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I'm Gary Bainbridge this is another of
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my cruising tips for travelers I want to
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share with you some tips some secrets
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some ways that you can ensure you get
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the very best cabin on a cruise ship no
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matter what grade of cabin you're
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cruising in these are things that have
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worked for me and I use them every time
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so let's take a look at these seven
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critical things to think about starting
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with this one the first thing to do is
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to go for a fare where you can select
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the cabin rather than go for a
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guaranteed cabin guaranteed fare cabin
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is where you basically buy a grades you
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buy say and inside an ocean view about
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kinnear suite whatever grade it is and
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you let the cruise line choose and
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allocate the cabin for you on many
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cruise lines that's a slightly cheaper
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fare it's not the case all the time but
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I would strongly recommend if you want
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to get and ensure that you have a great
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cabin you go for a fairway you select
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the grade yourself if you go for a
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guaranteed cabin you're going to be
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allocated the leftover cabins once
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people who've perhaps use these tips
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have chosen the very best cabin so you
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may get a cabin that is not considered a
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particularly good cabin and certain
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people in the know won't have chosen
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those cabins it's a leftover cabins so
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that's the first really key thing make
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sure that you have the option of
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choosing the cabin yourself the second
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thing to do is to try and focus as much
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as you can on the middle of the ship so
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midship and certainly lower down as you
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possibly can the reason that is really
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important is if you're worried about
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for example that is where is the least
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amount of motion in the ship is in the
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middle of the ship so that's one reason
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the people like midships there's another
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even more practical reason if you're in
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the middle of the ship you're going to
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be equidistant from all of the key
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activities so for example you'll find
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things like the theater or the fitness
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or the crow's nest are at the front of
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the ship sort of at the bow of the ship
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and then often the dining venues are at
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the rear of the ship so the stern of the
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ship so actually if you're in the middle
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of the ship you recurring equidistance
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from many of the key attractions and
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often you can head down onto the
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promenade deck or wherever and you're
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gonna be right in the heart of things
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you often find things like guest
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services are in the slap-bang the center
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of the ship so that's another reason for
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being midships it's gonna be a great
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location for accessing everything on the
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ship my next tip is probably
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the most important of all of the tips
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and the one absolute thing to remember
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is choose a cabin that's surrounded on
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all sides by other cabins you have a
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cabin above you you have cabins below
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you you have cabins either side of you
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and importantly I didn't you have cabins
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opposite you now if you don't have a
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cabin opposite you make sure you can
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understand from the deck plans what is
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actually opposite use so you're not
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actually building in something which is
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going to be potentially problematic once
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you get on board the advantage with that
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is you then are pretty much guaranteed
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that you're not going to be near up to
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Glee no Z venue like the nightclub or
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underneath the kitchens which could be
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really noisy or underneath the theater
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which could be running late at night
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with the events so you're basically
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going to buffer yourself against any
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potential interruptions you can have a
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good night's sleep if even if you're out
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partying really later and you want to
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die in so that's a really important tip
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the next thing to do is once you've
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chosen that camera surrounded on all
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sides is have a look what's actually on
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that deck are there any big facilities
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or venues on that deck so you might have
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the kids club close to you on that deck
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you might have the guest laundry or you
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might have the entrance to one of the
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bars or the theater or whatever nearby
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so just have a think about the volume of
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traffic one of the things a lot of
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people identify in this area is
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elevators so if you've got the elevators
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there you have to find that's a real
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point where people are gonna be coming
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and going often talking and you know
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making a racket or running around or
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whatever so also then have a look at the
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actual deck that you've chosen is are
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there any big traffic areas are going to
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be moving around causing disruptions
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another thing that I look at really
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really carefully is once you've also
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looked at the cabin make sure that it's
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not an interconnected cabin so in other
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words there's not a door to the cabin
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next to you now of course if you're
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cruising with other people and you want
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that that's a very different story the
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disadvantage of having an interconnected
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door is it can't be a cause of real
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problems so if you've got people next to
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all the real party people and you're not
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a party person or they listen to their
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television really loudly really early
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they get really early in the morning and
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they put on their television or they
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fight a lot or whatever that noise does
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travel in a lot and some of the worst
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experiences I've had when I've been
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cruising is actually when I've had a
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cabin with interconnect
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doors for whatever reason so that's one
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thing to relook at your final the deck
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plans there's a normally well marked the
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thing I often get asked is should I go
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for a port side or a starboard side
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cabin pretty much in most itineraries
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it's irrelevant because the ship can
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actually dock either way so you actually
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don't know in the different ports of
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call with you the ship specially gonna
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dock port side or starboard side there
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are a couple of cruises where it could
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be important so for example if you're on
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a transatlantic cruise selling into New
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York and you gonna be selling past the
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Statue of Liberty the advantage of being
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on the port side which is the left side
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as you sell into New York in the morning
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it means the Statue of Liberty is going
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to be there as you sail past you don't
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initially have to clamber out and head
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out onto the deck to see the Statue of
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Liberty but if in a balcony cabin
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obviously if you're sending out of New
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York you then might want to be on the
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starboard side because you can be
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sailing down past the Statue of Liberty
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on the other side some of the Alaska
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itineraries it could be a good idea to
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choose other port or starboard say for
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example if you're heading from the south
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up to the north you might want to be on
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the starboard side the right-hand side
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if you can heading the other way down
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you want to be on the port side the
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left-hand side because most look okay so
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it's gonna be on that side if you're
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heading into something I get inside
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passing in Alaska it's less important
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because you're kind of heading up and
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heading back down and it becomes less
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important if you're heading through the
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Panama Canal for example if isn't
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starboard side the right-hand side and
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you're heading up the Panama Canal it
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means the other leg of the canal is
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always on the other side to you so you
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get to see the ships heading up and down
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on that side port and starboard I find
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generally speaking I don't pay a lot of
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attention to anymore another critical
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thing that I also do to ensure that I
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have a great cabin I'm very happy with
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my cabin is I never ever take the auto
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upgrade now when you do a booking you're
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often asked if you'll accepts an auto
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upgrade I rather focus on making sure
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I've got a cabin that I absolutely love
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so I spend my money and I've got a cabin
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that I know I'm gonna be really happy
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with and I say no to the auto upgrade
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bear in mind if you get an auto upgrade
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pretty much every single cruise line
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will not let you have any say in that
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cabin it just will move you to a cabin
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allocate your cabin so again you're
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going to be with the leftover the last
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kind of remaining cabins in that grade
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above you now clearly I guess if you go
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from balcony up into a suite there's a
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good chance that they're all going to be
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don't know so I never take an auto
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upgrade and I've had lots of people
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contact me with experiences where they
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had a cab and they were very happy with
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they took the order upgrade and then
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they read it and enjoy their time
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because they didn't like the cabin for
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whatever reason those are my tips on how
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to get a great cabin on a cruise and
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hopefully they'll help you ensure no
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matter where you're traveling inside
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ocean view balcony suite that you have a
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fabulous cabin and you have a even more
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fabulous cruise knowing that you're in a
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cabin that is just perfect for you I
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have loads more videos tactful advice
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and tips on cabins on cruises so why
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don't you watch another one of those
