Comments on: 10 Cruise Travel Challenges (and How to Tackle Them)

By: Sandee Spencer

Sandee Spencer — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:00:09 +0000

Cruise to Alaska in a week and just notified that the ship can’t go fast enough so ALL shore excursions are cancelled! Any recourse?

By: Dale Leo

Dale Leo — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:17:39 +0000

Hi, good beginner’s article. I would love to know more about ports with long walks from the ship to the excursion meeting points that is very valuable information when your trying to get to a place on time. The same can be said about leaving the ship for an excursion you need to disembark and be at the meeting site for the excursion on time which usually means leaving the ship a good half hour to 45 minutes before the activity, especially in those ports with a long walk, and/or tendering to shore.

By: William Nance

William Nance — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:07:58 +0000

After Dominica was devastated by a hurricane and closed to ships our cruise instead went to Martinique… on Fat Tuesday, the day of their Carnival. Nothing was open, those that went on excursions found that the restaurants and bathrooms at beaches, etc. were all locked up. We returned again the next week instead of St. Lucia and went ashore to find the people in the stores in town were very rude if you didn’t know French. One shop had all their prices in Euro’s and when a fellow passenger asked the price of an item the shopkeeper gave them a US price three times more than the exchange. Luckily I knew the exchange rate and was able to tell them they were being cheated. I wish I knew French because I am sure I was called quite a few names by the shopkeeper.