Interesting Staycation Ideas for Cruisers in Lockdown

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Were are all in the same boat! Everything is on pause and all we can do is think about travel and cruising. Being stuck at home and can’t travel or cruise anywhere at the moment, that sucks! Don’t worry; treat this as a staycation holiday and we have some great ideas to get you thinking travel and cruising thought this difficult time and hopefully inspire you to cruise well in the not too distant future.

So what is a bucket list? Quite simply, it is a collection of goals, dreams and aspirations that you would like to accomplish with your travels.

The basic meaning of a bucket list is to keep track of your goals and to take steps to achieve these goals in order to maximize the incredible experiences in your life. Simple really, but a Bucket List can be a powerfull reminder of those things you need to do. For cruisers it needs to be all about all those beautiful places you have yet to visit.

Most people have a wish list of destinations or cruises they want to do. You may have thought about it in the past, but actually never got round to making the trip. Add them all to your To-Do list.

We like to organize cruises around themes; for example Food and Wine Cruises, The Monaco Grand Prix or the Rivers of Europe. Other goals we have set were to visit the tallest building and in the world, cruise all of the Oceans of the World and cruise on the main Rivers of Europe.

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Creating your own work of art with a Photobook is a brilliant way to share your cruise experiences.  They do take a while to produce, but the end result is so satisfying.  We try to produce a photobook after each of our annual long cruises and have them as coffee table items.  Our grandchildren simply love them!

One of the Best Photobook maker web sites is Photobox.  We have used them for many of our favourite cruise trips and they really work well.

So here are 5 good reasons why you should create a photobook.

It’s fun to make some photo albums as well, and before you know it, you’re feeling like you’re cruising again. There are some great tools for helping you do this, including Photoshop and Lightroom both of which we use for all our photography. If you are not familiar with these products, there are many good books to read on the subject,

We tend to focus on the destination as our goto guideline for a travel and cruise related movies. This is when they say ‘the destination becomes the star’.

To rent or buy a movie to inspire you to travel right now, check out Amazon Instant Video

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Whenever you travel or go on a cruise, you will have noticed some folks with expensive camera gear snapping at everything.  Some of them clearly know what they are doing, but a surprising number simply don’t have a clue how to use their equipment. 

Some of these very high-end Nikon or Canon DSLR cameras are often set to automatic which rather defeats the object of such powerful cameras. Our photography tips for cruise travellers covers some of the simple things when it comes to travel photography.

If you want a great book to get you started, read Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Photography and start taking pictures.

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