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what are the biggest pros of cruising
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I'm Gary beverage this is another of my
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cruise tips for Travis I don't explore
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the positives the good things the pros
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of cruising I have a whole nother video
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where I talk about the negatives but
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let's start by looking at the positives
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starting with this one
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cruising has made foreign travel easy
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and accessible for millions of people
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millions of millions of people went
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cruising last year and got to see all
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parts of the world at a reasonable cost
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you can go cruising for as little as
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$100 or sometimes if you really nifty
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less so it's made foreign travel
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accessible to so many people because of
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the nature of cruising of course you
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need to be careful because once you get
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onboard that could be lots of on cost
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when it's gratuities Wi-Fi especially
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dining excursions with good planning
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it's made foreign travel accessible and
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easy for millions of people and I think
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that's a real big plus of cruising it's
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taking people way beyond their borders
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to explore new and exciting places the
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second great thing about cruising is it
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caters and helps very specific types of
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travelers so for example if you're a
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solo traveler there are cruise companies
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which will cater view so you could go on
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Norwegian cruise lines where they have a
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whole solo Haven area you could go on
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saga where 20% of their cabins of solar
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cabins but increasingly most cruise
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lines are building in solo cabins as a
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solo traveler you have cabins for you
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and also they will have programs for you
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if you're a family there are loads of
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resort ships which have water slides
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water parks huge big fantastic kids
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clubs family-friendly excursions so you
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have huge things to do as a family if
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you want to go on a multi-generational
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trip with grandad their kids and their
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kids kids again there are great
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opportunities to are cruising it's very
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easy to go on a cruise as a
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multi-generational because there's so
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much to do on a ship different
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excursions different facilities and
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things are catered for all different
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ages so you can all go together
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do your own thing and come back together
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at mealtimes for example as one family
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if you're gonna land based destination
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that's much more problematic if you are
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a traveler with limited mobility cruise
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lines are great for catering for people
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with limited mobility deficit
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cabins they will make sure there are
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excursions that are suitable and you
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have so much onboard and it's so much
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easier if you are needing accessibility
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because you get on the ship you touring
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all these places and the ship is really
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good and will cater for people with
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accessibility needs even if you're for
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example an LGBT traveler there are
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cruises for you there are very specific
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chartered cruises which cater for the
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LGBTQ community if you are interested in
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a particular hobby you'll find a themed
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cruise for you so there are great
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opportunities on cruising if you are a
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very specific traveler you can find a
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cruise for you the other big plus of
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cruising is you can see a huge amount in
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a very short space of time so for
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example you can go on a European cruise
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of seven nights and go to four or five
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different countries and see all the big
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iconic sights in the Caribbean and a
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seven-day cruise you're also going to go
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to four or five islands so you can seee
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and cover a huge amount of territories
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in a very short space of time in a very
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simple and easy way without traveling
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packing having to find different hotels
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places to eat so you can cover huge
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amounts of ground in a very short space
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of time linked to that I think the great
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thing about cruising is it will take you
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to places you never thought of going and
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will find for you and share with you
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really surprising gem so let me give an
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I once went on around the Brittain
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cruise because I was interested in going
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to things like Edinburgh and Dublin but
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actually as we went around the top of
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the country we went to all sorts of
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really interesting small places which I
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discovered were linked to and
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fundamental to Scottish history and also
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they came alive because I'd watched the
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TV show Outlander which is set up in
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that part of the world so places that I
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hadn't really expected what I was
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selling to Iceland I was going to
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Iceland because I wanted to go and see
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the big sites in Iceland but we went to
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all sorts of places like the Faroe
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Islands the Shetland Islands and small
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places that were magical and I never
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expected to see in Asia our win on Asia
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cruise large because I want to go to
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Shanghai Hong Kong Singapore but we
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ended up going to places like langkawi
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borneo ho chi minh city which i never
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thought of going to so you discover and
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experience places you never thought of
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going to that's a great thing about
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cruising is it will take you to
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surprising unexpected places the other
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great thing about cruising is it gives
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enormous amount of choice so all
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cruisers are not the same you have
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multiple cruise lines so if you want to
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go on a value vacation you could look at
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cruise lines like Carnival Norwegian
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cruise lines Royal Caribbean MSC Cruises
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if you wanted to go on a more premium
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experience you could go on premium
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bigger ships like Princess Holland
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America P&O Cruises you know cruises
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Australia Costa bunches of those if you
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wanted to go on a smaller ship
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experience but a premium experience
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you've got cruise lines like Azamara
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Oceania Cruises or if you wanted to go
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ultra luxury big five six star you've
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got Seabourn region seven seas silver
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sea if you want to go to really exotic
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and remote places of the world you've
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then got expedition cruises so you have
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enormous amount of choice big ships more
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ships expensive ships cheap ships and
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there's just so much choice also in
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terms of choice you have zillions of
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itineraries so if you want to go to the
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Caribbean you'll find there are multiple
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different islands and choices Eastern
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Caribbean Western Caribbean Southern
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Caribbean and there are just so many
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choices in Europe there are dozens of
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different itineraries you can go around
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the area in so there is a huge amount of
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choice the great thing about cruising is
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you can choose stylish ship price of
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ship and itinerary one of the reasons
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that most people talk about cruising
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being so great is it's hassle and very
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easy you unpack and you pack once your
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ship becomes the moving hotel you wake
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up a new ports every day
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everything's on tap so everything from
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your dining your entertainment even if
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you needed medical help you'll find if
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you got ocean cruising you even have a
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Medical Center kids clubs there
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everything is on tap it's really easy
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and you don't have to think and plan and
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do complicated arranges if you go
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cruising it's so much less stressful
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getting around so easy simple
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hassle-free is definitely a big pro of
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cruising the other thing which I think
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is a massive big positive of cruising is
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the fact it can take you to places that
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are almost impossible or you just
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couldn't get there any other way so I've
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been to the Arctic I've been to
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Antarctica you can go to the Galapagos
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you can go down the Amazon River you can
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go to Kimberley in Australia cruising
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will take you to remote and very
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exclusive and special parts of the world
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those to me are the seven big pros and
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positives of cruising if you want to
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know the negatives you could seek out
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and watch my other video where I talk
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about the downsides of cruising I have
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loads more tips and advice so why don't
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you watch another one of my cruising
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tips videos right now
