It’s your first cruise and you’re dutifully reading the cruise line’s pamphlet on what to expect on your upcoming voyage. Your heart skips a beat when you reach the section on clothing: Two formal nights! You haven’t been that dressed up since the prom (more years ago than you’ll even admit).   You got great deal on the [...]

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I’ve been asked this question numerous times over the years and I answer with another question: What are your interests and lifestyle?    If you use this as criteria when looking at the pro’s and con’s of each cruise line you’ll find your own “best ship”. 
For example, I know a fancy Italian who tried to pooh-pooh [...]

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A friend once quipped that I’m a “shipaholic” and, yes, I plead guilty. Here are my picks for the ten best reasons for taking a cruise.
10. My steward brings breakfast to the stateroom and I sit sipping coffee on the balcony with no time pressure.
9. The ultimate freedom of days at sea, when I can [...]

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My blood started to boil the moment I picked up this week’s issue of New York Magazine with a timely cover story: “Airport Hell”.  If you’ve flown in the past six months without a delayed or cancelled flight, lost luggage or other airline mishap consider yourself lucky.  Locally, my three airports – JFK, LaGuardia and Newark [...]

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