In this video I'm going to talk to you about cruising books that will help you
find discover and have incredible cruises. I'm Gary Bembridge of Tips For
Travellers. One of the things that I've done is written a couple of books
about cruising. One of the reasons I did that is I struggled to find books that
really helped with cruising. There's lots of resources, videos, blogs, things like
Cruise Critic but there's not many good old-fashioned
books. When I first got into cruising, one of the greatest books that I found
was this book which is the "Berlitz Guide to Cruise and Cruising". It's written by a
guy called Douglas Ward and he basically spends all year on board ships.
It's a great book. It's fantastic because what it does is talks a little
bit about what cruising, talks about the different cruise lines, it
talks about every single ship and rates every single ship. It gives guidance
for every single ship. It's updated every single year. I found it really helpful
and certainly when ever cruising I take it with me and the different
ships that I see in ports I am able to look up and better understand
about those ships and if they are right for me. What I'm going to talk about now
are the books that I've created to try and help cruisers. The first of
these is this book here. This book is called the "Cruise Travelers Handbook".
It's part of a series of handbooks which include things like family travel, solo
travel, volunteer travel, career break travel. The one I wrote is the one about
cruising and in this book what I do is I talk about all different types of
cruising whether it's ocean cruising, river cruising. I also talk about more
unusual types of cruising such as barges and if you want to
go cruising on freight ships. It's a really good guide for first-time cruisers. It
contains all sorts of information about everything from norovirus to seasickness,
to what you'd expect on board, what the role of people onboard is. So it's a really
good guide particularly the first time cruiser. You can find it
both in paperback version and also as a digital download. The next book that
I have is called "Essential Cruise Tips: what every cruiser needs to know". This
goes into much more depth, so whilst the Cruise Traveler's Handbook gives a good
overview of all sorts of cruising, this gets into very specific detail on lots
and lots of areas. So for example in the excursion area it will go
into detail about the different options you can have with
recommendations on different providers. It discusses the pros and
cons and goes into lots of detailing for things like packing and dress codes. So the Cruise Traveler's
Handbook is a great overview, the Essential Cruise Tips goes into lots
of detail. It is only available as a digital download. If you're
interested in river cruising I have a book called "European River Cruising Tips,
Tricks and Advice" that basically talks about European river cruising. It talks
about, in some depth, some of the providers, some of the options and
provides general tips and advice around European river cruising. This book like
the other books that I write is constantly updated and one of the great
things, particularly if you download it digitally, is you should be alerted when
there's new editions or versions available and you can update it with the
latest information. As I learn new things as I experience different cruise
lines or things change in the industry, I update the Essential Cruise Tips and
the European River Cruising books. The next two books are very specific and
they're about Cunard. I have one book which is called "Cruising with Cunard". This
is a very extensive book and it talks about Cunard in great detail. The other
Cunard book I've got is around doing a world cruises with Cunard and the book
here is called "Taking a World Cruise with Cunard Cruise Line", and what this
does is documents a world cruise and takes you through day-by-
day the experience of going on a world
cruise which is what I did. It talks about what happens across each
day and is packed full with lots of advice, lots of tips. All the sort of
things you could expect. It also has chapters on planning for and making sure
you get the most of a world cruise and the things you need to think about to
prepare for like at home and budgeting. As I mentioned if you want to find any
of these books the links are in the show notes or simply on Amazon to search for
"Gary Bembridge". The key books are the Cruise Traveler's Handbook (which is
available in paperback and digital), Essential Cruise Tips (what every cruiser
needs to know), European River Cruising (tips, tricks and advice), Cruising with
Cunard and Taking a world cruise with Cunard Cruise Line. So there you have it. there's some great books about cruising. as I mentioned you have that
book the Berlitz Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships by
Douglas Ward. It's a fantastic book and the reason I've done many of these other
books is because I just felt there was a real opportunity to create other books on
cruising that I just couldn't find. I hope you've enjoyed this video you found
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