sponsored Cruise Canadian Empress & Save Our Canada-based QuirkyCruise reviewer Judi Cohen traveled aboard the 66-passenger Canadian Empress last summer along the scenic St Lawrence River, sampling this very special small-ship cruise. Quirky's Ted Scull has also...
Barge Cruise Tips By Heidi, Ted, Ben & Jane Lyons. Barge cruises are often not well understood. Don't barges carry cargo? Well, originally the flat-bottomed boats were used for carrying freight, typically on canals and rivers, either under their own power or towed...
Dan Blanchard Shares 7 Secret Places in Alaska sponsored By Heidi & Dan Dan Blanchard, founder & CEO of UnCruise Adventures, knows Alaska. He lives and breathes Alaska. Dan was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and calls Juneau home. We asked Dan to...
Barge Cruising in France By Heidi Sarna & Edward Anderson We had a chat with Edward Anderson, owner-operator, along with his wife Cindy, of the luxury 6-passenger Grand Victoria canal barge. To operate a luxury hotel barge like Grand Victoria, you have to know a...
Abercrombie & Kent Abercrombie & Kent was founded in 1962 as a safari tour operator in East Africa and has expanded over the decades to include much of the world on land tours and a selection of small-ship cruise offerings — on various ships that it books into...
No Single Supplement for UnCruise sponsored post Eager to see Alaska by small-ship cruise as a solo traveler? Then UnCruise is a great option. For folks traveling alone, UnCruise offers a friendly casual vibe among passengers and crew, plus the many activities —...
Captain Dan's Favorite Juneau Restaurants UnCruise Owner & CEO Captain Dan Blanchard shares his favorite places to eat in his home town of Juneau, Alaska, Roma. Love breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. New Orleans-style Benedicts are fabulous with a wonderful...
Small Ship Croatia Cruise Deals sponsored post There are few small-ship cruising destinations as appealing as Croatia! Croatia’s long lovely coast is a sinewy ribbon of rocky bluffs, romantic beaches, and the vestiges of Roman and medieval cities. And the coastal...
ABN Sukapha Cruise on Brahmaputra River. REVIEWER Vivek Srivastava residing in US. CRUISE LINE ABN (Assam Bengal Navigation). SHIP ABN Sukapha. DESTINATION Guwahati to Silghat on the Brahmaputra River. # OF NIGHTS, 5. DEPARTURE PORT Pandu (Guwahati ), Assam, India....
ABN Sukapha Brahmaputra River Cruise. REVIEWER Uma and Girish Gupte from UAE (nationals of India). CRUISE LINE Assam Bengal Navigation Company. SHIP ABN Sukapha. DESTINATION Brahmaputra River. # OF NIGHTS, 5. DEPARTURE PORT Pandu (Guwahati ), Assam, India. DATE OF...
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Champa Pandaw on the Upper Mekong By Judi Cohen @TravelingJudi Nearly a decade ago, my husband and I discovered Pandaw Cruises. Over the past 10 years we've traveled throughout Southeast Asia on their small river boats in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. While...
Lucy Mary Cruise Review By Robin McKelvie Wildlife guide Indy yells, “minke ahoy!” No sooner have I dashed to port to catch sight of a majestic minke whale feasting amidst a thick mob of seabirds, than Indy excitedly shouts, “sea eagle in the air, starboard side.” I...
Choosing a Travel Advisor By Charlie & Sherrie Funk Sherrie Funk started the first cruise-only travel agency in Tennessee in 1988. Her husband, Charlie Funk, joined her full-time in 1993. The pair ran Just Cruisin’ Plus for 40 years. They are nationally known...
Majestic Line Review. Reviewer Kate Grimes from the UK. Cruise Line The Majestic Line. Ship 12-pax Glen Etive. Destination It was supposed to be the outer Hebrides. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Oban. Date of Cruise August 19, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
Grand Circle Cruise Review. Reviewer Dave & Pat from USA. Cruise Line Grand Circle. Ship 86-pax River Chanson. Destination Southern France. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Arles. Date of Cruise 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor, 1=terrible)...
Reader Reviews INDEX Updated Sept 2024 This is our growing inventory of QuirkyCruise Reader Reviews — honest unedited feedback from real passengers. Help QuirkyCruise become the Trip Advisor for small ship cruising by submitting a review of your latest small ship...
Sea Cloud Cruises Sails Into the U.S. Market By Anne Kalosh Sea Cloud Cruises, which operates three majestic and authentic windjammers that are hand-sailed, opened a U.S. office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This means the Hamburg, Germany-based company is reaching out...
Swan Hellenic Diana Cruise Review. Reviewer Tom from USA. Cruise Line Swan Hellenic. Ship Diana. Destination Iceland. # of Nights 8. Departure Port Reykjavik. Date of Cruise August, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor, 1=terrible) -Overall...
Vantage Customers May Get Travel Credit By Anne Kalosh Aug 29 UPDATE by Anne Kalosh: "New Vantage Explorations to offer 'Vantage-style' travel." Pacific Travel Partners, a subsidiary of Australia's Aurora Expeditions, acquired the assets — essentially, the customer...
Sailo Yacht Charters By Heidi Sarna I had an e-chat with Sailo.com Founder & CEO Magda Marcu and her team and they shared some details about the boat and yacht charter platform that's been called by Conde Nast Traveler the "Airbnb of boats and yachts."...
Riverside Mozart By John Roberts Riverside Luxury Cruises jumped at the chance to purchase the Crystal Cruises river boats when the longtime premium cruise line went out of business in 2022. Sister and brother Anouchka and Gregor Gerlach, owners of luxury resort group...
