By Arie Boris, Editor-in-Chief CruiseGourmet.com Magazine Where does the time fly? I cannot believe it is twenty years since the Crystal Cruise brand was first introduced. It did not take long for the cruise industry and the public to recognize a real game changer! Over the last two decades, Crystal Cruises has come to set [...]
By Arie Boris, CruiseGourmet.com - Bring good walking shoes! Traveling by ship to Europe is just so much better in so many ways! What a joy not to have to deal with airport crowds, rude TSA agents and lost luggage you had the privilege to pay a fee to check. If I had the luxury [...]
Madrid is another of the great capitals of Europe to explore. It may lack the glitz of Barcelona or the popularity Seville, but it has plenty of romance of its own. It’s the home to Spanish Kings and Queens. It has a great medieval center to explore. Its museums are among the greatest in the [...]
Should you drink only bottled water when you’re traveling? Is it safe to drink tap water? Is it safe to brush your teeth with it? These questions come up no matter where you’re traveling. In most developed countries, you don’t need to drink bottled water all the time. Tap water will be safe to drink. [...]
I can hear you wondering… just what IS short-term voluntourism?
Volunteer vacations are becoming so popular, that the travel industry has coined a word for this kind of tourism. Now you can search the web for voluntourism and find hundreds of sites that provide travel with a heavy focus on volunteering.
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Tip 3: Single women want to cruise the world, but not entirely on their own…
Two single women wanted to spend a month on a luxury cruise but were hesitant about traveling on their own. They were concerned about personal safety and weren’t sure how easy it would be to meet people.
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When you are going to rent a car abroad, you might want to think about getting an International Driving Permit. You also need to know about traffic laws abroad. There will almost always be some variations from home.
Some countries say that they require an International Driving Permit. Will that help you know about traffic laws abroad? The short answer is…. NO. There is no test on the rules of the road for an International Drivers Permit. No booklet to read.
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Sometimes when you travel, you may find some strange laws… at least they may seem strange to you, but they are perfectly logical in the country you are traveling to.
And while you may think they’re a little funny, if you break some of them, you won’t be laughing. You really want to know what these are ahead of time if you can.
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is happy to announce the return of their Great Lakes cruises in 2011. MS COLUMBUS, built in 1997 was specifically designed to navigate the locks of the Great Lakes, and is therefore one of the few ocean-going cruise ships that can successfully travel through the wonderful scenery of the Great Lakes of North America. The COLUMBUS offers a unique opportunity to experience a European cruise ship on two Great Lakes itineraries in 2011, as well as on one itinerary along the eastern coast of North America.
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