Over the years there’s been hundreds, if not thousands, of articles and lists written talking about what everyone should know before they cruise. But never before has one so complete and so thorough been presented to the public at no charge to them (well, maybe a few hundred of them have been more complete). In [...]

  You’ve received a quote on your cruise that you can live with, and fit into your budget, and you’re ready to book. But let’s stop for a minute and think about what your final dollar outlay might look like by the end of your cruise. The first added cost you may run into has [...]

You’ve received a quote on your cruise that you can live with, and fit into your budget, and you’re ready to book. But let’s stop for a minute and think about what your final dollar outlay might look like by the end of your cruise. The first added cost you may run into has to [...]

MSNBC has characterized Royal Carribean’s ships continuing visits to Labadee as a “public relations nightmare?” But most cruise enthusiasts according to our posts see no problems with cruises continuing to go to Labadee. Most believe the cruise line is doing exactly the right thing. First of all, Royal Caribbean has a significant investment in Haiti, [...]

One very prominent, and indeed important part of the Internet has become user reviews. In fact there are web sites valued at hundreds of millions of dollars where 100 % of the content on the sites is provided by users. This applies to just about everything; there’s user review sites not just for cruises, but [...]

Over my years writing for CruiseMates I’ve always recommended people do research, more research, and more research before they cruise, or as importantly, before they even book a cruise. Myself and all those writing for CruiseMates, as well as most Travel Writers from other cruise media outlets, and fellow cruisers posting on blogs and message [...]