{"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've Done 15 Caribbean Cruises. Here's What No-One's Telling You! (podcast #558)","slug":"i-ve-done-15-caribbean-cruises-here-s-what-no-one-s-telling-you-podcast-558","published_at":"2026-02-02T05:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/i-ve-done-15-caribbean-cruises-here-s-what-no-one-s-telling-you-podcast-558","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978","url":"https://tips4travellers.libsyn.com/ive-done-15-caribbean-cruises-heres-what-no-ones-telling-you-podcast-558","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tips4travellers/558_TFT_Caribbean_Changing_TFT.mp3?dest-id=114478","summary":"When I took my very first Caribbean cruise back in 2007, I often found myself stepping ashore as the only ship in port. Quiet beaches, local markets, no lines for taxis — it felt like true tropical escape. Fast-forward 18 years and 15 Caribbean cruises later, including my most recent ultra-luxury sailing on Regent Seven Seas Splendor, and the Caribbean is a very different place.In this video I reveal the massive changes that are reshaping Caribbean cruising — changes most cruisers don't fully understand until they're already there. I also explain how cruise lines are responding — and what that means for your cruise experience, and dig into the uncomfortable topics many don't talk about: 🎟 Save 5% on shore excursions I use and recommend Shore Excursions Group for better-value, smaller-group tours with a return-to-ship guarantee. 👉 Visit Shore Excursions Group via this link https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/shoreexcursions and use code TFT5 at checkout to get 5% off every tour.","meta_description":"When I took my very first Caribbean cruise back in 2007, I often found myself stepping ashore as the only ship in port. Quiet beaches, local markets, no l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":798,"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-ve-done-15-caribbean-cruises-here-s-what-no-one-s-telling-you-podcast-558/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-ve-done-15-caribbean-cruises-here-s-what-no-one-s-telling-you-podcast-558.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}