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hi I'm Gary Bembridge from tips for
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travellers and I'm here on the lower
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river I've been traveling with cross e
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Europe on their lower princess and I'm
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going to tell you based on my
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experiences why I think you should
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consider quasi Europe if you're thinking
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of doing a river cruise
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the first reason is they have over 40
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years of experience so the owner mr.
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Gerard schmitter founded the line in
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1976 the schmitter families still own
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and operate quasi Europe so it's a
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family-owned business with many members
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of the family still involved in the
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day-to-day running of the cruise line
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with over 40 years of experience in
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river cruising they must be doing
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the second reason is they are Europe's
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largest operator of river birds they
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have over 44 ships and they operate on
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the Danube the Rhine the Rhone the Seine
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the Loire Hungary Spain Vietnam so
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wherever you want to go you'll probably
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find that a quasi Europe ship goes to
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the third reason is there a value for
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money line now there's a lot of river
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cruise companies in Europe and most of
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them are in the premium in the schmitter
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family they decided to try and make
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river cruising accessible to the average
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traveler so they have really good value
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fares much cheaper than many of the
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other lines but what's also important is
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their all-inclusive so your
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accommodation your meals your Wi-Fi your
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drinks as well as things like
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entertainment port aux the only thing
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you like to have to pay for when you're
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on board is excursions and you can buy
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those as a package or individually so
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you can choose as much as you want to do
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so before you go on your holiday you
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know exactly how much you're going to
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spend it's very unlikely that once
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you're onboard and you paid for your
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fare you have to buy anything else but
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they are a value for money line
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another key reason is cuisine the line
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is French inspired so the French cuisine
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is what you get served and they have
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partnerships with several
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michelin-starred chefs who help them
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design their menus and the food is
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pretty impressive you have a buffet
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breakfast a three-course lunch and a
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three-course dinner every single night
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river cruise boats cannot be very big so
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the rooms are not huge but they're very
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comfortable and all have views so take
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for example my cabin on board the luau
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princess on the first level it has a
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little balcony but all the bids were
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pointing outwards so you could watch the
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river and the towns and the sights as it
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passed by even the cabins on the deck
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below they also had huge big picture
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windows so you're constantly traveling
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in a comfortable room with a view
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though the ships are small there are
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still great places to relax and mix and
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sunbathe so this is beautiful large Sun
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Deck which sometimes has various
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activities like exercise classes in the
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morning there's the dining room
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obviously where you eat all your meals
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there's a very comfortable bar and
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there's the reception desk and a little
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small shop which sells various souvenirs
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another good reason is it's an intimate
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travel experience so for example on the
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Loire princess there was only 94 guests
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but 24 crews are very high crew to
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passenger ratio or river cruise ships
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tend to be quite small so you may only
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have just over a hundred guests and a
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lot of crew so it's a small intimate
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experience and you get to know everybody
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and the crew get to know you your likes
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and preferences very quickly
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although quest Europe is very much a
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French company with a European flavor to
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it the staff all speak English so if
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you're coming from an english-speaking
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country be sure that all of the staff
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will speak English if you're from Spain
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from Hungary wherever you're likely to
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find someone on board who speaks your
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language most the announcements are done
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in French and English as most of the
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passengers tend to be French or English
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speaking my cruiser was also a large
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group of Spanish so there was a Spanish
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host that took care and looked after
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them on the excursions there was a
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French group in English group and a
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Spanish group at all times
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so there you have it there are some
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thoughts and ideas about why cross the
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Europe maybe a cruise line that's worth
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considering if you think you've doing a
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river cruise there are a Value Line huge
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amounts of choice huge amounts of
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experience great French cuisine remember
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