Cruises
Help! A Check-In Agent’s Mistake Made Me Miss an Antarctic Cruise and I’m Out $17,000.
“While we empathize and understand that the insured’s travel was negatively impacted,” he wrote, “the plan does not cover errors made in determining travel documentation.” I begged to differ, noting that your policy covers trip delays caused by common carriers “including, but not limited to, scheduled departure and return times and actual departure and return […]
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How Can You Travel for $100 or Less a Day? Get a Cruise Deal.
Cruise lines would like to see booking windows expand again and some are incentivizing it. Virgin Voyages, which operates in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, is offering 10 percent off bookings made 180 days or more in advance, and five percent off those more than 120 days out. High-end ships are filling up Luxury ocean, river […]
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Where Do Travelers Still Need to Wear Masks?
A federal judge in Florida struck down the federal mask requirement for planes and public transit on Monday, which had been set to expire on May 3. Within 24 hours, all major U.S. airlines, as well as the Amtrak rail system, had declared that they were no longer requiring masks for passengers or employees. The […]
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196 Sailings and Counting: The ‘Cult Cruisers’ Are Back on the Ships
“We really were homesick for our second home,” Ms. Muller said, pausing to order her dinner without glancing at the menu. “It’s Tuesday, right? I know Tuesday’s menu.” (She’s been on 115 cruises.) Frank Shumard aboard Holland America’s Koningsdam in February. His retirement plan was to spend half the year on cruises. When the pandemic […]
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How the War in Ukraine Is Affecting Travel
“The biggest impact I have seen are those that have a cruise booked who do not want their money to go to Russia,” said Victoria Hardison-Sterry, a Florida-based travel adviser with Lakeshore Travel who had one client switch from a Baltic cruise in 2023 to an Alaska cruise. “My clients have been outspoken about not […]
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Travel Trends for Spring 2022
“People still have stigma around couples therapy and coming to therapy, but nobody ever had a problem going on vacation,” said Marissa Nelson, a sex therapist who runs retreats in Barbados, Hawaii, St. Lucia and Washington, D.C., through her company IntimacyMoons (seven days in St. Lucia starts at $7,500). She also offers virtual sessions; even […]
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Cruise Has Surprise Ending After Judge Orders Ship Seized Over Debts
The Crystal Symphony left Miami on Jan. 8, as scheduled, on a two-week cruise. On the way back, things took an unexpected turn. The ship was scheduled to arrive in Miami on Saturday, but mid-trip, a United States federal judge ordered the cruise ship seized over a lawsuit regarding unpaid fuel bills. The ship changed […]
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Can a Gay Cruise Keep 5,500 People Safe Amid Covid?
Out of the 2,700 rooms sold, Mr. Campbell said only 35 have been canceled since Jan. 1. For guests who cannot travel because of government restrictions or lockdowns, Atlantis is showing more flexibility and issuing credits for future cruises, Mr. Campbell said. Because of the fast-changing circumstances of the pandemic, he said, the company is […]
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Barcelona Banks on Superyachts, Becoming a Hub
The yacht maintenance business has been jumping. MB92, which also owns a smaller yard in La Ciotat, France, reported revenue of €191 million (about $215 million) in 2021, up from €150 million in 2019. Even if a superyacht is a striking showcase of wealth, owners expect those working for them to keep silent about their […]
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