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☆ I've stayed in 3 types of rooms on cruises, and the cheapest was never worth it. Here's what to book instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Sarah Gilliland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAutomatically booking the cheapest room on a cruise ship without doing proper research first can ruin a trip. Sarah GillilandThe standard (and least expensive) room on any cruise ship is typically called an inside or interior stateroom. I've stayed in interior staterooms on a Carnival Cruise Line ship and a Disney Cruise Line ship. Sarah GillilandYou can open your curtains and enjoy the sights outside, similar to the experience of staying in an ocean-view stateroom. To make the most of the balcony staterooms, we even turned our individual verandas into one large terrace by having our steward remove the partitions between rooms.

Persons: —, who's, I've, Sarah Gilliland Organizations: Service, Business, Cruise, Disney Cruise, Disney, Royal, Royal Caribbean's Symphony, Cruises Locations: Royal Caribbean

☆ Look inside a $3,500 deluxe ocean-view stateroom on the Disney Magic that comfortably fit 3 adults for 5 nights
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Megan Dubois | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I've been on multiple Disney Cruise vacations, including a sail on the Disney Magic. My family and I stayed in a deluxe veranda stateroom, which had great views of the ocean. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. When my parents and I sailed on the Disney Magic for five nights in 2022, the three of us booked a deluxe stateroom with a veranda for about $3,500. But we thought the outdoor space would be worth the higher price tag.

Persons: I've, — Organizations: Disney, Service, Disney Magic

☆ Bodies of residents and militants lie in the grounds of ravaged Israeli kibbutz
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Israeli soldiers carry the body of a victim of an attack by militants from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing RightsKFAR AZA, Israel, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas militants lay in the grounds of the Kfar Aza kibbutz among burned out houses, strewn furniture and torched cars, as Israeli soldiers went from house to house to take away the dead. A pillow and other objects from the house lay scattered. The militants went on a rampage, killing hundreds of Israelis and taking dozens hostage in places like Kfar Aza, near Sderot. Israeli troops were going house to house to retrieve civilian bodies in body bags.

Persons: Violeta Santos Moura, KFAR AZA, Aza, It's, it's, Itai Veruv, Michael Georgy, Alexandra Hudson, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Israeli Defence Forces, Jets, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Aza, Israel, It's, Europe, Kfar Aza, Sderot

Just a few days ago this was the sleepy, scenic kibbutz of Kfar Aza, an Israeli farming community of about 750 people, many of them families with young children. Now it's become a charnel house after Hamas gunmen burst out of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and laid waste to the village. There was no official death toll from the Kfar Aza kibbutz as of Tuesday evening, with Israeli soldiers still searching homes they suspect may be booby-trapped with explosives. [1/37]The dead bodies of Palestinians lie on grass following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 11. The Hamas gunmen rammed through the kibbutz's fence, possibly using an earthmover, clearing the way for dozens of other gunmen to enter through the breach, she said.

Persons: KFAR, it's, Itai Veruv, Veruv, I've, Kfar Aza, Avidor Schwartzman, Aza, Violeta Santos Moura, Schwartzman, Keren Flash, Maayan Lubell, Janis Laizans, Emily Rose, Michael Georgy, Pravin Organizations: Israeli Defence Forces, REUTERS, Reuters, Jets, Pravin Char, Thomson Locations: KFAR AZA, Israel, Kfar Aza, Gaza, It's, Kibbutz Beeri, verandas

☆ Where to stay in India? Here are 8 former palaces that are now hotels
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Poonam Binayak | Lisa Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Source: Heritage DharampuraIt's now a 14-room boutique hotel, which received an honorable mention in 2017's UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. It was transformed into a heritage hotel in the 1960s and is now impeccably managed by the Taj Group. Taj Lake Palace Source: Taj Lake PalaceStraight out of a fairy tale, the Taj Lake Palace boasts domed pavilions, ornamental turrets, crystal chandeliers, and 83 antique-filled rooms and suites, some which overlook a gleaming courtyard that hosts nightly folk dances. Source: Taj Usha Kiran PalaceToday, it's a lavish Taj hotel that balances old-world vibes with contemporary style. It is now a heritage hotel managed by the Taj Group.

Persons: Jehan Numa, Jehan, Palace, General Obaidullah Khan, Vijay Goel, James Bond, Taj Falaknuma, —, Taj Usha Kiran, it's, King Charles , Louis Mountbatten, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bhanj Deo, There's Organizations: UNESCO, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Taj, Taj Group, Royal, Rambagh, Jaipur, Cochin — Locations: India, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bhopal, Dharampura, Delhi, UNESCO Asia, Jama Masjid, Old Delhi, Udaipur, Pichola, Mewar, Taj Lake, Lake, lavishness, Falaknuma, Nizam, Hyderabad, Windsor, Gwalior, Rambagh, Jaipur, Baripada, Chittoor Kottaram, Kochi, Chittoor, —, Cochin

☆ Setting foot in the charred heart of Lahaina
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Lahaina, Hawaii CNN —As the boat approaches Lahaina, the sun is strong, the waves crest into whitecaps and on the shore, so much is black. The ruins stretch as far as the eye can see, 100-foot coconut trees charred all the way up their trunks. Survivors have told CNN how traffic stood at a standstill as the fire approached, forcing some people to run into the ocean to try to save themselves. He told CNN he would open his farmland to house those without homes and urged others to stay away but send any help they could. “Every single home in Lahaina is gone,” he said.

Persons: Evelio Contreras, Bill Wyland, Harley Davidson, ”, “, Wyland, Eddy Garcia, CNN Farmer Eddy Garcia Organizations: Hawaii CNN, whitecaps, Flames, CNN, “ Flames Locations: Lahaina, Hawaii, Lahaina's, Hawaiian Kingdom

☆ Off-the-radar destinations every China visitor should consider
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

JingdezhenLarge chimneys, used for firing porcelain, dot the skyline of Jingdezhen city. gui yong nian/Adobe StockDubbed the porcelain capital of the world, Jingdezhen has been firing quality pieces of “white gold” for more than 1,700 years. For a crash course in the city’s porcelain history, visit the newly built and photogenic Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum of China. LinhaiLinhai's historic city wall stretches more than 6,000 meters in length. Food aside, travelers should leave time to admire this historic city that dates back more than 2,000 years.

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