After several family cruises, we’ve discovered that you don’t need a suitcase full of gadgets to have an amazing vacation. But there are a handful of items that have earned a permanent spot on our packing list because they simply make cruising easier. Some help keep our cabin organized. Others make excursion days more enjoyable….
Your first cruise is booked, congratulations! 🥳 Avoid these common first-time cruiser mistakes so you can step onto the gangway that leads us to the ship. There is nothing like that feeling, walking through that tunnel. And there’s nothing quite like your first cruise. The excitement of boarding a floating resort, visiting new destinations, and…
🍹 Should you buy a cruise drink package or skip it? It’s one of the first questions every cruiser asks when they start planning — and honestly, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Kevin and I actually learned this the hard way. On a trip to Catalina Island and Mexico with Carnival — just the two of…
Amazing Family Cruise Tips, Traditions, and Things We’ve Learned on Royal Caribbean Planning an amazing family cruise on Royal Caribbean? One of the reasons our family keeps coming back is that there’s truly something for everyone. Whether you’re traveling with younger kids, tweens, or teenagers, it’s easy to create memorable family moments both on and…
We love cruising — but we love cruising smart even more. After multiple sailings across Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Carnival our family has picked up some genuinely useful money-saving tricks along the way. Not the obvious stuff you read everywhere like “book early” or “skip the drink package.” We mean the real insider tips that…
This Royal Caribbean family cruise packing list covers everything you need for a stress-free tropical vacation — because pack wrong and you’ll spend your cruise hunting down forgotten essentials at overpriced gift shops onboard.. We’ve sailed Royal Caribbean multiple times as a family including the Navigator of the Seas to Mexico and the Serenade of…
Alaska holds a special place in our family’s travel story, which is why I wanted to share our ultimate Alaska cruise packing list. Kevin and I took our very first cruise together aboard the Celebrity Century to Alaska for our honeymoon—and we loved it so much that we returned to Alaska not long afterward. Years…
One of the questions we get asked most often is: “One of the questions we get asked most often is about spending money for a cruise — specifically, how much should you actually bring?” The short answer? It’s completely up to you. One of the things we love most about cruising is that it can…