CDC Cuts May Impact Cruise Ship Sanitation

Recent cuts announced by the CDC included potential impacts to a critical health program for the cruise industry. The cuts hit the Vessel Sanitation Program by reducing the number of support staff. Ripples from the changes could impact the cruise lines at every port in the U.S. What is the Vessel Sanitation Program? The Vessel … Read more

Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Ban Popular Travel Items

I can’t help but feel that some of this is just petty. In the last few months, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) and Celebrity Cruises banned popular travel items. The customer response has been, mixed, as far as I can tell, and our personal experience at Far Far Away Travels was, in the politest terms … Read more

Virgin Voyages Unlimited Cruising?

Last year, Virgin Voyages launched a Work from Home Cruise offering, one that they repeated this year. It was popular enough to warrant a repeat, but Virgin didn’t stop there. As one of my favorite sayings goes, “If less is more, just imagine how much more, MORE will be!” That’s apparently Virgin’s favorite saying too, … Read more