10 things I wish I'd done differently on my first cruise, from booking a better room to avoiding specialty restaurants

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Business Insider's reporter took her first cruise on board Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas.

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I'm an American who has visited Scotland around a dozen times. Here are the 3 biggest mistakes I see tourists make.

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Helene Sula is a travel blogger from Texas.

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I took 36 flights in 4 months, and it was exhausting. These were my 2 biggest mistakes.

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Anu Verma has been on multiple solo trips, traveling to 36 countries in the space of four months.

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I traveled 33 hours to Vietnam but was denied entry because of a common travel mistake I'll never make again

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The author, not pictured, made a travel mistake that almost derailed her travel plans.

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A dad who has been taking family road trips for 13 years says these are the 5 biggest mistakes he's made in the car

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Rob Taylor has made a few mistakes while roadtripping over 30,000 miles with his family of four.

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A mom who's been traveling with her kids for 19 years shares the biggest mistakes she's made since they were babies

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Tara Cannon spoke to Business Insider about the biggest mistakes she's made when traveling with her kids.

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We live in Dubai. Here are the 7 common mistakes we see first-time visitors make.

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Dubai can be especially beautiful at night when it's all lit up.

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I've been to 25 countries. Here are 10 mistakes I wish I'd avoided when I first started traveling.

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I've traveled all over the world and have already checked 25 countries off my bucket list.

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I took my kids to Dubai for our first international trip. It would've been better if we'd avoided these 4 mistakes.

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We missed the fountain show in Dubai the first time we visited the Dubai Mall and had to go back.

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I went on my first Mediterranean cruise and made one mistake I still regret a year later

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Left: The author wearing orange and black on a cruise ship balcony with open waters behind her. Right: A wide view of palm trees in front of buildings and mountains in Barcelona.
Business Insider's travel reporter took her first European cruise through the Mediterranean Sea.

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