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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 | 0

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,...

Hillwood Museum and Sea Cloud Cruises Partner for an Exhibition, Guest Lecturers

by Anne Kalosh | Feb 19, 2024 | NEWS | 0

Hillwood Museum and Sea Cloud Cruises Partner By Anne Kalosh 1931’s Sea Cloud, the largest...

Adventure Canada Arctic Cruise Review — Judi Cohen Will Never Forget Her Quirky & Adventurous Expedition Aboard Ocean Endeavour

by Judi Cohen | Feb 18, 2024 | All Feature Articles, Arctic, Arctic Canada, Feature Articles, Greenland, Inspiration, Judi Cohen Reviews, Oceangoing Feature Articles, Wildlife Cruises | 0

Adventure Canada Arctic Cruise By Judi Cohen True to its name, Adventure Canada delivered...

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HEIDI SARNA

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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Seine River Cruise Review — Seduced by the Seine aboard the Viking Skaga

Seine River Cruise Review By Toby Saltzman When the Eiffel Tower sent sparkles across the indigo sky, it illuminated my feelings as I bid a fond adieu to Paris. Toasting Champagne to the City of Light from the top deck of Viking Skaga on the last night of a river...

Silver Endeavour Antarctica Review — A Luxurious Way To See Antarctica

Silver Endeavour Antarctica By Anne Kalosh. On an Antarctica cruise aboard the sleek, new 200-passenger Silver Endeavour, the ship glided silently past towering mountains of snow between glittering icebergs. We landed in Zodiacs at remote, windswept sites where...

Wonderfully Wild — Scottish Wildlife Cruises with St Hilda Sea Adventures

sponsored Scottish Wildlife Cruises The family-operated St Hilda Sea Adventures has been offering scenic cruises to the beautiful Scottish islands for more than 15 years. Their trio of vessels carry just 6 to 11 passengers each on a variety of 5- to 10-night cruises...

Antarctica Cruise Incidents Are Under Investigation

Antarctica Cruise Incidents By Anne Kalosh. The United States has joined investigations of four marine casualties involving injuries and deaths on expedition cruise ships in Antarctica this season. These occurred with Viking's 378-pax Viking Polaris, Quark...

Aman & Cruise Saudi Commission a Super-Yacht

Aman & Cruise Saudi's Super-Yacht By Anne Kalosh Aman becomes the latest hotel company to commission a super-yacht, following Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons and Accor/Orient Express. The 600-foot/183-meter Aman vessel — called Project Sama for now — will have 50...

Judi Cohen Reviews her Viking Octantis Great Lakes Cruise

Viking Octantis Great Lakes Cruise By Judi Cohen Sometimes the most beautiful things can be found right in your own backyard! Living in Toronto, on the shores of Lake Ontario all my life, I never thought much about exploring the Great Lakes. Road tripping in Ontario...

Accor Enters Small-Ship Cruising with Orient Express Silenseas Super-Yacht

Orient Express Silenseas Super-yacht By Anne Kalosh Hospitality giant Accor is the latest hotel company to enter the cruise arena with plans for a 722-foot super-yacht, Orient Express Silenseas. The company signed a letter of intent for two vessels at Chantiers de...

Review of Ortelius Antarctica Expedition with Oceanwide by Patrick C.

Review of Ortelius Antarctica Expedition. Reviewer Patrick Cantwell from Australia. Cruise Line Oceanwide. Ship Ortelius. Destination Antarctica. # of Nights 20. Departure Port Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Date of Cruise October, 2022. Overall Experience Rating 1 out of...

UnCruise CEO Dan Blanchard Shares Great Reasons to Cruise Alaska in Winter

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...

7 Reasons These Travelers LOVED Their Grand Victoria Barge Cruise Charter

sponsored Grand Victoria Barge Cruise Charter By Heidi Sarna We love when travelers want to tell us all about their latest small-ship quirky cruises. Here, Ron Maxwell shares details on his recent charter of the luxury 6-pax Grand Victoria. QuirkyCruise: When did you...

3 Interesting Small Scottish Ships from St Hilda Sea Adventures

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...

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