{"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 Revisited Silversea To See If The Latest Reviews Were True (Podcast #551)","slug":"i-revisited-silversea-to-see-if-the-latest-reviews-were-true-podcast-551","published_at":"2025-11-03T04:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/i-revisited-silversea-to-see-if-the-latest-reviews-were-true-podcast-551","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978","url":"https://tips4travellers.libsyn.com/i-revisited-silversea-to-see-if-the-latest-reviews-were-true-podcast-551","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tips4travellers/551_SILVERSEA_TFT.mp3?dest-id=114478","summary":"Is Silversea still ultra-luxury? After reading shocking new reviews calling it \"shabby\" and \"not worth the premium,\" I boarded Silver Nova to find out the truth. When I started reading recent reviews of Silversea Cruises, I was shocked. Loyal guests now call it \"shabby,\" \"cut back,\" \"no longer luxury,\" and \"not worth the premium.\" Having cruised six times with Silversea and always rated it highly, I had to see if things really had changed. So, I booked myself (and paid full fare) onto Silver Nova, their newest class of ship, to find out what's really happening onboard. 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":"Is Silversea still ultra-luxury? After reading shocking new reviews calling it \"shabby\" and \"not worth the premium,\" I boarded Silver Nova to find out the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1013,"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-revisited-silversea-to-see-if-the-latest-reviews-were-true-podcast-551/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-revisited-silversea-to-see-if-the-latest-reviews-were-true-podcast-551.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}