Internet and Phone Use Connecting at Sea
Staying in touch with fellow passengers at sea and friends and family on land is easier than ever. Most ships now have branded apps that allow cruisers to chat with each other onboard and super fast high-bandwidth Wi-Fi that makes communicating at sea much easier than it used to be. Internet speeds can vary significantly by line and ship, depending on location, available bandwidth and other factors. Most cruise lines don't offer speeds that can support streaming services like Netflix or Spotify. However, a few cruise lines are changing the at-sea connectivity game with relatively affordable high-speed services that support video and music streaming.
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Free. Money. Are there two more beautiful words in the English language? While money doesn't grow on trees, increasingly it can be found somewhere else -- on the high seas. Call it an incentive, call it a bonus; whatever you want to call it, onboard credit lets you spend more freely with less guilt. You've paid your cruise fare, and now you can splurge on those enticing extras -- Swedish massage, specialty restaurant, an excursion to snorkel among shipwrecks -- without busting your budget.
Not many need convincing as to why onboard credit -- money automatically deposited into your onboard account-- rocks, but finding out exactly how to get it and where you can spend it is a bit trickier. We found eight ways to hit the OBC jackpot and offer even more suggestions on how to burn through it, although you probably have your own ideas already. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a probe last year into six of the biggest online hotel booking sites, Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Hotels.com, ebookers and trivago over concerns that the websites were giving false impressions to customers.
The CMA's investigation discovered this to be true! An empty airport baggage carousel clatters around and around. Everyone but you has hauled their bags off, and finally the horrible truth dawns: Your luggage is lost.
Getting reconnected with your bag is a big deal if you're hopping aboard a cruise that won't spend more than a day in any destination. Here, we offer tips for what to do if an airline or cruise company has lost your luggage -- and how to avoid it in the future. The last thing anyone wants to think about while they are on vacation is dealing with problems. In this article several subjects are discussed and offer excellent information on each. Here are a few of the subjects:
The last thing most of us think about when we plan a cruise is the list of elements that can go wrong before and during our vacation. But, as Robert Gallagher, Senior Vice President and CEO of AIG Travel reminds us, "…there are many risk factors unique to cruising." Flight delays caused by weather or a mechanical problem can keep us from arriving to our embarkation port in time. The airline can lose our checked bags. We can get sick before we board or, even worse, mid-cruise. We might even make a boneheaded move in a port of call that makes us miss the ship and need to catch up to the in the next port of call. Plus, a host of other general issues can scuttle a vacation, such as the illness or death of a family member, cancellation of plans by a travel companion, job loss, airline delays and lost baggage.
Those reasons and so many others are why travelers seek insurance coverage. It provides that extra bit of calm and control we all crave. More importantly, it prevents you from losing money due to unforeseen circumstances and travel emergencies, and insurance fees are typically just a small percentage of your vacation expenditure. MyFuncations Note: This is an excellent article. It was originally written for cruise travelers, but the information is so in-depth and timely it benefits all travelers. Please take time to read. Traveling on a budget doesn’t mean you have to compromise.
Traveling on a budget doesn’t mean you have to compromise on comfortable accommodations and decent flight times. In fact, savvy travelers already know how to maximize their travel budget and take advantage of low prices on travel packages, airline tickets, and other travel-related expenses. Planning ahead will usually give you the upper hand when it comes to playing the vacation-booking game, and there are several tricks and tactics you can use to slash those costs even further. Whether you’re dreaming of a trip to the Bahamas or looking to book an overseas adventure, make sure you’re aware of all of the different deals, discounts, and specials available to your destination of choice. Sidestep unnecessary fees. Airline fees aren’t going away anytime soon.
To avoid paying hundreds of dollars in fees (on top of rising airfare costs), here are some ways you can save. Want an assigned seat or more legroom on your next flight? It’ll cost you.
Last year, the United States Department of Transportation began requiring airlines to include government taxes and other mandatory fees in their advertised fares. Optional fees, however, are a different story. If you booked an airline ticket with a U.S. carrier this summer, you likely noticed a slew of relatively new fee options covering everything from checked bags to assigned seating. No one likes paying an annual fee to use their credit card, and there will always be some people that refuse to apply for any card that has an annual fee. Others simply don’t want to consider another card with an annual fee, since they’re already paying a fee to use one or more of their existing cards. Thankfully, there are several compelling travel rewards cards that are available without an annual fee.
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