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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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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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Robin McKelvie Reviews a Lord of the Highlands Cruise on the Caledonian Canal

Lord of the Highlands Cruise By Robin McKelvie There is nothing quite like cruising Thomas Telford’s utterly unique Caledonian Canal. And there is nothing quite like cruising the island-studded wilds of the Hebrides. The very good news is that anyone can now...

Ponant Unfurls Zero CO2 Emissions Newbuild Designs

Zero CO2 Emissions Newbuild Designs By Anne Kalosh Ponant unfurled two sail-powered cruise ship designs aimed at achieving zero greenhouse gas equivalent emissions. In doing so, the French small-ship line that got its start with the Ponant sailing yacht returns to its...

Glen Shiel Scotland Cruise Review by Debs from UK — READER REVIEW

Glen Shiel Scotland Cruise Review. Reviewer Debs from UK. Cruise Line Majestic Line. Ship Glen Shiel. Destination Inner Hebrides, Scotland. # of Nights 6. Departure Port Oban, Scotland. Date of Cruise June, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...

American Queen Voyages Selling Its Great Lakes Ships — UPDATE Feb 24, 2024

American Queen Voyages Shut Down Operations 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. The bottom line is that the line never...

Embattled Vantage Deluxe World Travel Files for Chapter 11

Embattled Vantage Deluxe World Travel Files for Chapter 11 By Anne Kalosh Update Aug 21, 2023 https://quirkycruise.com/vantage-customers/ Update Aug 12, 2023 Here's an update on the Vantage situation from our friends at Seatrade Cruise Review — "Court Expected to OK...

Hebrides Cruises New Yacht — The Lucy Mary

Hebrides Cruises New Yacht By Ted Scull Scotland, a huge draw for visitors from all over the world, is likely to have one of the largest fleets of yacht-sized cruise vessels of any of the world’s cruising regions. Right up there with Croatia and the Greek Isles. Put...

Pandaw Vietnam Cruise READER REVIEW from William B

Pandaw Vietnam Cruise Reader Review. Reviewer William Brotby from USA. Cruise Line Pandaw. Ship Pandaw. Destination Mekong Delta. # of Nights 17. Departure Port Hanoi, Vietnam. Date of Cruise December, 2022. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...

American Queen Review — Aboard the Queen of the “Western Rivers”

American Queen Review By Karl Zimmermann 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. The bottom line is that the line never...

Small-Ship Winter Cruising in Canada to be Offered by Ponant in 2025

Winter Cruising in Canada By Anne Kalosh Travelers on small-ship line Ponant will become the first to cruise Canada in winter when Le Commandant Charcot braves the snow and ice to offer a pioneering adventure. Icebreakers crunch open a path for cargo ships on the...

Expert Travel Insurance Tips From Travel Agents Charlie & Sherrie Funk

Travel Insurance Tips from Charlie and Sherrie Funk By Charlie & Sherrie Funk Sherrie Funk started the first cruise-only travel agency in Tennessee in 1988. Her husband, Charlie Funk, joined her full-time in 1993. The pair ran Just Cruisin’ Plus for 40 years. They...

Scenic Opal River Cruise — Writer Terri Colby Reviews Her “Charming Castles and Vineyards Cruise”

Scenic Opal River Cruise By Terri Colby Cruising smoothly on a crisp but sunny Sunday morning on the Rhine River, church bells ring, birdsong blends with rippling water sounds and passengers on the Scenic Opal river boat cross the top sundeck from side to side to see...

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