5 steps to smart bidding in an vacation auction
October 6, 2009 ·
What to know before bidding in an online vacation auction. 1. Don’t trust the auction site’s listed retail price, which may be an unrealistic rack rate. Get a sense of the true market rate by getting in touch with the hotel, resort, or cruise line directly. 2. Come up with your top bid and don’t [...]
Titanic memorial cruise to mark 100th anniversary
October 5, 2009 ·
A trans-Atlantic cruise is being offered in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic Memorial Cruise will depart, as the original ship did, on April 8, from Southampton, England, and arrive at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank on April 15. A memorial service [...]
Cruises to sail from Charleston, South Carolina, year-round
September 21, 2009 ·
The Carnival Fantasy ship will homeport in Charleston year-round beginning in May. The 2,056-passenger Carnival Cruise Lines ship will make five-, six and seven-day voyages from South Carolina to the Bahamas and Key West, Fla. Carnival sails from Charleston currently, but operates only a handful of winter season cruises. Most travelers looking for a winter [...]
Will work for travel: Cargo ship cruise vacations
August 13, 2009 ·
So you’re looking for a unique vacation something where you’ll get to see a lot of sites for not a lot of cash. How about a slow boat to China? (Or Brazil or Europe or Australia…) A number of cargo ship companies make their freighters available for a limited number of guests traveling to a [...]
Bill would tighten crime reporting for cruises
July 31, 2009 ·
Vacationers shopping for a cruise might soon have more things to consider than prices and itineraries. They may be able to compare the number of passengers allegedly raped, robbed or lost at sea under a bill approved Thursday for a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives. The House Transportation and Infrastructure committee’s unanimous approval [...]
60 crew have swine flu on cruise ship off France
July 31, 2009 ·
A French official says about 60 crew members on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have been diagnosed with swine flu and confined to their cabins while the ship is in a French port. Alpes-Maritime regional spokeswoman Geraldine Soulier says another 70 ship employees are showing symptoms. She says some of the crew aboard the Voyager [...]
Hawaii’s cheapest cruise sails into sunset
July 2, 2009 ·
Crewmembers hooted and applauded as the last boat in Honolulu’s failed city ferry service sailed into another gorgeous Hawaii sunset to end one of the seas’ best bargains for tourists and commuters. TheBoat, for $2 or a public bus transfer, offered flying fish, dolphins and whales against a backdrop of Diamond Head and the Honolulu [...]
