Travel Planning

Celebrity Equinox: Pros & Cons to Know Before You Book Your Cruise

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We recently returned from a 9-night Mediterranean cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox, sailing from Barcelona and visiting Italy, France, and Spain—with an overnight in La Spezia (hello, Cinque Terre dream come true!). We noted several Celebrity Equinox pros & cons during our trip – spoiler alert, there were a lot of pros. In this Celebrity […]

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A Day in Florence & Pisa from the Celebrity Equinox: Worth the Cruise Excursion?

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✨ Celebrity’s Grand Tour of Florence and Pisa Cruise Excursion On our Mediterranean cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox, we booked the “Grand Tour of Florence and Pisa” shore excursion through the cruise line—and while it wasn’t cheap ($242.99 per person), it packed in a full day of sights, history, and plenty of pasta. We booked

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DIY Cruise Excursion to Cinque Terre: How We Visited All 5 Towns in One Day

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I’ve dreamed of visiting Cinque Terre—the five colorful cliffside villages on Italy’s Ligurian coast—for years. For my 50th trip around the sun, I decided I’d waited long enough. With a little encouragement from my husband and some travel-loving friends, we planned a cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox with a dream itinerary: two full days in

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