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Travel: The Good, The Bad & The Funny - Videos

Travel: The Good, The Bad & The Funny - Videos

Casual Creator
180 Cruise Videos on Trip Bacon4,578 Total Videos on YouTube54K subscribers

Travel: The Good, The Bad & The Funny - Videos description on YouTube:

Sheila Simkin is not a travel agent and does not represent any tour operator, cruise line or airline. Her goal is to encourage you to take the big step and travel to more exotic, remote destinations with tips, anecdotes and reassurance that, yes, you will come back alive. Follow her advice learned the hard way on roads, more and less, traveled. An addicted traveler, and creator of Travels with Sheila, a daily travelogue about adventure and cultural travel..Read in-depth details about each video on http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com. Sheila's downloadable Budget Travel Guides are also available for Kindle, iPad and other devices at http://www.Amazon.com. The U.S. State Department recognizes 193 independent countries and she has visited 165 in over 40 years of travel (but...who's counting). Touring, hiking, trekking, rafting, skiing, volunteering on archaeological digs, family trips, occasionally sitting on a beach, compulsively shopping.and eating! Happy traveling...

Catalogue Coverage
Developing read · Travel: The Good, The Bad & The Funny - Videos

We’ve analysed 180 of 4,600+ videos so far.

Published
180
analysed and live on Trip Bacon
On YouTube
4,578
total catalogue
Catalogue coverage3.9%

Topic and audience patterns reflect this sample. We're still building toward a confident creator-authority read.

Annual Activity
Travel: The Good, The Bad & The Funny - Videos’s output · year over year

How cruise-focused are they, and how much of it have we analysed?

YearDiscoveredCruise Coverage(cruise-related ÷ discovered)Trip Bacon Coverage(analysed ÷ cruise-related)
  1. 2026
    11
  2. 2025
    7
  3. 2024
    4
  4. 2023
    5
  5. 2022
    6
  6. 2021
    12
  7. 2020
    154
  8. 2019
    234
  9. 2018
    97
  10. 2017
    88
Heat scale
0% → 100%“Discovered” = videos we’ve found for this channel, not necessarily on the site yet.
Showing the most recent 10 years · 10 earlier years not shown.

Top Creator Topics

Ranked by creator sentiment, scored on the Trip Bacon Score.

  1. 1Suites1 video mention
  2. 2Pool Deck3 video mentions
  3. 3Nightlife1 video mention
  4. 4Buffet19 video mentions
  5. 5Crew & Service53 video mentions
How to read the Trip Bacon Score
Happy Bacon — creators loved this aspect
Sad Bacon — creators took issue with this
Meh — no strong opinion either way

Scale: 0–5 strips in half-step increments. 0 = “meh”, 5 = “bacon bliss”. Aggregated from creator-review sentiment, weighted by channel expertise.

About our Bacon Score methodology

Who’s this ship for?

How the ship rates with different travel parties.

Solo Travelers
70%
Great fit
Best Match
Couples
72%
Great fit
Groups
70%
Great fit

Videos (180)

Rabaul PNG Volcano Hot Springs | 7,000°?! Ponant Cruise Excursion10:02Tour

Rabaul PNG Volcano Hot Springs | 7,000°?! Ponant Cruise Excursion

· 70 views · 1 weeks ago
Highly Positive
Mandatory Cruise Briefing?! Ponant Expedition Rules You MUST Know6:45Tips

Mandatory Cruise Briefing?! Ponant Expedition Rules You MUST Know

· 89 views · 2 weeks ago
Positive
Why I Will NEVER Sail With Crystal Cruises Again | My Personal Experience9:13Review

Why I Will NEVER Sail With Crystal Cruises Again | My Personal Experience

· 547 views · 1 months ago
Very Critical
Crystal Cruises logo
Crystal Cruises
Silversea vs Crystal Cruises | Honest Luxury Cruise Comparison4:35Compare

Silversea vs Crystal Cruises | Honest Luxury Cruise Comparison

· 101 views · 1 months ago
Positive
Crystal Cruises logo
Crystal Cruises
27 Days of Cruise Food on Crystal Cruises | Menus, Repeats & What I Ate27:12Review

27 Days of Cruise Food on Crystal Cruises | Menus, Repeats & What I Ate

· 539 views · 1 months ago
Highly Positive
Crystal Cruises logo
Crystal Cruises
Yikes! Giant Tortoises & Spices in Mahé, Seychelles | Cruise Excursion10:42Tour

Yikes! Giant Tortoises & Spices in Mahé, Seychelles | Cruise Excursion

· 71 views · 2 months ago
Highly Positive
Why I Skipped These Excursions: Cape York, Bremer & Gulgari (Honest Cruise Review)6:59Review

Why I Skipped These Excursions: Cape York, Bremer & Gulgari (Honest Cruise Review)

· 98 views · 8 months ago
Critical
Silversea Cruises logo
Silversea Cruises
Silversea Cruises logo
Silver Cloud
SILVER CLOUD BRIEFING: PENTECOST ISLAND, VANUATU4:28Tour

SILVER CLOUD BRIEFING: PENTECOST ISLAND, VANUATU

· 204 views · 9 months ago
Highly Positive
Silversea Cruises logo
Silversea Cruises
Silversea Cruises logo
Silver Cloud
ROM DANC IS A CEREMONIAL RITUAL AMBRYM ISLAND, VANUATU5:52Tour

ROM DANC IS A CEREMONIAL RITUAL AMBRYM ISLAND, VANUATU

· 244 views · 9 months ago
Highly Positive
Silversea Cruises logo
Silversea Cruises
Silversea Cruises logo
Silver Cloud
Silver Cloud Briefing — Ambrym Island Vanuatu Expedition Update3:45Tips

Silver Cloud Briefing — Ambrym Island Vanuatu Expedition Update

· 202 views · 9 months ago
Highly Positive
Silversea Cruises logo
Silversea Cruises
Silversea Cruises logo
Silver Cloud
Viking Star, Cruise Review, Food, Ship Tour11:42Tour

Viking Star, Cruise Review, Food, Ship Tour

· 2K views · 1 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Star
VIRGIN VOYAGES VALIANT LADY SEA TERRACE CABIN2:25Tour

VIRGIN VOYAGES VALIANT LADY SEA TERRACE CABIN

· 404 views · 2 years ago
Highly Positive
Virgin Voyages logo
Virgin Voyages
Virgin Voyages logo
Valiant Lady
AMAZING VISIT TO VIKING VENUS BRIDGE11:08Tour

AMAZING VISIT TO VIKING VENUS BRIDGE

· 313 views · 2 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Venus
AMADANTE RIVER CRUISE CABIN 321 VIOLIN DECK3:17Tour

AMADANTE RIVER CRUISE CABIN 321 VIOLIN DECK

· 1K views · 2 years ago
Highly Positive
AMADANTE RIVER CRUISE EXCURSIONS6:36Tour

AMADANTE RIVER CRUISE EXCURSIONS

· 497 views · 2 years ago
Highly Positive
CRUISE EMBARKATION WINDSTAR BREEZE LYTTLETON, NEW ZEALAND7:38Vlog

CRUISE EMBARKATION WINDSTAR BREEZE LYTTLETON, NEW ZEALAND

· 477 views · 3 years ago
Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Norwegian Cruise Line logo
Norwegian Cruise Line
Windstar Cruises logo
Windstar Cruises
+2 more
Venice to Corvara 🇮🇹 | Through UNESCO Dolomites Scenic Drive6:55Vlog

Venice to Corvara 🇮🇹 | Through UNESCO Dolomites Scenic Drive

· 255 views · 3 years ago
Highly Positive
WHATS ON BOARD THE VIKING STAR3:46Tour

WHATS ON BOARD THE VIKING STAR

· 2K views · 3 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Star
Easy Viking Sea Disembarkation to San Juan Airport5:17Tips

Easy Viking Sea Disembarkation to San Juan Airport

· 422 views · 4 years ago
Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Sea
San Juan Embarkation During Omicron | Viking Sea Cruise Paperwork Stress Test!10:22Vlog

San Juan Embarkation During Omicron | Viking Sea Cruise Paperwork Stress Test!

· 2K views · 4 years ago
Critical
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Sea
Food, Glorious Food in Nice 🇫🇷 | French Appetizers & Desserts4:35Vlog

Food, Glorious Food in Nice 🇫🇷 | French Appetizers & Desserts

· 441 views · 4 years ago
Highly Positive
Food, Glorious Food on Le Bougainville Greek Cruise16:09Review

Food, Glorious Food on Le Bougainville Greek Cruise

· 1K views · 4 years ago
Highly Positive
onant Le Bougainville Review | Inside the Luxury Yacht-Style Cruise6:49Review

onant Le Bougainville Review | Inside the Luxury Yacht-Style Cruise

· 5K views · 4 years ago
Highly Positive
Hindsight is 20/20: What I’d Do Differently in Turkey 🇹🇷✈️5:21Vlog

Hindsight is 20/20: What I’d Do Differently in Turkey 🇹🇷✈️

· 221 views · 5 years ago
Highly Positive