{"podcast":{"title":"Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers","slug":"gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978","podcast_index_feed_id":1061978,"rss_url":"https://tips4travellers.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://tips4travellers.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/7/d/d/07dd605fa222d2a916c3140a3186d450/Tips_For_Travellers_Podcast_July_2025.png","author":"Gary Bembridge","episode_count":561,"summary":"Want to make more of your precious travel time and money? Then the Tips For Travellers podcast is likely the podcast for you! Every week your host (Gary Bembridge, a published travel author, writer, video maker, blogger and YouTuber - his channel has over 29 million video views!) shares travel inspiration, advice, tips and money saving ideas based on his first-hand experiences of travelling every month of every year for over 25 years. Each episode features one of these (1) destinations reviews and tips, (2) answers to listener travel questions, (3) live travel reports or (4) cruise line reviews and advice on getting the most from them. Visit http://www.TipsForTravellers.com to follow Tips For Travellers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Twitter and to sign up for the monthly newsletter.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978"},"episode":{"title":"I No Longer Recommend These 4 Cruise Tips. Here's Why (Podcast #569)","slug":"i-no-longer-recommend-these-4-cruise-tips-here-s-why-podcast-569","published_at":"2026-05-11T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/i-no-longer-recommend-these-4-cruise-tips-here-s-why-podcast-569","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978","url":"https://tips4travellers.libsyn.com/i-no-longer-recommend-these-4-cruise-tips-heres-why-podcast-569","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tips4travellers/569_TFT_Tips_No_Longer.mp3?dest-id=114478","summary":"For years, I've shared what I believed were the smartest cruise tips—strategies that worked time and time again. But on my most recent cruise, something surprising happened. By doing the opposite of what I used to recommend, I walked straight through embarkation with no lines, no waiting… and was in my cabin within minutes. It made me question everything. Are some of the most widely shared cruise tips now completely outdated? In this video, I take a hard look at several long-standing pieces of cruise advice—ones I've personally recommended for years—and reveal why they may no longer work the way they once did. Cruising has changed. Ships are fuller, demand is higher, and the way cruise lines operate is evolving fast. And that means some of the \"rules\" many cruisers still follow could actually be costing time, money, and even enjoyment. If you're planning a cruise—or already have one booked—this could completely change how you approach it. Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers Offers: Get 10% any order of The Cruise Maps who you visit the site using this link: https://www.TheCruiseMaps.com/TFT Get up to 30% off collectible tokens of place you've visited using the link: https://www.TheWanderClub.com/TFT","meta_description":"For years, I've shared what I believed were the smartest cruise tips—strategies that worked time and time again. But on my most recent cruise, something s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/episodes/i-no-longer-recommend-these-4-cruise-tips-here-s-why-podcast-569/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/i-no-longer-recommend-these-4-cruise-tips-here-s-why-podcast-569.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}