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Tiptoeing Through Tulips on an AmaSerena Tulip Time Cruise in Belgium and the Netherlands

by QuirkyCruise | Apr 24, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Belgium, Cycling cruises, Europe, Holland, Netherlands, River Feature Articles | 0

Tulip Time Cruise By Katherine Rodeghier After a cold winter, I anxiously await welcoming signs of...

Seatrade Miami Convention 2024 Small Ship Cruise News

by Anne Kalosh | Apr 24, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Anne Kalosh Stories, NEWS | 0

Seatrade Miami Convention 2024 News By Anne Kalosh From newbuilds to a new expedition brand,...

Windstar Adding 2 Ships To Its Fleet In 2025 & 2026, One A New Build

by Theodore Scull | Apr 18, 2024 | All Feature Articles, NEWS | 0

Windstar Adding 2 Ships By Ted Scull, with reporting by Anne Kalosh Windstar broke the mold 40...

5 Reasons A Biking River Cruise With Backroads & AmaWaterways Is Perfect For Active Travelers Of Any Age

by John Roberts | Apr 12, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Europe, Fitness, Fitness cruises, Fitness Cruises, France, French Rivers/Canals, Inspiration, John Roberts Reviews, Solo Cruising, Wine Cruise | 0

Biking River Cruise With Backroads & AmaWaterways By John Roberts You can have it all as a...

7 Alaska Small Ship Cruises To Consider — Alaska Expert M.T. Schwartzman Shares Details

by QuirkyCruise | Apr 9, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Alaska, Charters, Feature Articles, North America | 2

7 Alaska Small Ship Cruises By M.T. Schwartzman I took my first cruise to Alaska in 1988 aboard...

American Cruise Lines Buys American Queen & Her 3 Former Fleetmates From Defunct American Queen Voyages

by Theodore Scull | Apr 3, 2024 | All Feature Articles, NEWS, Ted Scull Reviews | 0

American Cruise Lines Buys American Queen By Ted Scull. If you are old enough to recall the...

9 Packing Tips For Alaska Cruising With Uncruise Adventures

by Heidi Sarna | Mar 29, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Feature Articles, Fitness cruises, Inspiration | 0

sponsored Packing Tips For Alaska Cruising With Uncruise Adventures By Heidi Sarna No one does...

Overnight River Boat Cruising In Canada On A Classic Small Ship — The Canadian Empress

by Heidi Sarna | Mar 27, 2024 | All Feature Articles, American and Canadian Waterways, Coastal Feature Articles, Feature Articles, Heritage Ships, North America | 0

sponsored Overnight River Boat Cruising In Canada This year, St. Lawrence Cruise Lines’ (SLCL)...

Bar Harbor To Limit Cruise Visitors, As It Reverts To A Small-Ship Destination

by Anne Kalosh | Mar 26, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Anne Kalosh Stories, Coastal Feature Articles, NEWS | 0

Bar Harbor To Limit Cruise Visitors By Anne Kalosh For many years Bar Harbor, with a year-round...

Do I Need Travel Insurance? Travel Advisor Kevin Flink Tells Us Why He Thinks Travel Insurance Is A Good Idea

by QuirkyCruise | Mar 25, 2024 | Insurance, All Feature Articles, Travel advisors | 0

Do I Need Travel Insurance? By Heidi Sarna I had a chat with travel advisor Kevin Flink about...

Alaska Cruise Packing Tips — Heidi Shares Her Packing List For Alaska Quirky Cruising

by Heidi Sarna | Mar 22, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Alaska, Heidi Sarna Reviews, Inspiration, North America, Packing Tips & Hacks | 0

Alaska Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna I’ve been to Alaska many times over the years, having...

6 Reasons To Love An Arctic Cruise Around Svalbard With Swan Hellenic

by John Roberts | Mar 11, 2024 | All Feature Articles, John Roberts Reviews, Wildlife Cruises | 0

Arctic Cruise Around Svalbard By John Roberts The High Arctic is the land of the polar bears,...

Atlas Ocean Voyages ANTARCTICA Review Of World Traveller By Reader Sheryl Rowling From USA — Not A Happy Camper

by QuirkyCruise | Mar 11, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Antarctica, Reader Reviews | 0

Atlas Ocean Voyages Antarctica Review Reviewer Sheryl Rowling from the USA. Cruise Line Atlas...

South Of France Barge Cruising With European Waterways — Peter Knego Reviews The 10-Pax Athos

by Peter Knego | Mar 10, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Barge Cruise, French Rivers/Canals, Peter Knego Reviews | 1

South Of France Barge Cruising By Peter Knego To many, the idea of transport on a barge might seem...

Sail The Nile READER REVIEW Of The 14-pax Dahabyia Minja By Sigrid Kolle From Germany

by QuirkyCruise | Mar 5, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Charter This, Egypt, Feature Articles, Heritage Ships, Historic Sites, Inspiration, Reader Reviews | 0

Sail the Nile Review Reviewer Sigrid Kolle from Germany. Cruise Line Sail the Nile. Ship...

9 Of The Best French Barge Cruises You Should Know About

by Heidi Sarna | Mar 5, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Barge Cruise, Charter This, Cruise Tips, Cycling cruises, Europe, French Rivers/Canals, Heidi Sarna Reviews, Wine Cruise | 4

Best French Barge Cruises By Heidi Sarna I’ve enjoyed small-ship cruises of all kinds all...

Savoring An Epicurean Expedition On World Traveller From Barcelona To Nice With Atlas Ocean Voyages — Anne Kalosh Was Impressed!

by Anne Kalosh | Mar 1, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Anne Kalosh Stories, Europe, the Mediterranean, France, Inspiration, Italy | 2

Epicurean Expedition On World Traveller By Anne Kalosh Les Halles, the big covered market in Sète,...

American Queen Voyages Shut Down Operations

by Theodore Scull | Feb 28, 2024 | NEWS, All Feature Articles, North America, Ted Scull Reviews | 0

American Queen Voyages Shut Down Operations by Ted Scull, Karl Zimmermann, Anne Kalosh & Heidi...

7 Reasons To UnCruise In Alaska — Heidi Loved Her Week UnCruising in Alaska

by Heidi Sarna | Feb 28, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Alaska, Deals, Heidi's Reviews, Inspiration, North America, Wildlife Cruises | 2

7 Reasons To UnCruise in Alaska By Heidi Sarna I recently came back from a week in Alaska with...

French Country Waterways’ Adrienne Hotel Barge Delights Writer Rick Sylvain

by QuirkyCruise | Feb 28, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Charters, Europe, French Rivers/Canals | 0

French Country Waterways’ Adrienne By Rick Sylvain Maps say we are in the heart of France,...

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I'm up to 78 countries and 110+ cruises worldwide, and it's the small ship journeys that I love writing about most. And so QuirkyCruise.com was born, an excellent research tool for planning your own unforgettable small ship trip.

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16 European River Cruise Cycling Tips & Packing Pointers — Are You Ready to Pedal?

European River Cruise Cycling Tips By Heidi Sarna Last fall I spent a week aboard the 156-pax AMA Stella round-trip from Amsterdam to explore the waterways of the Netherlands and Belgium. We chose this itinerary because of the many opportunities for us to sightsee by...

UnCruise Sea of Cortez Adventures — 8 Reasons to Choose a Week on the Wild Side

UnCruise Sea of Cortez Cruise Review by John Roberts Crowds are assembled along the esplanade (or malecon known locally) at the seaside town of La Paz, which is still ablaze in the early evening with the last strains of the tangerine glow from another legendary Sea...

What is a Cruise Director? — St. Lawrence Cruise Lines’ Cruise Director Trevor Houle Tells Us

sponsored Cruise Director Trevor Houle Takes Us Behind the Scenes By Heidi Sarna. I had an e-chat with Trevor Houle, cruise director and purser for St. Lawrence Cruise Lines to find what it’s like to be the glue that holds a cruise together. Wearing many hats, a...

Culinary Cruises — Atlas Cooks Up Small-Ship Epicurean Expeditions In Europe

Culinary Cruises with Atlas By Anne Kalosh Atlas Ocean Voyages, a young company known for its polar expeditions, also cruises in Europe where the destination-rich itineraries are designed as "epicurean expeditions." These culinary cruises complement the line's...

Colombia’s Magdalena River — AMA Waterways Newest River Cruise Region

Colombia’s Magdalena River By Ted Scull AMA Waterways takes a bold new leap into river cruising along one that most readers would not have heard about — Colombia’s Magdalena River. A pair of smallish riverboats are being built for the 2024 season to ply an exciting...

Romantic Windstar Cruise — Celebrating a Milestone Anniversary Aboard Windstar’s Star Pride

Our Romantic Windstar Cruise By Cele and Lynn Seldon Thirty years of marriage is quite the milestone. Fortunately, it’s been more joy than work and something we wanted to celebrate in a big way. Something filled with sunshine (we married in late-January in Richmond,...

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...

Paul C Thornton Starts The Joy of Cruising Podcast

Paul C Thornton's New Podcast Series by Heidi Sarna Paul C Thornton is a passionate man. He’s led a fascinating and full life, enough so to inspire him to write an award-winning memoir a few years back. Originally from New York and now based in Florida with his...

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

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 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...

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