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 4 CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES LANYARDS HOLDERS $3.29 Time Remaining: 29d 13h 39m Buy It Now for only: $3.29 |
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 1919 Canada Steamship Lines Niagra Toronto Montreal Quebec Travel Print Ad $9.95 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 19m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 GEORGIAN BAY SHIP LINES GREAT LAKES CRUISE BROCHURE GUIDE 1948 VINTAGE TRAVEL $9.99 Time Remaining: 17h 48m |
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 Commodore Cruise Line Key Ring Sealed NIP Cruiseship Travel Chain $3.99 Time Remaining: 25d 15h 39m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES QUEBEC SHIP CRUISE BROCHURE GUIDE 1961 VINTAGE TRAVEL $9.99 Time Remaining: 13d 8h 14m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 GEORGIAN BAY SHIP LINES GREAT LAKES CRUISE BROCHURE GUIDE 1961 VINTAGE TRAVEL $7.49 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 17h 48m |
 SS UNITED STATES LINES 20 X 30 European Travel Agency Poster $225.00 Time Remaining: 9h 6m Buy It Now for only: $225.00 |
 1937 7th Annual Summer Tour Travel Brochure Letter Hamburg American Line $10.45 Time Remaining: 3d 2h 41m Buy It Now for only: $10.45 |
 Lot of 3 Vintage Grace Line Cruise Ship Travel Brochures 1955 Caribbean So Amer $9.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 16h 32m |
 ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2011 2012 TRAVEL AGENT GUIDE NEW WOW DIRECT FROM CRUISE LINE $5.94 Time Remaining: 14d 7h 18m Buy It Now for only: $5.94 |
 FRENCH LINE CRUISE SHIP TRAVEL1915 New York to Paris $15.00 Time Remaining: 24d 16h 55m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 1967 Matson Line ship travel Hawaii Tahiti Bora Bora Fiji Australia map print ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 20h 23m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 ALASKA PRINCESS LINE steamship passenger list 1936 SS Princess Louise travel $15.00 Time Remaining: 16h 27m |
 1938 HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE Pictorial Travel Map Route Steamboats Vintage Photos $13.00 Time Remaining: 11d 1h 17m Buy It Now for only: $13.00 |
 1962 PACIFIC AUSTRALIA DIRECT LINE TRAVEL BROCHURE $16.00 Time Remaining: 29d 20h 28m Buy It Now for only: $16.00 |
 CUNARD LINES OCEAN LINER SHIP SHOPPING LIST BROCHURE GUIDE 1950S VINTAGE TRAVEL $5.49 Time Remaining: 17h 48m |
 1926 French Line France Travel Tours Victor Hugo Notre Dame Cathedral Paris Ad $9.95 Time Remaining: 25d 10h 19m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
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 Round South America Grace Line Travel Brochure $10.45 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 37m Buy It Now for only: $10.45 |
 Hamburg American Line North German Lloyd Travel in Soviet Russia 1935 Brochure $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 43m |
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 Royal Viking Line rare valuable Travel Agents FLEET GUIDE 1983 Star Sky Sea $24.95 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 16m |
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 1935 French Line Interesting people like to travel French Line Print Ad $6.00 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 37m |
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 VINTAGE Holland America Line WOOD COAT HANGER hal ship travel memento $19.99 Time Remaining: 17h 20m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 1957 Matson Lines ship travel South Pacific map ad $8.49 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 20m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
 1939 Vintage Ad Canadian Pacific Shipping Line travel to Canada $27.26 Time Remaining: 27d 1h 23m Buy It Now for only: $27.26 |
 1936 Baltimore Mail Line More Travel Comfort Print Ad $5.00 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 37m |
 1957 Cary Grant Deborah Kerr photo American Export Lines ship travel print ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 18h 32m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 2008 Cunard Lines Golden Age of Ocean Travel Print Ad $12.49 Time Remaining: 28d 18h 29m Buy It Now for only: $12.49 |
 EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE GUIDE 1949 VINTAGE TRAVEL $7.49 Time Remaining: 3d 17h 48m |
 1933 Sun Shine Cruises RMS Mauretania Travel Brochure Cunard Line $10.45 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 37m Buy It Now for only: $10.45 |
 Titanic White Star Line Tin Sign Boat Travel Poster $11.95 Time Remaining: 22d 5h 13m Buy It Now for only: $11.95 |
 1938 Furness Prince Line cruise ship travel print ad $8.49 Time Remaining: 11d 16h 7m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
 BOSTON PROVINCETOWN STEAMSHIP LINES SHIP BROCHURE GUIDE 1950 VINTAGE TRAVEL $7.49 Time Remaining: 4d 17h 48m |
 1947 Bill Williams Barbara Hale Matson Line travel ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 22d 14h 41m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 1953 French Line Accent On Service Colorful Travel Ad $12.49 Time Remaining: 15d 5h 20m Buy It Now for only: $12.49 |
 3 Vintage 1950s 60s Luggage Travel Stickers TRANSATLANTIC FRENCH LINE Unused $11.95 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 51m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 1956 Holland America Line Travel Ad $7.77 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 54m Buy It Now for only: $7.77 |
 1961 Rose Marie Reid womens swimsuit vintage PO Orient Line ship travel ad $8.49 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 8m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
 1946 Norway Norwegian Wilhelmsen Lines Steamship Talabot Cruise Travel Poster $9.25 Time Remaining: 8d 5h 28m Buy It Now for only: $9.25 |
 1 Vintage 1950s 60s Luggage Travel Stickers TRANSATLANTIC FRENCH LINE Unused $3.95 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 51m Buy It Now for only: $4.95 |
 1957 kookaburra bird art Orient Line travel print ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 23d 10h 52m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE souvenir coffee TRAVEL MUG $9.99 Time Remaining: 8d 11h 21m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Antique Travel Jewelry Case American Airlines Holland America Line Stickers READ $11.99 Time Remaining: 4d 12h 10m |
 1939 Eastern Steamship Lines Rates Schedule Travel Brochure $10.45 Time Remaining: 3d 2h 41m Buy It Now for only: $10.45 |
 Original Cunard Travel Club Envelope Cunard Line c1920 30s $9.45 Time Remaining: 8d 13h 11m Buy It Now for only: $9.45 |
 Travel to Japan in 1936 Canadian Pacific Empress Cruise Line advertisement $12.98 Time Remaining: 20d 16h 21m Buy It Now for only: $12.98 |
 Holland America Line 1980s very large travel agent display stand up $79.99 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 6m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 1960 SS United States ship funnel color photo US Lines travel print ad $8.49 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 53m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
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 Norwegian Cruise Line Insulted Travel cup for hot or cold beverages $12.00 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 27m |
 Cunard Anchor Donaldson Lines Canadian Service Travel Brochure $10.45 Time Remaining: 8d 13h 11m Buy It Now for only: $10.45 |
 1940s Moore McCormack Lines South America Travel Brochure $10.45 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 37m Buy It Now for only: $10.45 |
 VINTAGE PANAMA LINE CRUISE SHIP ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BROCHURE BOOKLET LOT Of 2 $6.00 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 8m |
 27946 1960 AMERICAN BOAT LINE THOUSAND ISLANDS CRUISES TRAVEL BROCHURE $7.50 Time Remaining: 24d 18h 33m Buy It Now for only: $7.50 |
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 1933 Anchor Line ship travel vintage print ad $8.49 Time Remaining: 12d 17h 7m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
 CUNARD LINE OCEAN LINER SHIP DINNER MENU 1953 MV BRITANNIC VINTAGE TRAVEL $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 17h 48m |
 1956 MATSON LINES Cruise Ship AD South Pacific Travel $8.24 Time Remaining: 24d 14h 26m Buy It Now for only: $8.24 |
 1922 Admiral Line Seattle to Orient Tori Gate ABA Traveler Checks Vintage Ad $9.95 Time Remaining: 12d 10h 45m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1956 EUROPE in 56 via United States Lines Travel the Brownell Way Brochure $6.99 Time Remaining: 5d 6h 28m |
 1938 J Simont Paris in springtime art French Line ship travel vintage print ad $8.49 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 58m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
 1932 French Line Three Weeks of Travel Print Ad $6.00 Time Remaining: 5d 10h 12m Buy It Now for only: $6.00 |
 1954 Grace Line Santa Rosa Paula Caribbean Cruise Ship 50s Travel Bagby Photo Ad $14.99 Time Remaining: 18d 16h 27m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 1966 SS United States ship staff of 800 photo US Lines travel print ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 12m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 Costa Cruise Lines Soap Bar in Box Cruiseship Stateroom Cabin Ocean Travel $1.99 Time Remaining: 17d 6h 43m Buy It Now for only: $1.99 |
 1952 Nice French Line Travel Ad Accent on Cuisine $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 59m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Holland America Line SS Statendam 1957 original travel agent Litho Large Framed $84.99 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 6m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 1972 Royal Viking Line Large Ships photo Travel Ad $7.19 Time Remaining: 16d 13h 49m Buy It Now for only: $7.19 |
 1914 Ill Fated Cunard Line Steamship Lusitania Via Queenstown Travel Poster $9.25 Time Remaining: 10d 4h 45m Buy It Now for only: $9.25 |
 LOT OF 4 VINTAGE ADS 50s ERA TRAVEL FRENCH LINE CRUISE SHIP ART 1955 1956 $9.99 Time Remaining: 12d 6h 14m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Holland America Line SS Rotterdam 1959 original travel agent Litho Large Framed $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 6m Buy It Now for only: $104.99 |
 1956 Holland America Line Cruise Ship Dutch Boys 50s Vintage Travel Print Ad $13.99 Time Remaining: 24d 17h 46m Buy It Now for only: $13.99 |
 1959 SS United States Sid Caesar etc ship photos US Lines vintage travel ad $9.99 Time Remaining: 26d 18h 24m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 COCA COLA TRAVEL MUG ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE $2.97 Time Remaining: 3d 18h 10m Buy It Now for only: $4.50 |
 1928 MV Saturnia European Travel Facts Brochure Cosulich Line $11.45 Time Remaining: 9d 12h 11m Buy It Now for only: $11.45 |
 1935 French Line Luxury Cruise Ships 15 Minutes to Paris Bellhops Travel Ad $9.95 Time Remaining: 20d 12h 7m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage MS Chojo Maru OSK Line Luggage Label Japan 1934 $21.95 Time Remaining: 11d 13h 44m Buy It Now for only: $21.95 |
 ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE BLUE FABRIC TRAVEL WALLET FANNY PACK LARIAT NEW $8.99 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 1m |
 1955 SS Lurline Cruise Ship Hawaii 50s Travel Deck Photo Matson Lines Ad $14.99 Time Remaining: 20d 16h 42m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
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 2012 2013 Celebrity X Cruises Line Travel Agent Guide $25.99 Time Remaining: 5d 5h 41m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 Complete vintage set of 5 Holland America Line travel posters by Wilson McLean $150.00 Time Remaining: 9d 11h 16m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
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Travel Tips While Cruising
These days, taking a cruise is truly the only way to travel in complete relaxation and luxury. However, even though you may end up with a great trip, it does take considerable planning to actually make it happen. Cruise lines will give out different tips for travelers to follow, and if you don't follow these, you may not ever make it onboard.
Many cruise lines advertise using commercials showing vast blue oceans, luxurious ships, and people laughing having a good time. What makes cruises so wonderful is that you get to sail the deep blue sea while you visits several exciting ports of call. Think about it this way, as you sit in your office surrounded by cubical after cubical in the dead of winter, what better way to get away from it all than to book an exciting, exotic cruise!
When you travel on a cruise, you will experience substantial benefits. The real "key" advantage of crusing is that the ship does the traveling for you while you sit back, relax, and enjoy the many activities available to you. You will visit many different places without ever having to sit in a car, train, or airplane and count the hours until you arrive. Also beneficial is that your hotel room comes along with you, taking away the pressures and expense of having to find a hotel at the last minute sometimes. Lastly, most cruises include all of your meals in the price of the cruise. Of course, extra items are additional, but this is a real benefit. Below, you'll find a compilation of various cruise travel tips, organized so that you will make sure to be prepared for the exciting adventure that awaits.
Timing is Everything
Just like it is important to get to the airport on time to catch your flight, it is crucial to arrive at the dock on time to make sure there is plenty of time to organize ans situate yourself. Cruise ships nowadays are sailing out of more cities than they did in the past, but in most cases, you will need to fly to and from your departure location. If this is the case, make sure you schedule in enough time when you book your flight to allow ample time to arrive at the dock with time to spare. Just like airlines will not wait for passengers, cruise ships will not either. How awful it would be to find out you were just a little bit late, but missed the vacation of a lifetime. The boats are on a strict schedule of departure and arrival because they do visit so many different ports, so the ship waits for no one. This is true even when you visit different ports.
As with all important literature, make sure to read all important documents provided by the cruise line or your travel agent. Unless the cruise you are boarding is confined to a single country, which is highly unlikely, you will need to prepare in advance to obtain a passport, just like you would if you were flying to another country. Many times airlines will not refund your full purchase price of your ticket, so before booking a flight or other travel plans, make sure you completely understand the documentation given pertaining to your cruise.
Embarking on a cruise in unlike any other type of vacation and is thrilling in its own regard. Because of this there are contracts, guidelines, procedures and requirements that must be followed before boarding and while your stay on the ship. The cruise line will take good care of you while you are on the ship, but they probably won't be too caring if you didn't read your documents and forgot your passport of Visa. Once you have your travel documents in order, they will go out of their way to make your trip memorable and exciting.
Safeguard Your Luggage
When taking any sort of vacation, nothing could possbily be worse than losing your luggage, and this is the case with a cruise as well. Make sure not to lose your luggage either before or after, and if this does happen, report the loss immediately to cruise personnel, and they will do all that they can to recover the luggage. At the cruise terminal, your baggage will be handed to the porters for loading on the ship, so it will be mixed along with several other bags, some that may look just like yours. Make sure to uniquely mark each of your bags to ensure that you accurately receive your bag. Just like in an airport, your baggage is tagged with identification tage, so even if it does end up lost or in the wrong hands, it should eventually make it back to you.
Remember these tips when you are preparing to leave the cruise ship as well. On large cruise lines, you will put a colored tag on your baggage, and leave it outside your door the night before arrival at the last port, then you will easily pick it up when on shore in the terminal. Getting off of the cruise ship can feel like you are in a crowded maze, so many ships are now offering the option that if you carry off all of your own luggage, you can be with the first people to leave the ship.
Motion Sickness
Like in all travel situations, some people experience queasiness while on board the cruise ship. Even if you're not sure if you will become motion sick, always have handy motion sickness pills or a special wristband that stimulates certain pressure points that are believed to counteract nausea. Also, make sure to get your medicines in advance and pack them in your hand baggage so they are easily accessible. Hopefully you won't need them, and many people don't, but it is always best to have them available at the right moment when you need them.
It's All in the Details
Before leaving for your cruise, it is critical to review the cruise summary and travel itinerary to make sure that no errors, on your part or theirs, exist. This tip is the one that will ensure that you actually get to spend your vacation time doing what you want to do, relaxing and having fun, rather than wasting valuable time trying to sort out a mistake.
Right as you board the ship, you will be given an outline that will explain all of the activities available to you so that you can review them as you wait in line. One last tip is tp extensively review this outline so that you fully understand the plan of the trip. It is much easier to correct any mistakes that you may see now, before you board the ship, so you are not wasting time doing so while on the ship.
Embarking on a cruise is fabulous and something that should be looked forward to with great anticipation, but it will take a considerable amount of planning. If you follow the advice of these cruise line travel tips and those of the cruise line itself, you will not only get onboard the ship, but you will have a wonderful trip of a lifetime!
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What is better, booking flight tickets on line or via travel agency?
Today the website or visa card didn't work. I want to buy a flight ticket. I haven't decided what to do next. I can call the travel agency and book via phone or I can visit the agency direct. Do you think the fee would be the same?
In this day and age, travel agents are pretty much worthless, as far as I'm concerned (unless you're just too lazy to plan your own trip and are willing to pay for someone to do it for you). You might try calling the airline (not an agency) directly though--often they will have the same or even lower prices than websites.
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