Four years ago, Royal Caribbean, best known for huge, good value resort ships, surprised many by buying Silversea known for ultra-luxury small ship cruising. Having cruised on it before the takeover, I decided I should return to see if the online reviews from other pre-takeover cruisers saying things like, "Not the same Silversea” and “Before it was sold, we thought Silversea was superb, well run, with delicious food. Not now” were right or not. So, I booked myself on Silver Spirit for a two-week cruise, and this is what I found. <ul> <li>Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers</a> and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams</li> <li>Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers</a></li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Four years ago, Royal Caribbean, best known for huge, good value resort ships, surprised many by buying Silversea known for ultra-luxury small ship cruising. Having cruised on it before the takeover, I decided I should return to see if the online reviews from other pre-takeover cruisers saying things like, "Not the same Silversea” and “Before it was sold, we thought Silversea was superb, well run, with delicious food. Not now” were right or not. So, I booked myself on Silver Spirit for a two-week cruise, and this is what I found.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt; and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Four years ago, Royal Caribbean, best known for huge, good value resort ships, surprised many by buying Silversea known for ultra-luxury small ship cruising. Having cruised on it before the takeover, I decided I should return to see if the online...

I Cruise Silversea To See If Its New Owners Have RUINED It (Podcast #483)

There are five things I took for granted last year as a cruiser that have unexpectedly disappeared this year, the first massive one I experienced first-hand on a recent cruise. I was on the first leg of Silversea Silver Spirit’s 62-night Grand Voyage from Cape Town to Athens via the Seychelles, Dubai, and the Suez Canal. Find out what that was and the 4 others. <ul> <li>Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers</a> and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams</li> <li>Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers</a></li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;There are five things I took for granted last year as a cruiser that have unexpectedly disappeared this year, the first massive one I experienced first-hand on a recent cruise. I was on the first leg of Silversea Silver Spirit’s 62-night Grand Voyage from Cape Town to Athens via the Seychelles, Dubai, and the Suez Canal. Find out what that was and the 4 others.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt; and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

There are five things I took for granted last year as a cruiser that have unexpectedly disappeared this year, the first massive one I experienced first-hand on a recent cruise. I was on the first leg of Silversea Silver Spirit’s 62-night Grand...

5 Things You Won't Be Able To Do On Cruises This Year! (Podcast #482)

I used to think of myself as a considerate cruise passenger, trying to be polite and help make the crews’ jobs simpler, easier, and more pleasant. But I’ve had to reappraise what I was doing after a crew member discreetly told me on this cruise that I am on that some were having the opposite effect, and could get them into trouble with their boss, affect their ability to get a promotion, and even whether their contract would get renewed. Surprised by this, I asked the cruise director, waiters, shore excursion staff, guest services, guest entertainers and speakers, and of course my stateroom attendant, what well-intentioned things I was doing on a cruise that I should stop, and importantly be doing instead. The answers were eye-opening. <ul> <li>Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers</a> and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams</li> <li>Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers</a></li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;I used to think of myself as a considerate cruise passenger, trying to be polite and help make the crews’ jobs simpler, easier, and more pleasant. But I’ve had to reappraise what I was doing after a crew member discreetly told me on this cruise that I am on that some were having the opposite effect, and could get them into trouble with their boss, affect their ability to get a promotion, and even whether their contract would get renewed. Surprised by this, I asked the cruise director, waiters, shore excursion staff, guest services, guest entertainers and speakers, and of course my stateroom attendant, what well-intentioned things I was doing on a cruise that I should stop, and importantly be doing instead. The answers were eye-opening.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt; and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

I used to think of myself as a considerate cruise passenger, trying to be polite and help make the crews’ jobs simpler, easier, and more pleasant. But I’ve had to reappraise what I was doing after a crew member discreetly told me on this cruise...

6 Things "Polite" Passengers Do That Drive Cruise Crew Crazy! (Podcast #481)

Cunard has the reputation of being the most class-based cruise line sailing today, keeping alive the tradition of grand old ocean liners from the Titanic era had of giving First-Class passengers, or what Cunard now call “The Grills”, a more rounded and top-notch experience vastly superior to that of all other guests.But is that the reality. I reveal what it is really like and why <ul> <li>Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers</a> and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams</li> <li>Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers</a></li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Cunard has the reputation of being the most class-based cruise line sailing today, keeping alive the tradition of grand old ocean liners from the Titanic era had of giving First-Class passengers, or what Cunard now call “The Grills”, a more rounded and top-notch experience vastly superior to that of all other guests.But is that the reality. I reveal what it is really like and why&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt; and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Cunard has the reputation of being the most class-based cruise line sailing today, keeping alive the tradition of grand old ocean liners from the Titanic era had of giving First-Class passengers, or what Cunard now call “The Grills”, a more...

I Put Cunard's Controversial Class-Based Cruising To The Test (Podcast #480)

Cruise lines charge less per day for repositioning cruises than ANY of their other cruises, making them some of the most inexpensive and appealing to many cruisers. But I’ve met so many people on them discovering too late that being inexpensive alone is not a good reason for doing them, as they’d been caught out or fallen into some traps. The same ones I see repeatedly. <ul> <li>Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers</a> and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams</li> <li>Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers">https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers</a></li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Cruise lines charge less per day for repositioning cruises than ANY of their other cruises, making them some of the most inexpensive and appealing to many cruisers. But I’ve met so many people on them discovering too late that being inexpensive alone is not a good reason for doing them, as they’d been caught out or fallen into some traps. The same ones I see repeatedly.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt; and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Cruise lines charge less per day for repositioning cruises than ANY of their other cruises, making them some of the most inexpensive and appealing to many cruisers. But I’ve met so many people on them discovering too late that being inexpensive...

So Many Repositioning Cruisers Get These 5 Things Wrong (Podcast #480)

Want to make more of your precious travel time and money? Then the Tips For Travellers podcast is likely the podcast for you! Every week your host  (Gary Bembridge, a published travel author, writer, video maker, blogger and YouTuber - his channel has over 29 million video views!) shares travel inspiration, advice, tips and money saving ideas based on his first-hand experiences of travelling every month of every year for over 25 years. Each episode features one of these (1) destinations reviews and tips, (2) answers to listener travel questions, (3) live travel reports or (4) cruise line reviews and advice on getting the most from them. Visit http://www.TipsForTravellers.com to follow Tips For Travellers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Twitter and to sign up for the monthly newsletter.

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