Monday, January 10, 2011

Snorkeling & Island-Hopping: It's A Caribbean Bar Mitzvah Cruise

While it’s fairly common knowledge these days that couples can arrange to to have their wedding during a cruise and that other celebrations such as birthdays and anniversaries are easy to organize, there’s little information available about other types of significant celebratory occasions that can be held during a cruise. When the Krauss family of Tucson, Arizona, decided to make their son Sam’s

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Travel Insurance Stops Winter Whiteouts From Wiping Out Your Cruise Vacation

It's that time of year again and Cruise Diva is sure to receive an email or two soon from cruise travelers who missed their winter sailing and are irate that either the cruise ship didn't wait for them and/or the cruise line won't issue them a refund for not getting to the embarkation port on time due to foul weather. Old Man Winter is up to his old tricks once again this week, closing airports,

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Alaska Tops Bucket Lists in Princess Cruises’ 2011 Travel Resolutions Poll

With New Year’s resolutions fresh in consumers’ minds, Princess Cruises fielded a somewhat informal and unscientic poll to its Facebook fans from Dec 27, 2010 to Jan 3, 2011 to learn which destinations and travel experiences top their bucket lists in 2011. Respondents decisively answered that their number-one destination choice for the coming year is Alaska. One-fourth of respondents resolved to