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Hello friends! Today we thought we would talk to you about a subject that is near and dear to our hearts.
Friends often ask us what are favorite way to travel is. Our answer is always cruising.
There are so many reasons why and today we thought we would share them with you….Read More
Hello friends!
We hope you are all having a good week! Here in Kansas, it’s hot – so hot I saw two trees fighting over a dog! We are trying to think cool, relaxing thoughts, and it’s always memories of the ocean that get me chilled. In particular, our recent trip to the Dominican Republic.
Shanna and I have been fortunate to visit a number of the Caribbean islands multiple times, but had never been to the Dominican Republic. On our last Carnival Cruise, we made sure to book a trip that was traveling to the Dominican since we’ve heard nothing but good things about it.
On arrival, the weather was a perfect 75 degrees. We already booked an excursion at Ocean World, so all we needed to do was find the right group, and enjoy the short ride through the countryside. …Read More
Last week I shared with you my Top Ten Ways to Cruise Cheaply. This week I thought I would share some of the fun ports we went to on our cruise earlier this year.
First, this was our sixth Carnival cruise. Some people have asked why we always use the same cruise line. Frankly, every one of the ones we have taken on Carnival have been amazing, so it’s one of those “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” kind of things.
We had friends that took a cruise on a different line, and they left the very same day as us, from the very same city, and went to the very same ports. We came back and touched-base with them and told them how incredible our cruise was, but they were so disappointed with theirs. They said they had awful service and blah food the entire time.
Since we only cruise every couple of years, we would be so bummed if that happened to us, so we have always gone with what’s worked well for our family….Read More
Hello friends!
Our family has been taking cruises for the last 14 years. We usually try to go on one every 2-3 years. I wish it was something we could do every year … but it takes us a couple of years for us to save up.
The first one we took, it was just Topher and I, and we loved it so much we knew we had to take the kiddo on the next one … and she absolutely loved it.
The year after our first family cruise, we took a week long trip to Branson, Missouri. We had a fun trip, but when we got back home and figured out how much the Branson trip cost us, we were pretty surprised. By the time we paid for our gas to and from, our hotel, three meals a day, and entertainment it cost us as much as a 7 day cruise to the Caribbean!
From then on we knew that cruises were going to be the way to go.
I thought I would share with you a few ways that we’ve found to keep the costs down while cruising….Read More
