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QuirkyCruise News: Viking River Cruises New Vessels

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Oct 23, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. Viking River Cruises New Vessels. Viking River Cruises plans to debut seven new...

QuirkyCruise News: Crystal Weeklong River Cruises to Start in 2019

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Oct 18, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. More seven-day itineraries are offered in Crystal River Cruises’ newly...

QuirkyCruise News: Tauck Taking Reservations for 2020 Oberammergau

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Oct 16, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. Once every decade since the 1630s, residents of the Bavarian village of...

HAPAG-Lloyd Expedition Cruises

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Oct 10, 2017 | Amazon Basin, Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Canada, Argentina, Chilean Fjords, Cruise Regions, Easter Island, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Greenland, Iceland, North Pole, Pacific Ocean Islands, Ship & Line reviews, Small Ship Cruise Lines, Small Ship Expedition Cruises — Expert Reviews & artickles, Small Ship Oceangoing Cruises — Expert Reviews & Articles, Small Ship River & Canal Cruises — Expert Reviews & Articles, South America, South Georgia, Spitzbergen/Svalbard, Uncategorized

HAPAG-Lloyd Expedition Cruises Hapag-Lloyd Cruises traces its origins back to the 19th century...

QuirkyCruise News: Crystal Mahler Debuts in Germany

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Sep 22, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. Crystal Mahler debuts for Crystal River Cruises. The line officially welcomed its...

QuirkyCruise News: Off-Season Alaska with UnCruise

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Sep 22, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. UnCruise Adventures is the first line to sail to Alaska each season, and now the...

QuirkyCruise News: CroisiEurope’s Brand New INDOCHINE II

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Sep 5, 2017 | Asia: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Mekong River, NEWS, Vietnam

By Anne Kalosh. CroisiEurope’s brand-new INDOCHINE II for the Mekong River mingles...

QuirkyCruise News: SeaDream to Offer Cuba Cruises

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Sep 2, 2017 | NEWS, Caribbean Islands, Cuba

By Anne Kalosh. The big ships may be flocking to Havana for Cuba cruises, but smaller vessels can...

QuirkyCruise News: Mystic Cruises’ Mário Ferreira Expands into Expedition Cruising

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Aug 24, 2017 | NEWS, Expedition Feature Articles, Portugal

By Anne Kalosh. Branching out into the ocean cruise sector, Mystic Invest’s Mário Ferreira...

QuirkyCruise News: A Musical Godmother for Newly Delivered CRYSTAL BACH

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Aug 23, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. Opera star Anna Maria Kaufmann sang on Crystal River Cruises’ newly...

QuirkyCruise News: One Ocean Expeditions Adds a Third Ship

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Aug 17, 2017 | Antarctica, Arctic, NEWS

by Anne Kalosh. The Canadian line One Ocean Expeditions is expanding with a third ship, RCGS...

QuirkyCruise News: Lindblad and Exhale Team Up On Well-Being Baja Getaways

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Aug 12, 2017 | NEWS, Mexico/Pacific Coast, North America

By Anne Kalosh. Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has teamed with spa and fitness provider...

QuirkyCruise News: American Revolution-themed Route for American Constitution

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Aug 9, 2017 | Coastal Feature Articles, American and Canadian Waterways, Coastal America, NEWS, North America

By Anne Kalosh. Attention, U.S. history buffs! American Cruise Lines’ new “American...

QuirkyCruise News: Crystal Introduces New Crystal Bach

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Aug 7, 2017 | NEWS

By Anne Kalosh. Crystal River Cruises’ first new build has entered service. The line took...

Expedition Cruising is Booming — For Better or Worse

Posted by QuirkyCruise | Jul 13, 2017 | Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Canada, Expedition Feature Articles, Falkland Islands, Greenland, Iceland, North Pole, Northwest Passage, South Georgia, Spitzbergen/Svalbard

By Anne Kalosh. This story was first posted by Anne in Seatrade Cruise News and is reproduced by...

Big Ships Vs Small Ships in Alaska

Posted by Theodore Scull | May 8, 2017 | Alaska, All Feature Articles, Cruise Regions, Feature Articles, How to Choose articles, North America, Uncategorized

Small Ships in Alaska By Ted Scull. Over the years, I have made six trips to Alaska, five of them...

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Posted by Pete Hudack | Mar 22, 2017

Awards QuirkyCruise has won several prestigious SATW Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism awards, including a third-place bronze for the Best Editorial Travel Journalism Website. Heidi and Ted where thrilled to receive this...

Paddling the Pacific Northwest with American Queen Steamboat Co

Posted by Anne Kalosh | Oct 18, 2015 | American and Canadian Waterways, Coastal America, Cruise Regions, North America, River Feature Articles, Uncategorized

The American Empress Paddlewheeler By Anne Kalosh. One day aboard the AMERICAN...

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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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Grand Circle Cruise Review, a READER REVIEW of a Southern France River Cruise by Dave & Pat

Grand Circle Cruise Review. Reviewer Dave & Pat from USA. Cruise Line Grand Circle. Ship 86-pax River Chanson. Destination Southern France. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Arles. Date of Cruise 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor, 1=terrible)...

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Sea Cloud Cruises Sails Into the U.S. Market, Reports Anne Kalosh

Sea Cloud Cruises Sails Into the U.S. Market By Anne Kalosh Sea Cloud Cruises, which operates three majestic and authentic windjammers that are hand-sailed, opened a U.S. office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This means the Hamburg, Germany-based company is reaching out...

Swan Hellenic Diana Cruise Review of Iceland Itinerary — READER REVIEW from Tom of the USA

Swan Hellenic Diana Cruise Review. Reviewer Tom from USA. Cruise Line Swan Hellenic. Ship Diana. Destination Iceland. # of Nights 8. Departure Port Reykjavik. Date of Cruise August, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor, 1=terrible) -Overall...

Vantage Customers May Get Travel Credit With Aurora Expeditions

Vantage Customers May Get Travel Credit By Anne Kalosh Aug 29 UPDATE by Anne Kalosh: "New Vantage Explorations to offer 'Vantage-style' travel." Pacific Travel Partners, a subsidiary of Australia's Aurora Expeditions, acquired the assets — essentially, the customer...

Sailo Yacht Charters — Called the Airbnb of Boat & Yacht Charters

Sailo Yacht Charters By Heidi Sarna I had an e-chat with Sailo.com Founder & CEO Magda Marcu and her team and they shared some details about the boat and yacht charter platform that's been called by Conde Nast Traveler the "Airbnb of boats and yachts."...

John Roberts Reviews Two New River Lines — Viva Cruises and Riverside Luxury Cruises

Viva Cruises and Riverside Luxury Cruises By John Roberts Riverside Luxury Cruises is the second new river line that I’ve tried in 2023. Riverside and Viva Cruises are new German-owned entrants to the river market in Europe who are both trying to lure North American...

6 Reasons John Roberts is Excited That Riverside Luxury Cruises’ Saved Riverside Mozart

Riverside Mozart By John Roberts Riverside Luxury Cruises jumped at the chance to purchase the Crystal Cruises river boats when the longtime premium cruise line went out of business in 2022. Sister and brother Anouchka and Gregor Gerlach, owners of luxury resort group...

AURORA Expeditions

Aurora Expeditions Australia-based Aurora Expeditions charters expedition-style ships for its far-reaching adventure cruise programs as well as being a full-service travel agency to aid clients with all travel arrangements, including pre- and post-cruise land stays....

John Roberts’ Christmas Markets Cruise — QuirkyCruise Contributor & Cruise Expert to Host Holiday Cruise on Rhine River with Transcend Cruises

John Roberts' Christmas Markets Cruise on the Rhine River By Heidi Sarna We love how involved in the travel world our contributing writers are. John Roberts is a great example. In fact, John — who is owner of In The Loop Travel, a website and social media brand that...

International Galápagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) Calls to Limit Galápagos Land Tourism Following UNESCO Alarm

IGTOA Calls to Limit Galápagos Land Tourism By Anne Kalosh Often cruise ships get a bad rap for contributing to overtourism. The Galápagos are a case where small ships, their numbers capped, are a model for regulated travel to a sensitive area, and it's land tourism...

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