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8 Big Cruise Downsides, And How To Deal With Them

Tips For Travellers
Tips For Travellers
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👁️ 15K views📅 6 years ago⏱️ 9:04
What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsTips & Advice🥈Expert Creator
Veteran Cruiser

Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

probably the biggest negative that you hear of cruising is the concerns about the environmental impact and sustainability of cruising

people are traveling the world in a bubble once they're on board their ship they are in whether it's a more American or a more a UK whatever experience and they're not really connecting and engaging with the places they're visiting

you don't really spend a lot of time in any one place so at the moment most of the places you cruise to you'll get this early morning 8:00 o'clock you might leave at four five six o'clock

the cruise line certainly in their terms and conditions and the contract can change or cancel a port at any time without giving you compensation

Creator's Tips & Advice

Be prepared with motion sickness medication
Wash hands constantly with soap and water to avoid norovirus
Be flexible as ports can be cancelled without compensation

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Environmental impact of cruisingCruise lines are aware and have goals to reduce carbon emissions, use alternative fuels, and improve recycling
SeasicknessBe prepared with medication and seek treatment at the medical center if needed
Norovirus outbreaksWash hands constantly with soap and water and avoid touching public surfaces

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat are the biggest downsides or negatives of cruising?
QHow can you deal with the challenges and hassles of cruising?

Topics Covered

Port Destination2½ Sad BaconValue Pricing2 Sad BaconEmbarkation1½ Sad BaconSafety Medical1½ Happy BaconCrowd Capacity2½ Sad Bacon

Port Highlights

Marseilles1½ Sad Bacon
Monte Carlo1½ Sad Bacon
Naples1½ Sad Bacon
How to read the Trip Bacon Score
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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.

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YouTube Video Description

What are the downsides of cruising? The worst things and negatives of a cruise vacation? I explore the issues that cruising causes and the challenges, hassles or issues that cruise passengers face - and how to best deal with them. Not everything about cruising is bad, of course, and so why not also watch my video about the best things and upsides of cruising: https://youtu.be/EkbfaXKQguM SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY: Buying my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStore Booking your next cruise with CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://bit.ly/TFTBookCruise WATCH THESE POPULAR RECENT VIDEOS: 10 Cabins to Avoid: https://youtu.be/PgTGLma919A European River Cruise Watch-Outs: https://youtu.be/oqhz54wStyk 5 Cruises To Avoid: https://youtu.be/CNiPzK4IRWA Alaska Cruise Need-to-Knows: https://youtu.be/Tn7dpNw5kSI Things Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know: https://youtu.be/cs5UKha9ALc Rules Passengers Break Most: https://youtu.be/djZLZ3XV_f0 Things You Can’t Do On A Cruise Any More: https://youtu.be/zas6F4wMD0Q Should You Pay Cruise Gratuities: https://youtu.be/QBYzqxXjEXQ Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and when cruising the oceans or rivers of the world. To help you, in every video I draw on my first-hand tips and advice from travelling every month for over 20 years and 78 cruises at time of making this video. Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge #CruiseTips #CruiseCons #CruisingTips #GaryBembridge #TipsForTravellers