Written by Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk, 2025 World Cruise Crown Princess, June 24, 2025 Booking a cruise that’s going to traverse half of the world leaves a LOT of potential for things to go wrong. The cruise lines all updated their Contract of Carriage/Terms & Conditions to reflect they no longer guarantee itineraries and […]
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Working while on a cruise
Written by Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk, for cruisetheloveboat.com, June 10, 2025 Even before Covid, I thankfully had a job that was OK with the idea of working remotely. See, Hawai’i is ridiculously expensive and traffic just sucks everywhere on O’ahu. It used to take me 2 hours to get from Ewa Beach to downtown […]
Tips on Luggage
Written by Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk, for 2025 World Cruise on Crown Princess Tips on Luggage is an expose by Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk from the 2025 World Cruise on board Crown Princess. With 30+ years in the travel business, Nate offers his thoughts and ideas on luggage, particularly for long cruises like […]
2025 World Cruise Day 8
Written by Chillie Falls, Alaska Travel Desk and Nate Vallier, June 7, 2025 From Skylar Wolpert, Cruise Hive, Crown Princess Experiences Severe Sea Conditions, Forced to Turn Around. On June 6, 2025, just a week into a 113-day world cruise, Crown Princess experienced some less-than-ideal weather off the southern coast of Australia. While en route from Sydney […]
2025 World Cruise Day 3
Written by Chillie Falls for Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk, June 2, 2025 CLICK HERE to See Nate’s World Cruise, Day 1-2 Opening Message from Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk Nate is not accustomed to inside cabins so was shocked at the hanger and storage space on the Crown Princess. Nate’s interview with Chillie for […]
Nate’s World Cruise
Auckland and Sailaway by Nate Vallier, Alaska Travel Desk and Chillie Falls, May 31, 2025 We last heard from Nate as he was preparing to commence on a 17 hour flight from New York to Auckland, New Zealand. CLICK HERE for Day 1 post. The Quantas flight was fine, just the longest flight in Nate’s […]