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8 Reasons to Cruise In A Balcony Cabin. Are They Worth It?
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Feb 2, 2025
Inside cabins are the cheapest way to cruise, and so when should you consider cruising in a balcony / verandah cabin? They cost around 50% premium to an inside cabin and in this video I explore eight reasons and times when a balcony cabin could be a better choice to get the most out fo your cruise vacation. Also watch my video about cruising in an inside cabin: https://youtu.be/nLocnC7eJ_g Subscribe and get a new video every week to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on both land and at sea: http://bit.ly/TFT_YouTube2 Support the channel by booking your next cruise and for the best deals on CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-8330795-10511118 Consider becoming a Tips For Travellers Patron. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge
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hi I'm Gary beverage and this is another
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of my tips for Travis in this video I'm
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going to talk about the 8 reasons to
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choose to cruise in a balcony or veranda
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cabin please subscribe to my channel and
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there's a brand new video packed full of
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travel or cruising tips and advice I did
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a video about inside cabins caused a
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huge amount of interest and a lot of
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debate there are people absolutely love
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inside cabins and a lot of people like
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me who actually prefer having a balcony
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so I'm gonna explore 8 reasons why you
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should consider cruising with a balcony
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the first reason of course is price and
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inside cabin is the cheapest way to
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cruise but you're often find that you
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can get a balcony cabin at a great price
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now normally you'll pay up to a 50
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percent premium for a balcony cabin over
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an inside cabin but there are often
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great deals so one things to look out
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for our offers and you'll find
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particularly when cruisers first go on
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sale many cruise lines will offer a pay
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the price of a lower grade and get an
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automatic upgrade this is increasingly
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common with the big mega ships where the
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bulk of cabins are actually ones with
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balconies so what the cruise lines will
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do is when they launched new itineraries
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they will often offer an upgrade so you
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pay the price of a lower cabin grade but
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you get a balcony because the inside
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cabins are always the easiest cabins for
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them to clear because they are the
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cheapest so look out for great deals so
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instead of having to pay that 50% or
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plus premium if you are a person who
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likes to plan way in advance and will
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book your cruise a year or even longer
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in advance take a look for those special
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offers so a great reason for cruising in
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a balcony cabin is if you can get it for
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a great price for me one of the key
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reasons for choosing a balcony cabin is
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the itinerary so if you're going on a
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cruise somewhere that's especially
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scenic where you're going to have
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scenery all the time so if you're
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cruising for example to Alaska there are
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no weeds and fjords so perhaps you going
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to the Arctic or the Antarctic er or
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you're going to be transiting the Panama
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Canal these are all itineraries which
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have phenomenal scenery and you're gonna
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have scenery all the time so actually
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having a balcony is a real plus and
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we'll add an enormous amount to the
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cruise because you have seen
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all the time you're able to step out
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very quickly on a balcony if you're
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passing some beautiful scenery because
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you know it's there so I really
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recommend if you're going on one of
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those itineraries to take a look and try
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and budget to go in a balcony cabin it
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really will make a huge difference to
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your cruise if you can find a way of
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pushing yourself up that little bit
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extra and investing in a balcony if you
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go on a tennis which perhaps are very
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port intensive and you actually when
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you're out at sea you are literally out
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at sea you might decide that actually
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it's not worth investing but if you're
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going to places like Alaska Norwegian
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fjords Arctic Antarctica transiting the
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Panama Canal you're absolutely loved
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being in a balcony now another great
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reason for considering a balcony is if
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you're gonna want to escape from other
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your kids your family or your travel
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companion what do I mean by this so the
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advantage of having a balcony is perhaps
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if you're traveling with kids and
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sharing a cabin or perhaps you're
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traveling with a friend or companion you
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perhaps likes to sleep in late or likes
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to get up early the advantage of having
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a balcony is you could perhaps put the
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kids to bed at night and then you and
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your partner can go out on the balcony
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and just enjoy the sea air while your
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kids go to sleep or perhaps if you wake
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up early and you want to have some space
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and time you can just get up quietly go
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on the balcony and just enjoy being on
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the balcony while your companion or
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partner keeps sleeping
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gives you a little bit of extra space
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and quiet if you do need to be in a
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cabin with your kids or family or
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companion or partner but you actually
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need some time and space away from them
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another great reason for considering a
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balcony is if you feel that you're
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likely to be claustrophobic or you know
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that you're claustrophobic and you don't
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like the idea of being in a space where
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there's no light and obviously you could
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look at an ocean view cabin because
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you're all going to have some natural
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light the great advantage of a balcony
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cabin is if you are worried that you're
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gonna feel really closed or boxed in
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either an inside cabin or even an ocean
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view cabin then consider a balcony
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because obviously gonna step out into
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the open space you're gonna fresh air so
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it's going to give you a sense of not
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feeling as trapped some people like
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about canoes I'm probably one of those
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people because you're more likely to
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have natural light so obviously you have
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you know good blackout curtains but
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you're more likely to get into a natural
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rhythm of going to sleep and waking up
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with natural light than you are in an
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inside cabin if you're worried about
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getting seasick about
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Hammond's also a great option because
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obviously you can step out to the
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balcony you're gonna get fresh air which
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is very good if you like to feel motion
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sickness and also enables you to look at
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the horizon one of the key ways to deal
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with motion sickness is to get out and
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look at the horizon see advantages of a
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balcony cabin is you can just step out
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right there and get the fresh air you
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can look at the horizon and it may make
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you feel less stressed about getting
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seasick so a lot of people who choose
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about clean cabin they choose it for
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that reason they feel it's just
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something that's gonna reassure them if
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they worry about getting seasick now one
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of the key things to note is that a
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balcony cabin inside opsin has the same
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amount of space as an ocean view cabin
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so the actual area inside is the same
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size as an ocean view cabin so the more
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space is actually the balcony but you
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are gonna have a sense of much more
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space and I always do find that a
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balcony cabin does feel much more
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spacious to me anyway than an ocean view
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cabin so it does give you a feeling of
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having more space the bare mind if you
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are looking for more space the balcony
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is your extra space it's not going to
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give you more space normally than an
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ocean view cabin if you're really
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looking for much more space in your
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cabin you're gonna have to look at the
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next level up which are suites but
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you're gonna have overall more space but
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bear mod is the balcony that's the extra
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space now one of the reasons that I give
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for choosing a balcony cabin is it gives
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me the opportunity of having a quiet
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space or a bolt-hole if I want it now if
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you're traveling on a very large ship
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with as many thousands of people finding
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a quiet space it's not always possible
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the advantage of you have a balcony is
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it's a place you can retreat you now of
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course it does mean that you have to
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hope that your fellow passengers on
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either side of your above you are not
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noisy balcony people but the great
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advantage having a balcony is if you
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just want to find somewhere quiet to sit
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with us in the morning even in the
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afternoon whenever it is read a book or
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just have little toes you're gonna be
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able to do that
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your options are often finding places in
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the library or one of the public spaces
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or the pursuing pool which all tend to
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be a little bit more busy so the great
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advantage of a balcony it can become
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your own little private space and I've
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you know many cruises where it's been
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great just to go to the balcony with a
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book or read the newspaper or do the
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crossword or whatever and it's just your
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own little quiet
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Balt whole space now this is probably
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more applicable if you're on a longer
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crew
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or a cruise which has lots of sea days
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if you're a very port intensive trip
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you're not likely to need that as much
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but if you're on a longer cruise
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particular one with lots of sea days you
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might find having a balcony becomes a
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real plus because it's something that
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you are more likely to use if you're
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traveling in warm climates a balcony it
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can be a great class you have the
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advantage then of just stepping out to
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the balcony perhaps having breakfast on
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the balcony as you settle into port or
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even in the evenings before you go to
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bed you can discern on the balcony
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together have a glass of wine or
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something to drink and just enjoy the
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warm air it's a really nice space to
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just escape to in a warm climate and if
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you're traveling in colder climates or
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you're on a transatlantic end it's gonna
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be very stormy and windy having about me
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is you never really likely to really use
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a balcony my next reason is a real
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outlier one a little bit wacky and a
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little bit unusual but if you found all
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of the other reasons have not been
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strong enough to justify going in a
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balcony to your partner whoever you're
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traveling with try this one if your ship
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contracts norovirus which is always a
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possibility of course norovirus doesn't
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have as much on cruise ships as people
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think it does but if your ship contracts
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norovirus and you get the norovirus
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you're then required to stay in your
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cabin so you're isolated in your cabin
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until the virus has passed
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are you completely free of the virus now
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obviously if you're in a balcony cabin
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being required to stay in your cabin is
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going to give you a little bit more
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basically more options because you're
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going to be able to go out on the
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balcony and enjoy the fresh air and I'd
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be able to see much more what's going on
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so for example I did once contact the
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norovirus that was in an ocean view
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cabin with the restricted view and it
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was stuck in that cabin with nothing to
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look at and we were passing through the
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beautiful Norwegian fjords if I read
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about Kenny I'd be able to go out on the
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balcony and at least get a bit more of
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the scenery now is that a great reason
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for choosing a balcony that you hope you
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get the norovirus and are stuck in your
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cabin probably not but it's certainly a
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little bit of an outlier that's 8
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reasons why a balcony cabin could be a
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great option for cruising I love
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cruising in a balcony cabin and that
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would always be my first choice I really
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love cruising in a balcony cabin if you
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found that helpful I'd love it if you
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watch many more of my tips for travelers
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videos and you'll get much more
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inspiration tips and advice
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