If you want to get cruising right, my Tips For Travellers makes it fun and easy to discover, plan and enjoy an incredible cruise vacation every time.
There are so many choices that have to be made at every stage of your cruise vacation. If you make the wrong choices, like I have done in the past, you and your family won’t have that incredible experience you are dreaming of.
I learnt that enjoyable and memorable cruise vacations don’t happen by chance. They are made and crafted through being well-informed, and then making intelligent choices at every single stage.
That’s why, I set up Tips For Travellers to help travellers who want to get cruising right, the advice, tips and tricks to make it easier to plan and have a memorable experience every time. All my tips draw on everything that I have learnt on the 95 cruises I have done to date.
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From Tips For Travellers. I’m just back from a cruise on Explora Journeys Explora 2, and was disappointed how many passengers I met on there are still following cruise tips that frankly I know are overrated and out-of-date. Tips that many cruising articles and videos are still recommending cruisers use. I’m Gary Bembridge, and I…
From Tips For Travellers. I meet so many people on cruises who tell me they do not gamble. However, whilst they might not gamble in the casino, they gamble with the most important thing of all on the cruise, the cabin. I’m going to tell you why I think most people get cabins wrong and…
From Tips For Travellers. I’ve been asking experienced cruisers I’ve met what they did to make their cruise vacation perfect. And they are all saying the same things as other smart cruisers I’ve asked on past cruises. Well, mostly the same because while there 5 things all agree on, there is one that splits smart…
From Tips For Travellers. Join my live cruise Q&A with Guest Cruise Ship Karen (Karen Worrall – https://cruiseshipkaren.com) who is a port talk and expert, working on board as an independent speaker for lines including Explora Journeys. Join us on Sunday 11 May 2025 at 5pm UK/ Noon ET / 9am – and get your…
From Tips For Travellers. May the Fourth be with you! It’s another of my live cruise Q&As on Sunday 4th May at 5pm UK, Noon ET and 9am PT: https://youtube.com/live/LIdo7EVLDOg Get any cruise questions answered live! Join me for another of my weekly live cruise question and answer session. During the livestream I will answer…
From Tips For Travellers. I have been shocked at how many videos, blogs, and articles, many by people that cruise passengers see as leading cruise experts, are totally wrong on the topic of who owns what cruise line – and are giving incorrect answers and bad advice to the question I and others are frequently…
From Tips For Travellers. LIVE Cruise Q&A: Sunday 27 April 2025 : 9am PT / Noon ET / 5pm UK. Set a reminder and join at https://youtube.com/live/DPY0329NEO8 Get any cruise questions answered live! Join me for another of my weekly live cruise question and answer session. During the livestream I will answer cruising questions or…
From Tips For Travellers. For many people, the idea of living part, or full-time, on cruise ships sounds like a dream-like paradise. But having spent time closely following several people that have recently tried it, I saw the harsh reality is that dream comes with some darker aspects, nightmare challenges and unexpected problems. Things I…
From Tips For Travellers. Live Cruise Q&A Back from Explora Journeys. Sunday 20 April 2025 9amPT/ Noon ET/ 5pm UK I’ll be taking your questions and sharing thoughts about Explora Journeys and any other cruise topics you have questions about. Get any cruise questions answered live! Join me for another of my weekly live cruise…
From Tips For Travellers. After closely following several people living cruise ships for some time and analysing the different options and ways they do it, I discovered many remarkable things like not only how they make it work, and importantly what it really costs, but I also the uncovered there is an unexpected dark side…
From Tips For Travellers. I have been intrigued as recent reviews of Crystal Cruises have been very positive, including it having the highest passenger ratings on Cruise Critic in the ultra-luxury category, better than Regent Seven Seas, Silversea and Seabourn. So, I decided to test Crystal Cruises out to see if they really are the…
From Tips For Travellers. Join me for another live cruise Q&A on Sunday 30 March. Note, as the UK will change clocks overnight on Saturday the timings for USA are back to 9am PT and Noon ET! Get any cruise questions answered live! Join me for another of my weekly live cruise question and answer…
From Tips For Travellers. Coming into service in 1995, Crystal Symphony is THE oldest ship in any of the ultra-luxury cruise line fleets. Older by decades in most cases. Yet it costs the same to travel on as those competing lines more modern ships.So, having booked the ship for a recent 11-night cruise, it was…
From Tips For Travellers. While the cheapest way to go to Antarctica is on a regular cruise line and ship sailing past the Antarctic Peninsula as part of a South America itinerary, there is a huge catch making it less fulfilling as you do not get to land or do zodiac rides to get close…
From Tips For Travellers. After doing well over 100 cruises, I thought I knew everything about life on a cruise ship. That was until a dinner hosted by a senior crew member on my last cruise, where they revealed a surprising secret about cruise ship crew that I was totally unaware of! That got me…
From Tips For Travellers. Please join me for one of my regular cruise Q&As but also announcement of a cruise I have this week booked for July, which will mark a return to a style of cruising I have not done for 6 years! Get any cruise questions answered live! Join me for another of…
From Tips For Travellers. Join me and my special guest, Martin Johnson founder of Polar Routes (the specialist Arctic and Antarctica travel agent) for a live cruise Q&A all about everything expedition cruising. When? Sunday 23 March at 10am PT, 1pm PT and 5pm UK Join me for another of my weekly live cruise question…
From Tips For Travellers. Please join me on Sunday 9 March for another of my live cruise Q&As where I will answer any cruise and cruising question or topic you want my thoughts on. LIVE: Cruise Q&A Sunday 9 March 2024 at 10am PT/1pm PT/ 5pm UK NB the times in USA are different to…
From Tips For Travellers. Cruise line glossy brochures and their enticing adverts promise a carefree and trouble-free vacation, BUT they don’t tell the whole story. There are several important things that can and do significantly impact us as passengers that the lines seem reluctant to talk about or be upfront about. Welcome aboard, I’m Gary…
From Tips For Travellers. I have done a Panama Canal transit four times and on every trip I see passengers making the same mistakes that get in the way of making it their adventure of a lifetime. But some of the errors are so easy to make that even an experienced cruiser like me can…
From Tips For Travellers. Join me after a few weeks break for a Live Cruise Q&A now that I am just back from Crystal Cruises travelling in Asia. Sunday 2 March 9am PT/ Noon ET/ 5pm UK. I will talk Crystal Cruises, Crystal Symphony and cruising and ports in Asia – and anything else you…
From Tips For Travellers. Days before heading off on Regent’s newest ship, the Grandeur, the line launched new advertising promising that “nobody does it better”. In in they also claimed to have the “world’s most luxurious fleet”, and that no cruise line beats them on destination experiences, hospitality, luxury spaces, and dining. Having been on…
From Tips For Travellers. Days before heading off on Regent’s newest ship, the Grandeur, the line launched new advertising promising that “nobody does it better”. In in they also claimed to have the “world’s most luxurious fleet”, and that no cruise line beats them on destination experiences, hospitality, luxury spaces, and dining. Having been on…
From Tips For Travellers. Please join me for another of my weekly Cruise Q&A Lives not on Sunday as usual but on Saturday 8 February 2025: 9am PT / Noon ET / 5pm UK. This will be the last live before I head to Japan to join my next cruise adventure. More about that in…
From Tips For Travellers. I hope you will join me for what will be my 158th all-time live cruise Q&A. Get all your cruise related questions answered on Sunday 2 February 2025 – 5pm UK/ Noon ET / 9am PT Get any cruise questions answered live! LINKS MENTIONED IN THE LIVE: * Venture Ashore: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/VentureAshore…
From Tips For Travellers. I’ve been contacted recently by way too many cruise passengers that have been caught out by new scams that have emerged since my last video about this topic, including one a good friend stumbled upon on his latest cruise – and one using me to scam cruisers like you! Here are…
From Tips For Travellers. If you’ve got a cruise booked in 2025, or thinking of booking one, there are startling changes being made by cruise lines, governments, and the actions of some local port residents that you need to be ready to deal with. Even if you’ve been cruising recently and think you know how…
From Tips For Travellers. Please join me for my 157th live Cruise & Travel Q&A on Sunday 19 January 2025 at UK 5pm/ ET Noon/ PT 9am Get any cruise questions answered live! Join me for another of my weekly live cruise question and answer session. During the livestream I will answer cruising questions or…
From Tips For Travellers. I hope you will join me for what will be my 156th all-time live cruise Q&A. Get all your cruise related questions answered on Sunday 12 January 2025 – 5pm UK/ Noon ET / 9am PT LINKS MENTIONED IN THE LOVE: * TRAVEL AGENTS: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/reasons-to-book-your-cruise-with-a-travel-agent/ * JAPAN TO DOS BY PORT…
From Tips For Travellers. I’m upset as one item I’ve taken on every cruise I’ve done to date has just been banned. But I’m not the only one devastated about new cruise line bans, as three people contacted me about a less-publicised ban making cruising more costly for them. While I saw another recent ban…
From Tips For Travellers. Join me for my first live cruise and travel Q&A of 2024 on Sunday 5 January 5pm UK/ Noon ET / 9am PT as I am just back from Regent Grandeur Panama Canal cruise and 5 days in Las Vegas. Join me for another of my weekly live cruise question and…
From Tips For Travellers. Every cruiser can see that cruise fares have been rising scarily fast, and cruise lines are telling Wall Street investors that they expect fares to keep rising well over inflation as demand for cruising is so high. But despite that, I have found ways of paying less than most people on…
From Tips For Travellers. On all three Antarctic trips I’ve been on, I’ve seen so many passengers thrown by the same things each time. All because expedition lines are not totally transparent until passengers get on board. Then the truth comes out. It often comes as a big shock to many. So, here are the…
From Tips For Travellers. Join me and Mark for a Live Cruise Q&A from on board Regent Grandeur as we sail from Guatemala to Mexico on Saturday 21 October 5pm UK/ Noon ET/ 9 am PT. We will answer any questions you have about Regent Seven Seas, Grandeur or anything else on cruising! Get any…
From Tips For Travellers. Knowing that the expedition cruise I wanted to do would cost me the same as buying a new luxury car, I needed to make sure that the line I went with would deliver something special and make every dollar worth it. After much deliberating, I decided to entrust Silversea with this…