Victory Great Lakes Cruise By Stephanie Sack It was during a lecture about shipwrecks in Victory I's lovely Compass Lounge when I realized that a vacation on this ship was much more than a 10-day Great Lakes cruise. After years spent guiding travelers through...
AmaMagna Danube River Cruise Review By Jane Iyer What could be more pleasurable than spending a glorious evening gazing out at Budapest’s stately buildings lining the banks of the Danube — with a glass of wine in hand? This was indeed the perfect start to our seven...
Nile River Cruise On The S.S. Sudan By Carolyn Muraskin Egypt had been at the top of my travel list for years, and in January 2023, I finally made the journey. As an architect turned tour guide in Washington, DC, I talk about design daily. While Washington offers a...
Can ChatGPT Make a Good Packing List? By Paige Okun & ChatGPT I panicked for the fourth time in a week about packing for an upcoming trip. I travel all the time, and while I’m not a great packer, I’m competent. However, this trip had me in a tizzy. I was setting...
By Robin McKelvie I’ve long been a fan of Hebrides Cruises, whose sturdy wee Elizabeth G has spirited me out to the ultra-remote St Kilda archipelago and on other superb adventures around the Inner Hebrides and along the remarkable Caledonian...
sponsored By Heidi Sarna, with Judi Cuervo You’ve done the Danube, seen the Seine and rolled on the Rhine. Now it’s time to experience a hidden world of Europe river cruises. It’s not surprising that the best way to discover unique Europe River cruise routes is with...
Historic London Pubs Tour by Paige Okun If you have half day before or after your Thames River cruise and want a unique view of London culture, try Liquid History’s tour of historic London pubs. Pubs are an integral part of British life, with nearly 40,000 pubs in the...
By Stephanie Sack Stretching from the Canal du Midi in the south to the Canal du Nivernais in the north, the complex canal systems crisscrossing France are not just inland waterways — they are living artifacts of European history, once crucial for trade and industry...
By Paige Okun It was the first morning of our Greek island cruise. The sun rose over the Aegean Sea, and I was feeling relaxed and ready for a day of island hopping — until I reached for my phone and found it at 5% battery. I rifled through my backpack in panic. Then...
Sponsored Since its founding, St Lawrence Cruise Lines (SLCL) has been a company supported by both Americans and Canadians. “In light of the current environment, we have certainly had some calls from our American friends wondering if we are upset with them. That is...
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Island Windjammers Lyra Review Reviewer Toni Coleman from the US. Cruise Line Island Windjammers. Ship The 8-passenger Lyra. Destination Greek Isles. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Piraeus, Greece. Date of Cruise September, 2025. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
Maple Leaf Adventures British Columbia Cruise Review By Robin McKelvie As the tender boat (a RIB, or rigid inflatable boat) edges deeper into First Nations territory — and further and further from the stresses and strains of the modern world — we enter a space where...
Mississippi River Music Cities Cruise Review By Jackie Sheckler Finch From the birthplace of the blues and rock ‘n’ roll in Memphis to the home of country music in Nashville, my 7-night cruise aboard the 180-passenger American Splendor was a musical delight. And it...
Canal du Midi Barge Cruise Review By Donna Heiderstadt The first time my friend Suzanne and I found ourselves about to board a seriously small boat for a week-long cruise with a handful of total strangers was in September 1997 in Turkey. As we thought back to that...
American Cruise Lines 2026 Great Lakes Cruises & More By Anne Kalosh With its fast-growing fleet of small U.S.-flag ships, American Cruise Lines is breaking out new Great Lakes and Mississippi River river routes. In 2026, the company will feature three...
Hooghly River Cruise Review By Heidi Sarna I recently spent a fascinating week on a Hooghly River cruise aboard Raj Mahal, a 40-passenger riverboat from Assam Bengal Navigation (ABN). Our journey covered about 250 miles of this twisting distributary of the Ganges,...
Magna Carta Barge Review Reviewer Deb Driscoll from the US. Cruise Line Magna Carta. (Sold through European Waterways and Barge Lady Cruises) Ship The 8-passenger Magna Carta. Destination Thames River, England. # of Nights 6. Departure Port London, England. Date of...
sponsored CroisiEurope Christmas Markets Cruises Christmas cruise itineraries are filled with the sights, sounds and tastes of the holidays. Europe’s centuries-old cities and towns are adorned with twinkling lights and classic decorations. Fragrant evergreens and the...
Magna Carta Thames River Cruise Review By Heidi Sarna Walking off the 8-passenger hotel barge Magna Carta, from its Thames River mooring at the edge of lush woodlands that envelop the Cliveden House estate in the Berkshire hills, we set off on a short uphill trek...
Victory Great Lakes Cruise By Stephanie Sack It was during a lecture about shipwrecks in Victory I's lovely Compass Lounge when I realized that a vacation on this ship was much more than a 10-day Great Lakes cruise. After years spent guiding travelers through...
AmaMagna Danube River Cruise Review By Jane Iyer What could be more pleasurable than spending a glorious evening gazing out at Budapest’s stately buildings lining the banks of the Danube — with a glass of wine in hand? This was indeed the perfect start to our seven...
