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...
Hotel Barge Cruise on Luciole By Georgiana Verdonk-Sim When my best friend Heidi Sarna, co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com proposed the idea of celebrating my 50th on a week-long barge cruise along the French Nivernais Canal, I must admit, I was skeptical at first. My...
Cruise the St. Lawrence Seaway sponsored Travel without the crowds aboard the classic overnight riverboat, the 66-passenger Canadian Empress, as it slowly cruises through the waters of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway. The vessel carries a lot of repeat passengers from...
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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 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 learned some things...
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...
South Of France Barge Cruising By Peter Knego To many, the idea of transport on a barge might seem appropriate for iron ore, grain or some other form of cargo, and of course, that is most often the case. That noted, savvy QuirkyCruisers also know that some barges have...
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,...
Best French Barge Cruises By Heidi Sarna Updated Oct 2024 I've enjoyed small-ship cruises of all kinds all over the world, but I'm particularly partial to barge cruises along the canals of France. Everything I truly desire when traveling is offered on a barge cruise:...
Epicurean Expedition On World Traveller By Anne Kalosh Les Halles, the big covered market in Sète, France, was hopping on a Thursday last May. Families clustered around small tables with big plates of mussels from the nearby Thau Lagoon, couples slurped oysters and...
American Queen Voyages Shut Down Operations by Ted Scull, Karl Zimmermann, Anne Kalosh & Heidi Sarna Update March 22, 2024 — Bids close March 25 for American Queen Voyages' vessels. More details from Anne Kalosh's Seatrade Cruise News reporting HERE. A deep-felt...
7 Reasons To UnCruise in Alaska By Heidi Sarna Updated April 2025 I recently came back from a week in Alaska with UnCruise and it was an invigorating and memorable experience that I highly recommend for anyone who enjoys exploring the great outdoors in remote places...
