Tagged: cruiseships

A Distinguished Magazine for Travel Agents Has Again Raised the Possibility of Renting a Cruise Ship Cabin on a Year-Round Basis

In recent weeks, a seven-day cruise of the Caribbean, leaving from Miami (and returning to Miami), has been selling for about $600 per person. That's for an inside cabin…

And Still They Come: Ever-Larger Cruise Ships to Displace the Smaller Vessels, Causing Grave Harm to the Once-Delightful Activity of Cruising

Photo Credit: Royal CaribbeanRecently, the travel trade press has been filled with headlines about the largest cruise ship ever built. It is the 5,500-passenger Harmony of…

The Possibility That Those Extra Tall Cruise Ships May Be Top-Heavy Is Given Credence by the Reported 40%-to-45% Listing of the Anthem of the Seas

Several years ago, a modern cruise ship—one of those vessels with ten or more decks soaring high into the sky above sea level—was being steered by a junior officer who…

A Modest Proposal: Why Not Simply Dock Those Giant New Cruise Ships to a Fixed Position in Their Port City, Never to Go to Sea?

The publicity machine of Royal Caribbean Cruises is currently churning out all sorts of exciting press releases about their brand-new, 5,500-passenger, mega-ship called…

Would You Believe a Roller Skating Rink at Sea? Bumper Cars, A Circus School, A Basketball Court? Controlled Sky-Diving? Read On and Weep

If I hadn't actually seen the press release, I wouldn't have believed it.  On a new ship of Royal Caribbean Cruises debuting a year from now (the "Quantum of the Seas"), that…

Six Nights in the Azores from $999 per person with Air

This week's deal comes directly from SATA Airlines (tel. 800/762-9995; www.sata.pt), and it takes you overseas to the Azores from $999 per person with airfare and six nights of…

10 Ways to Get Around Washington, D.C.

Visitors to Washington, D.C. face multiple choices -- what to see, how to find good value at mealtime, where to catch the First Family walking Bo, and so on. Deciding the best way to…

Drive Us Out to the Ballgame: Minor League Ballparks Worth a Road Trip

For millions of families across the country, summer means two things: Vacation and baseball. Put the two together and you've got the makings of a good, old-fashioned All-American road…

How to Be a Part of Italy's Autumnal Wine Harvest

View Larger Map Not that you need an excuse to visit Italy -- but if you are looking for one, the annual wine harvest is a sensational one. In fact, the early fall is perhaps the most…