Mediterranean Cruise Game Plan: Santorini, Mykonos, and the Greek Islands Without Transit Chaos
About this episode
The episode discusses planning a Mediterranean cruise to avoid transit chaos while exploring various islands and cities.
Learn how you can explore the Mediterranean without losing days to ferries, hotel check-ins, or pricey islands. Hosts Sally French and Meghan Coyle discuss Mediterranean trip planning to help you link coastal cities and islands without wasting precious vacation time. But first, they break down the latest travel headlines, including Southwest adding Starlink Wi-Fi, JetBlue and United expanding the Blue Sky partnership for booking and redemptions, and spring break travel trends. Producer Tess Vigeland also joins to share lessons from a trip to Spain gone wrong, including how EU flight delay compensation works and what to update in Global Entry after you get a new passport. Next, Sally and Meghan dig into what makes traveling the Mediterranean tricky, from fragmented routes to language barriers and currencies, and talk through when a cruise can simplify island-hopping. Sally shares her port-heavy trip on Norwegian Cruise Line Viva with her husband, Hamilton, before she and Meghan spotlight can’t-miss stops like Cinque Terre, Sardinia, Kotor, Marseille and the French Riviera, Zadar, and Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia. Plus: where to look for surprisingly affordable luxury stays in…
People in this episode
Hosts: Sally French, Meghan Coyle
Topics covered
- Mediterranean travel
- cruise planning
- island hopping
- travel tips
- travel news
- affordable luxury stays
Keywords
- Mediterranean cruise
- travel planning
- island hopping
- affordable luxury
- travel headlines
- flight delay compensation
- Global Entry
- travel tips
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Southwest, JetBlue, United
Books & works: American Express Platinum Review
Places: Mediterranean, Cinque Terre, Sardinia, Kotor, Marseille, French Riviera, Zadar, Barcelona, Istanbul, Crete
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