Essential Tips for the Week Before Your Cruise
The week before your cruise is the perfect time to organize everything and get ready to set sail. Here are the top five tips for preparing effectively to help you make the most of your cruise experience. Confirm Your Travel Documents Before packing, ensure that all your travel documents are in order
5 Things to Know About Fall Cruises
Fall cruises offer a unique travel experience with stunning scenery and practical benefits. Here are five essential things to know before booking your autumn getaway at sea. 1. Breathtaking Scenery Fall cruises provide beautiful views of changing foliage, particularly in New England and Canada. The
The Top 5 Most Commonly Forgotten Items When Packing for Your Cruise
Embarking on a cruise is an exciting and memorable experience, but ensuring everything is packed before setting sail can sometimes be challenging. To help you avoid any last-minute stress, we have compiled a list of five essential items that people often forget to pack for their cruise: 1. Power Str
Tips for Packing for Comfort
For those of us who aren’t the backpacker/mountaineer type, the hardest part of travel is doing without the comforts of home. Luckily, though, there are some designers (what the backpacker type would call “outfitters”) who specialize in items that make anywhere in the world feel as comfortable
10 Things You Can’t Cruise Without
Heading out on a cruise and wondering what you need to pack? Practically every ship has shops onboard that carry essentials you may need or forgot to bring, but there are some items you don’t want to leave home without. Whether you’re a veteran cruisers or embarking on your first voyage
MUST HAVE TRAVEL GEAR: Cruise Packing Solutions
Remember the days when you couldn’t print your boarding pass online the night before your flight? Remember when navigating a new country meant unfolding and scouring a map instead of typing the address into a smartphone and letting it do the work for you? Remember a world before selfies? We sure d
Traveling with Prescriptions: the Do’s and Don’ts
What’s your process when it comes to packing for a cruise vacation? Do you make a list and pack everything up a week in advance or do you throw together your suitcase mere hours before your flight is scheduled to take off? No matter what your personal packing strategy might be, there are a few [&h
What’s the Biggest Mistake You Can Make on a Cruise?
Here at Porthole, we talk with a lot of cruise experts about the do’s and don’ts of a cruise vacation. If you’ve never taken a vacation on a cruise ship before, you’re probably getting excited about heading out on the high seas, but, before you go, there’s something very important which ne
Cruise Control | 12 Secret Tips for MSC Seaside (Video)
Porthole Cruise Magazine’s review team set sail on MSC’s newest ship, MSC Seaside. What they found might surprise you! Here are a few tips to making the most out of your first day aboard: ARRIVAL: Avoid the early-bird rush by arriving between 1p.m. and 4p.m. LUGGAGE: Travel light and pack the ne
Have Stuff, Will Travel
By Marcia Raffel Levin Bottle Babies Water bottles for little ones have come a long way, baby. Reusable, collapsible, portable, and adaptable for travel, the 12-oz. Hydaway water bottles are made from food-grade silicone so they’re flexible, BPA-free, and the stable base (which can even be persona
