Pandaw River Cruises June 28, 2022 UPDATE — Pandaw Restarted! Pandaw resumed river cruise in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and India in September/October 2022! Myanmar (Burma) remains suspended due to political unrest and unsafe travel conditions. Company...
Lindblad Expeditions — Unbiased Reviews and Tips Based in New York, Lindblad Expeditions has a long legacy dating back to Lars-Eric Lindblad’s pioneering expeditions to Antarctica, Easter Island and the Galapagos beginning in the mid-1960s. In the intervening years,...
Victory Cruise Lines Update May 2024 — Victory Cruise Lines is coming back to life starting in 2025. The line's former owner, John Waggoner, picked up the coastal vessels Victory I and Victory II at the bankruptcy auction for American Queen Voyages, a company he...
Quasar Expeditions. Quasar Expeditions resides at the top of the charts with its stellar reputation for operating well-run, expertly guided, one-week Galapagos itineraries away from the crowds, using two historic yachts that accommodate 16 and 32 passengers for...
Grand Victoria French Barge Cruise Being a curious bird, QuirkyCruise co-founder Heidi Sarna asked owners-operators-captains Edward Anderson & Cindy Unvericht some questions about their 6-passenger Grand Victoria canal barge, which is just hitting the water again...
West Africa Small Ship Cruising with Hurtigruten Edited by Ted Scull Hurtigruten, an ever-growing dual-purpose provider of regular passenger and cargo services along the Norwegian Coast and expedition destinations to diverse parts of the globe, is breaking truly new...
Australis If you really want to get away from it all, but don’t have a ton of time, Chilean cruise line Australis offers short expedition cruises of a week or less to the southernmost regions of Chile and Argentina. Plus, they can be combined with land tours in the...
Uniworld What more could you ask for in a river cruise? Luxury interiors, cushy cabins with amazing beds, all-inclusive fares and a fleet of bicycles on board for pedaling in port whenever the whim strikes. Uniworld operates river cruises in many parts of the world...
American Song on Columbia & Snake Rivers. REVIEWER Richard from the USA. CRUISE LINE American Cruise Line. SHIP American Song. DESTINATION Columbia & Snake Rivers. # OF NIGHTS 11. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS July 2021, from Lewiston, Washington state OVERALL...
Vaccinated Travelers Can Visit Europe By Heidi Sarna. The New York Times reports that vaccinated travelers can visit Europe, with the announcement yesterday that the EU (European Union) "has reached an agreement on entry criteria for tourists who have had their shots...
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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...
Aurora Expeditions Australia-based Aurora Expeditions charters expedition-style ships for its far-reaching adventure cruise programs as well as being a full-service travel agency to aid clients with all travel arrangements, including pre- and post-cruise land stays....
John Roberts' Christmas Markets Cruise on the Rhine River By Heidi Sarna We love how involved in the travel world our contributing writers are. John Roberts is a great example. In fact, John — who is owner of In The Loop Travel, a website and social media brand that...
IGTOA Calls to Limit Galápagos Land Tourism By Anne Kalosh Often cruise ships get a bad rap for contributing to overtourism. The Galápagos are a case where small ships, their numbers capped, are a model for regulated travel to a sensitive area, and it's land tourism...
MS Diana Cruise on the Gota Canal By Peter Knego It was a perfect June day in Stockholm’s Old Town (or Gamla Stan) with brilliant sunshine punctuated by just a few wisps of clouds as my partner Mike and I rolled our luggage from the classic hotel ship Malardrottningen...
14 Hebridean Princess Cruise Insights By Judi Cuervo In 1990 or so, just around the time ships were growing larger and larger, I became fascinated by smaller and smaller ones. I yearned to sail Sea Goddess. I yearned to sail Sea Cloud. And soon, I yearned to sail on a...
Lord of the Highlands Cruise By Robin McKelvie There is nothing quite like cruising Thomas Telford’s utterly unique Caledonian Canal. And there is nothing quite like cruising the island-studded wilds of the Hebrides. The very good news is that anyone can now...
Zero CO2 Emissions Newbuild Designs By Anne Kalosh Ponant unfurled two sail-powered cruise ship designs aimed at achieving zero greenhouse gas equivalent emissions. In doing so, the French small-ship line that got its start with the Ponant sailing yacht returns to its...
Glen Shiel Scotland Cruise Review. Reviewer Debs from UK. Cruise Line Majestic Line. Ship Glen Shiel. Destination Inner Hebrides, Scotland. # of Nights 6. Departure Port Oban, Scotland. Date of Cruise June, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...
American Queen Voyages Shut Down Operations Update Feb 24, 2024: The three riverboats of American Queen Voyages, including the American Queen, ceased operations earlier this week as will the company's pair of coastal ships. The bottom line is that the line never...
Hebrides Cruises New Yacht By Ted Scull Scotland, a huge draw for visitors from all over the world, is likely to have one of the largest fleets of yacht-sized cruise vessels of any of the world’s cruising regions. Right up there with Croatia and the Greek Isles. Put...
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