photo by vlasta2 on flickrIn less than two weeks, three of the gals of Galavanting will be heading on a Princess Cruise to the Western Caribbean. We’re pretty excited about the various ports of call, which will be Grand Cayman Island, Honduras, Mexico and the Bahamas. Quite a way to get out of the Chicago winter cold!

Along with several other travel writers who have a penchant for tweeting while on the road, we were invited by Princess Cruises to take a trip on their dime and report our experiences as part of a first-ever “Twitter Press Trip”. Seriously … pretty sweet gig, no?

(Don’t worry — as always — we drive the content of everything published on Galavanting and do not accept sponsored/paid posts.)

So check back here on Galavanting’s worldwide travel blog for some fun little videos and posts along the way, even a behind-the-scenes tour of the ship’s machine room! You can be sure to catch all our banter and discoveries via the #FollowMeAtSea hashtag we’ll use on Twitter.

@Courtneyisneato @KimMance @ShannaQuinn @Galavanting We carefully chose our shore excursions in each location and plan to do some pretty great stuff like helmet diving, kayaking & snorkeling, and a hike to Mayan ruins. Not to mention plenty of mixed drinks and squishing our toes in the sand… We’ll also be voluneering at a school in Roatan, Honduras for a project run by Roatan Children’s Fund.

A cool swimsuit designer is sending us some samples to try out and we’ll let you know if they Rock the Casbah or not.

I’m also planning to review various anti-nausea solutions while on the ship and will report back on the best ones… If you have any suggestions of good ones to try out, leave them in comments!

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Kim Mance is Galavanting’s editor-in-chief and host of the Galavanting.tv web travel series. She’s based in Chicago, IL and some of her other writing can be found at MarieClaire.com, The Huffington Post, and Babble.

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Disclosure: This trip is funded by Princess Cruises. Galavanting contributors and editors *always* do our best to give an honest review (good and bad) of all destinations and locations visited. Our readers & viewers are what keeps us going and we’ll never choose a tour operator or destination representative over being honest with you.