Cruising Ultra-Luxury Taught Me 3 Eye-Opening Lessons! (Podcast #442)
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Realising it costs the same to cruise in a suite on most “regular” cruise lines (like Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and so on) as it does to cruise on an ultra-luxury line (like Regent, Seabourn & Silversea), I look at which is better and why. And when you should stick on a "mainstream" line rather than go on an "ultra-luxury" cruise line. Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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Things That SHOULD NOT Happen On Luxury Cruises, But DO! (podcast 441)
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On ultra-luxury cruise lines I have been on I came across and experienced things that I really did not think I would when paying so much money. Here is what they were and why.... Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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6 Cruise Ships I Had No Idea This Happened To Them! (podcast #440)
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When I found out by chance a well-known cruise ship I was on had a murky past I went out to find out what other popular cruise ships have I been on, or plan to go on, also have crazy, mysterious or shocking hidden pasts.
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Is A Disney Cruise Worth That Rather BIG Price Tag? (podcast #439)
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A Disney cruise can cost two- or three-times more than resort family lines, like Royal Caribbean, Carnival, or Norwegian Cruise Lines, and often 40% more than other premium lines, like Celebrity, which Disney is more like. Is it worth it.....?? Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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I Test Out The World's "MOST LUXURIOUS" Cruise Line! (podcast #438)
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I splashed out on a cruise on the “world’s most luxurious line” (Regent Seven Seas) to test if it meets all the hype their fans say about them. This is how it went, where I thought my high fare was (and wasn't going) Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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Crafty Tricks That Catch Caribbean Cruisers Out (podcast #437)
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After watching Caribbean cruise passengers getting hoodwinked in a port side market as I had been a year previously, it got me thinking about 5 of the biggest mistakes Caribbean cruisers fall for all the time Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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I've Found THE Absolute Best Cruises For Your Bucket List (Podcast #436)
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I've been on 100 cruises and found that there are 11 that are so remarkable, memorable, and enjoyable that I suggest you beg, steal, borrow or more sensibly (like me) scrimp and save to do as many of these as you can! Spoiler: 2 of the most popular are not in the best list! Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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I Run Rings Around The Latest CRUISE RIP OFFS (You Can Too) (Podcast #434)
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Now more than ever cruise lines are looking how to get more money from cruise passengers than ever before. I look at 10 things they are doing to extract more cash from us today that I think are rip offs and what I do to reduce or avoid them so all you can too. Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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What's Got BETTER & WORSE Since I Started Cruising? (Podcast #433)
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I explore what has got better, worse and stayed the same since my first cruise in 2004 and the 100th cruise that I recently did. Looking back some of the changes surprised even me who lived through them! This is one of a series of three videos drawing on all the experience from doing 100 cruises. Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
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Going On 100 Cruises Taught Me 7 CRUCIAL Cruise Tricks (Podcast #432)
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I have just taken my 100th cruise and I have been asked by so many cruise passengers and cruising fans what are the biggest things I have learnt about cruising over all those trips. Here are the 7 biggest ones. Some may surprise. I hope so. This is the first of a series of videos I have made to mark hitting this milestone. Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: Tips For Travellers YouTube:
info_outlineIn this episode Gary Bembridge of TipsForTravellers.com, provides a historical overview, need-to-know facts as well as inspiration, advice and tips for visiting Nagasaki in Japan.
Nagasaki is best known for being the last city that was subject to a nuclear bomb. It happened on 9 August 1945 during WWII when the Americans dropped it, destroying most of the city and killing and injuring over 100,000 people. What fewer people know is that Pucci's famous opera "Madame Butterfly" was set in the city.
There is more to the city than just memorials and reminders of that event. It is a city that welcomed, and had long links, with the West even when Japan followed an isolation policy. I found it to be a pretty, welcoming city that has gorgeous parks, historical buildings and great museums. The podcast explores all of this.
Must-see and Must-Do covered in the podcast:
- Atomic Bomb Museum.
- Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall.
- Atomic Bomb Hypocentre.
- Nagasaki Peace Park.
- One-legged Torii Gate.
- Mount Inasa Lookout.
- Glover Garden.
- Oura Catholic Church.
- Deijima.
- Kofukuji Temple.
- 25 Matyrs Memorial.
Resources:
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japan (USA Listeners) (UK Listeners)
- Official Nagasaki Tourist site: http://travel.at-nagasaki.jp
- Discounts with Traveller Card: http://travel.at-nagasaki.jp/resources/2016/DiscountCard.pdf
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum: http://nagasakipeace.jp/index_e.html
- Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall: http://www.peace-nagasaki.go.jp/english/index.html
- Mount Inasa: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4412.html
- Glover Garden: http://www.glover-garden.jp/foreign/english.html
This episode was supported by DK Eyewitness Travel Guides (USA listeners) (UK listeners)
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