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Here we share the latest small-ship cruise news and first-person cruise reviews and round-ups from our team of globetrotting writers. If you've got a penchant for small-scale travel aboard boats, yachts, tall ships and mini cruisers, then enjoy the ride through our sea of stories about small-ship cruising.

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

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Wilderness Legacy Cruise Ship Review By Peter Knego (Photo Above: The handsome Wilderness Legacy,...

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise By Aimée Laberge Natashquan, Harrington Harbour,...

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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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I 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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ST HILDA Sea Adventures

ST HILDA Sea Adventures

St. Hilda Sea Adventures St. Hilda Sea Adventures, a Scottish firm established in 2007 and based in Oban, operates three vessels — a small, former sail training tall ship; a former working vessel for the Royal Navy; and the third and newest acquisition is a former...

Affordable European River Cruises

Affordable European River Cruises

Affordable European River Cruises By Ted Scull. Our regular visitors to QuirkyCruise know full well that small-ship cruising does not come cheaply. In many cases, it can be downright expensive and beyond one’s means. Today’s massive cruise ships have economies of...

Royal Clipper Cruise to Corsica, Elba & Sardinia with a Newbie

Royal Clipper Cruise to Corsica, Elba & Sardinia with a Newbie

Royal Clipper Cruise to Corsica, Elba & Sardinia By Christina P. Colon. To cruise or not to cruise? Long ago I took the plunge and have enjoyed endless ports of call and midnight buffets ever since. But when I suggested we try a small-ship cruise on Star Clippers'...

RIVIERA River Cruises

RIVIERA River Cruises

Riviera River Cruises Founded in 1984 in the UK, this large and respected travel firm charters a fleet of a dozen up-to-date riverboats (all built between 2013 and 2019) that are owned and mostly built in Switzerland. (The Swiss have been in the river shipping...

ALASKA Marine Highway

ALASKA Marine Highway

Alaska Marine Highway The Alaska Marine Highway (AMH) is the only long-distance ferry service in the United States that offers sleeping cabins and multiple-day journeys. There are a variety of routes and, therefore, different itineraries to develop. Unlike a straight...

Small Ship News: UnCruise Adventures in Hawaii This Summer 🌸🌼

Small Ship News: UnCruise Adventures in Hawaii This Summer 🌸🌼

More UnCruise Adventures in Hawaii By Ted Scull. Summer small-ship adventure cruising amongst the Hawaiian Islands has been added to UnCruise's long-established November to April sailings. Choose from six departures with a choice of four 7-nighters in July and two in...

QuirkyCruise Island Windjammers Cruise Giveaway: The Winner Is …

QuirkyCruise Island Windjammers Cruise Giveaway: The Winner Is …

QuirkyCruise Island Windjammers Cruise Giveaway Boy do Heidi and Ted  love saying ... "And the Winner Is" ... We're excited to announce the winner of our Island Windjammers Caribbean cruise giveaway is Gail Whitworth from the USA! Gail and her guest will enjoy a free...

How to Become a Travel Writer: Ted Tells his Story

How to Become a Travel Writer: Ted Tells his Story

How to Become a Travel Writer Quirky’s Heidi Sarna interviews the other quirky, Ted Scull, about how he first got started writing. QC: What was your first writing experience? TED: My first semi-serious writing got launched, not by choice, during two eight-week summer...

U by Uniworld Cancels 2019 France Cruises

U by Uniworld Cancels 2019 France Cruises

U by Uniworld Cancels 2019 France Cruises. By Anne Kalosh. U by Uniworld is dropping its 2019 Seine River program on The B and will move the vessel to Central Europe in 2020, joining sister ship The A. President and CEO Ellen Bettridge said customer demand is...

ARGYLL Cruising

ARGYLL Cruising

Argyll Cruising. Argyll Cruising is a family-operated, one-ship line that got its start in 2015. Besides being local people, the skipper acquired first-hand training on the Majestic Line, another line covered and operating much the same wee type of ship cruises in the...

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