Cruise Travel & Travel Planning

Ferry Hopping in Sydney Before Your Cruise: An Easy Way to Fill a Few Hours

Arrived in Sydney hours before your cruise? Once the luggage is sorted, Circular Quay's ferry network is an easy way to fill a few hours,...

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Best Places to Work From Around a Cruise Ship

Your cabin isn't the only place you can get some work done at sea. These are the things I look for when finding somewhere around...

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Cruise Ship Power Outlets & Charging: What I Pack and What to Leave at Home

Cruise cabins aren't always blessed with power outlets in convenient places. Here's how I keep our phones, watches, laptops and other devices charged onboard, what...

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Our Day in Naha: Exploring Our First Port in Japan

After eight days at sea, Naha was our first port in Japan. With no tour booked and nowhere we needed to be, we spent the...

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Three Very Different Fiji Experiences: Gardens, Malamala & South Sea Island

With four days in Fiji, we wanted a mix of experiences without filling every day from morning to night. Here's how our temple and garden...

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What Do Kids Actually Do on a Long Cruise? Kids Clubs, Cruise Ducks and Sea Days

What do kids actually do on a cruise with lots of sea days? My two couldn’t be more different: one disappears to kids club with...

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Overnight Flight with Kids: What Worked for Us from San Francisco to Fiji

An overnight flight, a 5am arrival and hours until hotel check-in could have made for a very long first day in Fiji. Here's what we...

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How Frequent Flyer Points Made Family Travel More Affordable

After a difficult 2023, I booked a transpacific cruise for myself and my two children to give us something exciting to look forward to. Then...

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Visiting Meiji Jingu with a Local Guide: Seeing Japan Through Local Eyes

Exploring Meiji Jingu with our guide Yoshii gave us an insight we would have missed on our own, from Shinto customs and the famous sake...

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