Tulip Time Cruise By Katherine Rodeghier Updated December 2025 After a cold winter, I anxiously await welcoming signs of spring: the first robin, more daylight hours, flowers poking their heads from bulbs growing in slowly warming soil. I especially look for my...
7 Alaska Small Ship Cruises By M.T. Schwartzman Updated February 2026 I took my first cruise to Alaska in 1988 aboard the old Noordam — an ocean-liner-type ship with over 1,200 passengers aboard, which was considered big back in those days. The next year, I boarded my...
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Do I Need Travel Insurance? By Heidi Sarna I had a chat with travel advisor Kevin Flink about travel insurance. I met Kevin on a recent UnCruise in Alaska, where we had the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of travel insurance. Kevin knows a lot about insurance...
Atlas Ocean Voyages Antarctica Review Reviewer Sheryl Rowling from the USA. Cruise Line Atlas Ocean Voyages. Ship 196-passenger World Traveller. Destination Antarctica. # of Nights 9. Departure Port Ushuaia. Date of Cruise Feb 24, 2024. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very...
Sail the Nile Review Reviewer Sigrid Kolle from Germany. Cruise Line Sail the Nile. Ship 14-passenger Dahabyia Minja. Destination The Nile River in Egypt, from Aswan to Luxor to Aswan. # of Nights 8. Departure Port Aswan. Date of Cruise 2024. Ratings (5=excellent,...
French Country Waterways' Adrienne By Rick Sylvain Maps say we are in the heart of France, the confluence where the winding Saone River meets the Canal du Centre. But to passengers aboard the luxury hotel barge Adrienne, we are at the intersection of blissful and...
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Greg Mortimer (Aurora Expeditions) Antarctica by Jerrol Golden of Golden Travel Co. Updated November 2025 The Greg Mortimer, our ship, gently rolls as we traverse the notorious Drake Passage with its 12-foot swells. Crossing the Drake Passage was for me like sitting...
