These travelers certainly didn’t feel like celebrities. This past Saturday, a Celebrity Cruises ship packed with vacationers was left temporarily powerless after a significant electrical failure — causing it to drift off a southern Italian coast, according to CruiseMapper. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 2, when the Celebrity Constellation lost power while sailing in the … Read more
Politics, religion, sports, the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show: They don’t hold a candle. Nothing is more controversial than a cruise. To its devoted boosters, the many virtues of vacationing aboard a gargantuan ship are plain and unambiguous. It’s easy (gluttony at your figure tips). It’s convenient (wake up and you’re there with no bags … Read more
This summer in the Med, hotel rates were as high as the mercury — they still are. In Italy, where a five-star crashpad in May 2019 cost on average $516.62 per night, according to CoStar data. That same room this year? An average of $923.22 — a price hike of almost 80%. And it isn’t … Read more
Two of the world’s greatest bars are hitting the high seas! Lucky passengers aboard the MSC Cruise ships, the Euribia and the World Europa, will enjoy exclusive pop-up bar activations from Barcelona’s finest cocktail destinations. The Euribia is hosting SIPS (No. 1 in the World’s 50 Best Bars, 2023) as it sails the North Sea, while the World Europa hosts Paradiso (No. 1, … Read more
This summer, WFH stands for Working From Helm. Grownups-only cruise line Virgin Voyages is floating an offer remote workers may not be able to refuse in 2024 — ditch your home office and set up shop at sea for a month, with everything you need to stay connected to your job, at a relatively reasonable fare. … Read more
If there’s one thing that the Europeans got right, it’s the Mediterranean Diet. Shared for generations among a range of otherwise quite different countries, the pro-oil, fish, lean protein, and vegetable lifestyle has been tied to several health benefits from cutting fat to neurological advances in battling dementia to promoting heart health. The diet — … Read more