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What exactly are "repositioning cruises"?
A repositioning cruise is a one-way voyage of a ship between two regions.
Most people take cruises where the departure and arrival port is the same. This is simple since only a standard return fare to ...
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France to USA by ship
Freighters are an option. It's not really cheap but should be cheaper than 5k$, perhaps around €1500 all-in. In France, Brest or La Rochelle are not usual departure points, Saint-Nazaire or, ...
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How to get to Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai - The newest island on earth
Private yacht.
COO of my previous company would sail from NZ to Fiji and back. Often people like this enjoy the company of another person on the boat.
So either...get your own yacht, train and ...
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France to USA by ship
Another option is Cunard's Queen Mary 2, the only passenger liner with regularly scheduled service between Europe and the USA. You'll have to get yourself to Southampton by train, but the ship docks ...
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Can I send post to someone on a cruise ship?
Yes, but procedure could be different for every cruise line.
The 'big three' all maintain PO Boxes at their Headquarters which are then forwarded to the ship.
For example: Royal Caribbean Crew Mailing ...
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To travel 30 km from India to Sri Lanka, do I really have to take a 1500 km, 20 hour detour?
A commercial ferry service between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka has started running in October 2023.
Passenger ferry service between India and Sri Lanka begins again after nearly 40 years
The company is ...
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If I wanted to circumnavigate the world by water (boat) what is the shortest total distance around?
There three reasonable ways to approach this.
Use a tool such as OpenCPN to plot your desired course.
Use the Jules Verne Trophy rules at approximately 40,000km.
Use the Earthrace route, which ...
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Schengen visa application while in Europe on a ship
The general rule is that Schengen visas cannot be issued at the border.
However, there are special exceptions from this (Schengen Visa Code, article 36 and annex IX) for seamen who leave service on a ...
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Can I send post to someone on a cruise ship?
With ubiquitous electronic communication, it is not really common anymore to send letters or post cards to ship crew, but parcels are still adressable and probably still not too uncommon for birthdays ...
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What exactly are "repositioning cruises"?
Q: "What exactly are “repositioning cruises”?"
A Reposition Cruise is the sailing taken by a vessel when changing homeports. While they are sometimes marketed as special guest experiences, a repo ...
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If I wanted to circumnavigate the world by water (boat) what is the shortest total distance around?
Using Google Maps, I get about 40850 km (Gibraltar - Suez Canal - Red Sea - around the tip of Sri Lanka - through the Malacca Strait - North of Borneo - South of the Philippines - straight across the ...
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How to get to Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai - The newest island on earth
You could look into doing the SEA Semester Program. While there is no guarantee that Hunga Tonga would be included, according to NASA, one of their ships, the SSV Robert C. Seamans, was among the ...
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How can I book a space on a sailing boat?
There are several websites that you can use to find sailboat owners who want crew to accompany them on voyages. The largest is Find a Crew, and Crewseekers is an alternative. (I am not affiliated with ...
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What type of Schengen visa does a sailor's family need to onboard from the Suez?
There aren't really different types of Schengen visas. There are a lot of special rules for seafarers but I don't see how they would apply here.
Instead, your family would simply be treated like ...
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To travel 30 km from India to Sri Lanka, do I really have to take a 1500 km, 20 hour detour?
As a passenger, entering Sri Lanka by sea is no more difficult than entering by air. You land at an Official Port of Entry, and follow instructions from your Captain, Agent, and Port Authorities.
The ...
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France to USA by ship
There are such travels offered, for example http://www.cruisepeople.co.uk/transat.htm. Google 'transatlantic passenger sailings' for more.
They take about 8 days, and start around 135$/day, but other ...
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How to reach Out Stack from the island of Unst (Shetland, Scotland)?
In the late 70s or early 80s getting out to Muckle Flugga, Out Stack, Foula, Sule Skerry or any of the bird sanctuaries, there were a number of skippers who would take you if you were part of, or ...
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Possibility and price of getting to Lord Howe Island by sea?
Just contacted Island Trader, they said NO. Insurance etc was too difficult, and they no longer carry passengers. What a shame as this would be an awesome boat trip!
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In-room TV has a USB port, but the provided remote doesn't have buttons for it. Can I use a universal remote to solve the problem during my next trip?
I've owned/operated a few 'smart' TV sets and invariably their firmware sucked: the UI was horrible, the interface was slow, few formats were supported, built-in subtitles failed to load, etc. ...
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How to travel to Lebanon without flying?
I think that crossing into Israel is simply impossible but that the border with Syria is technically open so it might be possible to find a shared taxi from Damascus or something. Of course, you need ...
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Shipping my dog
We flew with our dog (70 lbs labrador, ~32 kg) from the US to Europe and it worked much better that we had expected.
Things that helped
Dogs need to fly in a crate. Google "Sky Kennel" for some ...
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Ocean Travel By Sail
Join an experienced captain and his crew. Ocean sailing is not for new sailors. If you have to ask here you do not have enough experience.
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If I wanted to circumnavigate the world by water (boat) what is the shortest total distance around?
The original definition of "meter" was a distance such that there are 10,000,000 of the between the equator and the North Pole. Since that is one fourth of the way around the Earth, the total distance ...
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ID for UK to Ireland travel
No, an expired passport will not be acceptable.
Irish and British citizens do not strictly require a passport to travel between the two countries, but some form of (photo) identification is however ...
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Do roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships take passengers and their car?
I made in September 2016 a trip on a ro-ro from Grimaldi Lines. My car was on the ro-ro and we could go in the different harbours we stopped, as far there was enough time. We started from Antwerp: to ...
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From Portugal or Spain to the United States by cargo ship
Travelling as a passenger on a freighter from Europe, including Spain, to the US is easy to arrange. Price is about €100 per day and crossing the Atlantic ocean should take a couple of weeks so you ...
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Being stuck between Russia and Turkmenistan at a sea border; what happens?
What happens in cases of force majeure while travelling with a Transit Visa?
International law, as such, does not offer any binding recommendations on how to deal with such situations or what host ...
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How can I book a space on a sailing boat?
Looks for yacht clubs, or marine schools (better if you are not near the sea).
People are required to do many miles on boats (sailing boats are common) in order to get high sea licenses. So they sell ...
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Why is the Suez canal empty?
@jcaron seems to be on point.
The canal operates using a convoy system: A southbound staring at 03:30 and a northbound starting at 04:00.
So at 03:30 the canal is likely to be empty, and looking at ...
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