tour that has us going to Venice in late September. They said that visiting Venice at that time is the worst in terms of water levels? And they…
Q – My daughter travels to northern Thailand in January, then back to the states in May. The bulk of her flights are on Turkish Airlines; you report them to be improved. She has two stops along the way: Istanbul and Bangkok. I see a wide variety of experiences online including the past couple months,…
Q – For the last year we have been planning to take one of the Amsterdam to Budapest River cruises, but the Paris terrorist attacks and influx of Syrian refugees to all of Europe, has caused us to rethink our plans. While your web-site gives a wealth of excellent information on river cruising, I didn’t see…
Q – Wow – spent two and a half hours reading this last night. One quick question and we will be ready to book a Scenic cruise (they seem to offer the most high-end value). On the Rhine, is there a preferred side of the ship when sailing from Amsterdam. As long as you are…
Q – My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed a Viking ‘Cities of Light’ cruise from Prague to Paris last year and are now planning a second cruise with Viking. We are interested in travelling between Nuremberg and Budapest to see the elevated aqueducts in the eastern part of the Main-Danube canal and also travel through…
Q – We see that Avalon is really low in the riverboat ratings but we are really interested in the fact that they offer beds that face the river instead of balconies. Are we naïve (it will be our first cruise) or is this the advantage it would seem to be. I can’t imagine anything…
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