Tag: local
Facial Recognition Improves Travel Safety
US Customs and Border Protection has a biometric project that uses facial matching systems to improve traveler safety. Read More …
Connected Traveling: Grab & Go 4G Internet Is Here
Commonly not thought of until away from home: getting a fast, secure, and reliable mobile internet connection while traveling. Turn on a connected device in the wrong place and we might return from travel to find a phone bill in Read More …
Carnival Triumph To Become Carnival Sunrise
Carnival Sunshine was the first ship in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet to bring all elements of the Funship 2.0 upgrade plan to sea. In the last five years, that program has been rolled out fleetwide. Originally launched as Carnival Read More …
Carnival San Diego 2020 Booking Season Open, Choosing Difficult
Carnival Cruise Line returns to the Port of San Diego for the first time in seven years when Carnival Miracle arrives in late 2019. 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle will sail a schedule of three- to 15-day voyages from San Diego from December 2019 to February 2020 starting Read More …
Cruise Bored? Perhaps Something Different Is In Order
Developing local embarkation ports around North America, cruise lines have made it easier for cruise travelers to make it from home to the ship. Flying or driving from home to the embarkation port takes costs less and takes less time Read More …
Tiny Star Legend Largest Ship To Transit Locks
This week, Windstar Cruises tiny Star Legend became the largest cruise ship ever to transit the Ballard Locks and sail onto Lake Union in Seattle, Washington. Star Legend’s inaugural visit to was especially significant because Seattle is the home of Windstar Cruises. Onboard, Windstar Read More …
Luxury Expedition Cruises Bring Deep Touring
Abercrombie & Kent has been defining luxury adventure travel since 1962. Over the decades, A&K travel services have been extended to over 100 countries around the world on all seven continents by land and air. This top travel company also Read More …
Cruise Unexpected Enabled By Windstar Focus On Crew Family
We last left off with Star Legend just about to sail off into the sunset. The Unexpected Windstar Family Day highlighted Windstar’s 180° From Ordinary thought to honor crew and their families. We captured a lot of images that day. Read More …
Unique Windstar Feature: Hugging Upon Boarding
Refection after travel is a good idea. It makes sense to compare what we were promised before travel to the reality that resolved before our eyes. Whatever the plan was, there were probably triumphant moments along the way. I’d like Read More …