Cruises

When you’re vacationing on a cruise, you expect your time to be enjoyable and relaxing. The last you expect (or want to discover) is finding yourself being filmed by an…

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that some companies really don’t care very much about what their customers think. As long as they’re making money, they’ll keep the status quo.…

Full disclosure. Although we work hard to keep things relatively G-rated here at Your Mileage May Vary, both Joe and I tend to have potty mouths in real life. What’s…

For better or for worse, the United States has had a tipping culture for eons. Therefore it’s expected that some workers in the U.S., usually those who provide a service…

Remember the cautionary tale we gave you about what to not do if you stay at the TWA Hotel? We’ve got another warning, travel friends, and this time it’s if…

There are bunches of cruise lines out there, and quite a few of them have certain reputations. Disney Cruise Line, for example, caters to families. Virgin Voyages is the “cool”…

One of my hobbies is deep sea fishing on party boats. I’ve been going, on and off, since I was about 6 or so. But since Covid started, I’ve gone…

When you go on a cruise, meals are almost always included (actually, I can’t think of a cruise line that charges for meals, but I’m keeping the “almost” in there,…

Virgin Voyages strives to be different. For example, 86 percent of the staterooms on the Virgin Voyages ships have a balcony. Some of those balconies are for the RockStar suites,…

Of the two of us, I’m definitely the bigger cruise fan. For me, there’s something about being a small dot in the middle of a massive ocean. While there’s something…