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Ted & Heidi are long-time travel writers with a penchant for small ship cruising. Between them they've traveled all over the world aboard hundreds and hundreds of small cruise ships of all kinds, from river boats to expedition vessels and sailing ships.
Review of AMERICAN Cruise Lines

Review of AMERICAN Cruise Lines

American Cruise Lines: Unbiased Reviews and Tips An American-flag coastal and inland river company manned by an all-American crew, American Cruise Lines operates a large and growing fleet (passenger capacities 100-190) offering a high level of comfort while...

WINDSTAR Cruises

WINDSTAR Cruises

Windstar Cruises. This classy fleet of six combines Windstar Cruises’ three original sailing yachts, Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Surf, groundbreaking at the time for their large size and computer-controlled sails, with Seabourn’s former trio of small cruise ships,...

UNCRUISE Adventures in Alaska & More

UNCRUISE Adventures in Alaska & More

UnCruise Adventures Seattle-based UnCruise Adventures operates a fleet of nine expedition vessels accommodating from between 22 to 86 passengers, mainly those seeking adventure cruises in North America’s coastal, island and inland waters from Alaska south to Mexico’s...

Our Small Ship Cruise Reviews & Articles

If you can imagine it, we’ve cruised it! With reviews, articles and destination overviews, we’ve got you covered.

5 Quirky Cruise Packing Tips from a Professional Traveler

5 Quirky Cruise Packing Tips from a Professional Traveler

Heidi’s No Nonsense Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna I travel for pleasure and I also travel for a living. As a freelance writer for many years and co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com, a review site focused on the small-ship cruising experience, I’m a globetrotter who...

VIKING River Cruises

VIKING River Cruises

Viking Viking River Cruises (now Viking), established by former officials of the old Royal Viking Line, has grown by leaps and bounds, including introducing more ships in one year than has ever occurred before. More than a score of itineraries covers the European...

Review of a 2-Night Kerala Houseboat Cruise on the Lotus

Review of a 2-Night Kerala Houseboat Cruise on the Lotus

Kerala Houseboat Cruise on Lotus. Reviewer Elaine Andrews from the UK. Cruise Line ABChapri Retreats. Boat Lotus Houseboat. Destination Northern Kerala backwaters. # of Nights 2. Departure Port Neeleshwar, India. Date of Cruise February, 2023. Subscribe to our monthly...

Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi Now on Many Small Cruise Ships

Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi Now on Many Small Cruise Ships

Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi By Anne Kalosh Updated May 30, 2023 More small cruise ships, from river vessels to yachts to expedition ships, are improving their Wi-Fi by adding SpaceX's Starlink service. Among the small ship lines implementing Starlink are SeaDream Yacht...

Let Our Expert UnCruise Reviews Inspire Your Next Small Ship Cruise

Let Our Expert UnCruise Reviews Inspire Your Next Small Ship Cruise

UnCruise Reviews sponsored When we started QuirkyCruise.com seven years ago, it was to share what we knew about the small-ship cruising niche. We wanted to tell others who enjoy the style of traveling we like — without the crowds on unusual itineraries to beautiful...

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