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Private charters of canal and river boats, yachts, and small coastal cruisers are a great way to travel with your family and friends in your very own travel bubble!
Charter Options & Inspiration
The ultimate way to travel without the crowds, these lines below are especially ideal opportunities for private full-boat charters. The charter opportunities range from luxury canal barges to sporty yachts, classic river boats and mini coastal cruisers.
These charters are ideal for intimate friend and family groups to travel together in their own private water-going conveyance — for peace of mind and flexibility in itinerary planning.
More Murray River Cruise Options as Australia’s Murray River Adds a New Sidewheeler to its Fleet
Murray River Cruise By Ted Scull For Australia, the mention of river cruises would probably result...
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Celebrating Victory Cruise Lines Return to the Great Lakes
Victory Cruise Lines Return By Peter Barnes As an occasional Quirky Cruise contributor, I was...
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Majestic’s Glen Etive — Scotsman Robin McKelvie Reviews the 12-Pax Glen Etive, 8 Years After He Sailed on the Inaugural Voyage
Majestic’s Glen Etive By Robin McKelvie When The Majestic Line launched their first...
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New Owners for The Majestic Line — Scotsman Robin McKelvie Takes a Look at the Direction of Scotland’s Largest Small-Ship Cruise Operator
New Owners for The Majestic Line By Robin McKelvie It’s hard to overemphasize the role that The...
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Inside Windstar Cruises’ New Star Seeker — Anne Kalosh Shares Some Details of Windstar’s Upcoming New Ship
Inside Windstar Cruises’ New Star Seeker By Anne Kalosh Bookings are open for Windstar...
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14 Europe River Cruise Packing Tips — Heidi Shares Her Expert Advice Based on More Than 125 Cruises
Europe River Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna I’ve taken more than 125 cruises all over...
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4 Small Sailing Ship Cruises in the Caribbean to Consider — Our Experts Weigh in on Sea Cloud, Star Clippers, Windstar & Island Windjammers
Small Sailing Ship Cruises in the Caribbean By Judi Cuervo & Heidi Sarna It was probably about...
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Sea Cloud Cruise: Expert Review (2024) — Writer Peter Knego Reunites With A Floating Legend
Sea Cloud Cruise Review By Peter Knego Every now and then, a dream comes true twice. For me, that...
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Colombia’s Magdalena River — AMA Waterways Newest River Cruise Region … Inaugural Delayed Until March 15, 2025
Colombia’s Magdalena River By Ted Scull Updated Sept 2024 — The inaugural sailing of AmaWaterways’...
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AmaWaterways Soulful Experience Cruise on France’s Rhône River — Paul C. Thornton Reviews a 10-Night Cruise & Paris Combo
AmaWaterways Soulful Experience Cruise By Paul C. Thornton I recently checked a river cruise off...
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East Greenland Ocean Albatros Cruises — Anne Kalosh Reviews a Glorious Adventure in an Immense, Wildly Beautiful Place Like No Other
Ocean Albatros Cruises to East Greenland By Anne Kalosh Now is the time of year when a handful of...
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Quasar Evolution Galapagos Cruise Adventure READER REVIEW by Holly Quinn
Quasar Evolution Galapagos Cruise Reviewer Holly Quinn from USA. Cruise Line Quasar. Ship...
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Aqua Expeditions Amazon READER REVIEW by Holly Quinn
Aqua Expeditions Amazon Reviewer Holly Quinn from USA. Cruise Line Aqua Expeditions. Ship...
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Croatia Yacht Cruise with the Small Cruise Ship Collection — An Expert Review of a Cruise in the Adriatic Between Split and Dubrovnik
Croatia Yacht Cruise By Alison Abbott I must be one of the few visitors to Croatia without Game of...
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3 Reasons a First Time River Cruiser Delighted in a Uniworld Douro River Cruise
Uniworld Douro River Cruise By Georgiana Verdonk-Sim When my best friend Heidi suggested a cruise...
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4 Nile River Cruises You Should Know About — From Viking, Nour El Nil & Lindblad
Nile River Cruises By Judi Cuervo & Heidi Sarna The Nile River IS Egypt. This 4,132-mile...
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Riverside Mozart Danube River Cruise Cut Short by High River Levels — Navigating Unpredictable Waters on Europe River Cruises
Riverside Mozart Danube River Cruise By Sharon Kurtz Embarking on a luxurious river cruise along...
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River Levels in Europe — Understanding the Causes & Implications of Fluctuating River Levels That Can Throw a Wrench into your Travel Plans
River Levels in Europe By Sharon Kurtz Navigating Europe’s rivers is not without challenges,...
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New River Line Transcend Cruises Is Building Its First Vessel to Focus Entirely on Group Travel
New River Line Transcend Cruises By Anne Kalosh. Transcend Cruises, the fledgling European river...
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Majestic Line Glen Rosa Review by James from Scotland
Majestic Line Glen Rosa Review Reviewer James from Scotland. Cruise Line Majestic Line. Ship...
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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.
THEODORE W. SCULLI have traveled between all continents by sea and cruised along three dozen rivers. Ships and travel are in my blood, and so is writing. My journeys have translated into many books and many hundreds of articles.
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