sponsored Cruise Alaska in Winter with UnCruise By Heidi Sarna We asked Captain and UnCruise CEO Dan Blanchard about the genesis of their recently announced winter cruises starting in February and March, 2024. We’re very intrigued to learn more about what seems like a...
sponsored 3 Small Scottish Ships Looking for a vacation with some personality? St Hilda Sea Adventures is a family-run business that has offered wonderful off-beat Scottish island cruises for more than 15 years. Carrying just 6 to 11 passengers, each of their three...
Croatian Coastal Cruise Review By Susan R. Pollack Updated March 2025 After being cooped up in the house for 2½ years and weary of our long pandemic pause from traveling, my husband and I decided the time had come to split Detroit — for Split, Croatia. Familiar to...
Wine Cruise aboard American Empress By Katherine Rodeghier 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, including American Empress....
Greg Mortimer Cruise Review By Nicholas Kontis While I never tire of cruising, some voyages are more memorable than others. One such journey was a 10-night Central America cruise through the Panama Canal, from Costa Rica’s Pacific shore to historic Cartagena on...
Nile River Cruise Review By Alison Abbott There are certainly faster ways to travel from Luxor to Aswan; it is doubtful that any will be as unforgettable as a small-ship cruise with Nour El Nil. The longest river in the world has for centuries captured the imagination...
Why do a Windstar Cruise in Tahiti? By Christine Bottross I spent a week aboard the beautiful 148-pax Wind Spirit in French Polynesia this past September and had a wonderful time. Here are my nine reasons, along with photos and videos I enjoyed capturing throughout...
"Escape Clauses – Getting Away With a Travel Writing Life" We like supporting writers who love traveling as much as we do, especially the more unusual and offbeat stuff. So in that spirit, below we feature a little teaser about a new travel memoir from writer Bob...
Barge Luciole Review. REVIEWER Meme Moy from USA. CRUISE LINE Luciole. SHIP Barge Luciole. DESTINATION France, Nivernais Canal # OF NIGHTS, 6. DEPARTURE PORT Auxerre, France. DATE OF CRUISE Aug, 2022. OVERALL EXPERIENCE RATING 5 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very...
Variety Cruises Review of Galileo. REVIEWER Jeff Freelinger from USA. CRUISE LINE Variety. SHIP Galileo. DESTINATION Greece & the Greek Isles. # OF NIGHTS, 7. DEPARTURE PORT Athens/Piraeus, Greece. DATE OF CRUISE October, 2022. OVERALL EXPERIENCE RATING 5 out of 5...
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Seatrade Miami Convention 2024 News By Anne Kalosh From newbuilds to a new expedition brand, plenty of small-ship news emerged from cruising's biggest annual B2B event, Seatrade Cruise Global, this month. The Seatrade Miami Convention 2024, with a jam-packed...
Windstar Adding 2 Ships By Ted Scull, with reporting by Anne Kalosh Windstar broke the mold 40 years ago when in 1984 the new firm launched its first of what would be a trio of sleek combination motor sailers. Now, decades later, Windstar is adding a new build, the...
Biking River Cruise With Backroads & AmaWaterways By John Roberts You can have it all as a cycling enthusiast who wants to explore Europe on a highly curated, hassle-free vacation. In fact, I took a river cruise bike tour that combines the best elements of sailing...
8 Alaska Small Ship Cruises By M.T. Schwartzman Updated Feb 2025 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...
American Cruise Lines Buys American Queen By Ted Scull. If you are old enough to recall the nightly newscaster Gabriel Heatter, he began his nightly news broadcast with “Good evening everyone, there’s good news tonight.” Indeed, there is great news for those cruisers...
sponsored New UnCruise Itineraries As usual, UnCruise keeps things fresh and exciting! Check out this cool new UnCruise itinerary debuting in 2025, in the Aleutian Islands. New UnCruise Itineraries for 2025 — Aleutian Islands Adventure with Kodiak, Katmai & Kenai...
sponsored Packing Tips For Alaska Cruising With Uncruise Adventures By Heidi Sarna No one does small-ship cruising better than UnCruise Adventures. The leader in small-scale Alaska cruises, the Uncruise fleet carries from 22 to 86 passengers on wide-ranging...
sponsored Overnight River Boat Cruising In Canada This year, St. Lawrence Cruise Lines’ (SLCL) one-of-a-kind small passenger ship, the 64-passenger Canadian Empress, will sail the scenic waters of eastern Canada’s 1000 Islands and the St. Lawrence River for its 44th...
Bar Harbor To Limit Cruise Visitors By Anne Kalosh For many years Bar Harbor, with a year-round population of just 5,500, was Maine's busiest cruise port, handling hundreds of thousands of passengers a season. For some residents, that was too many. Even though the...
This article may contain referral links. Alaska Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna Updated May 2025 I’ve been to Alaska many times over the years, having done nearly a dozen cruises there, on big and small ships, but mostly on the small ones, my favorites. And I've...
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...
