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 recognition!
The contest judges said, “QuirkyCruise.com has distinguished itself as a destination for people interested in alternatives to the corporate cruise experience. The site offers a deep dive into more than 80 cruise experiences on rivers and lakes, as well as the high seas. Warm and friendly writing invites readers into the experience.”
Praise & Press Mentions
QuirkyCruise has a great look, is enticingly distinct from anything else out there and has an original/authoritative voice. Best of all, it’s got wonderful stories by two of my fave writers: Heidi Sarna and Ted Scull!
— Anne Kalosh, U.S. editor for Seatrade-Cruise.com & Seatrade Cruise Review
Great idea and resource.
— Tom Stieghorst, Travel Weekly, Senior Editor, Cruise
The small-ship, unique and off-beat segment of the cruise industry has long been over-shadowed by the more conventional mass- and luxury-market segments of the cruise industry. I’ve been involved in this segment for 40 years and always felt “the small-ship story wasn’t being told” adequately through conventional media and the trade press. QuirkyCruise has been able to break through that barrier for those curious cruise travelers who are looking for objective information from experienced reports who have actually traveled on these expedition ships, canal boats, riverboats, ferries and the like. Ted, who I have known for 40 years, and Heidi complement each other perfectly in getting to the important aspects of what off-beat, small-ship cruising is all about.
— Steve Wellmeier, Director of Special Projects, Poseidon Expeditions USA
The site is an excellent source for research on all types of small ship cruises, from riverboats to expedition and sailing vessels that ply waterways and oceans worldwide.
— Micro-Cruising, Australia-based small-ship wholesaler
QuirkyCruise is a very dangerous website! So far I’ve highlighted about 14 cruises that are singing a Siren’s song to me. The descriptive writing of the different cruises really makes you want to go there on that ship. And the photos are perfect for the journey. Great launching of a great website.
— Avid Traveler Nancy
I’m so excited to be signed up for the newsletter!🙂 It gave me wonderful stories, ideas and information.
— A. Marshall
QuirkyCruise.com has been cited in a number of respected online and print publications, including CNBC.com, CruiseWeek, TravelPulse, Travel Weekly, Seatrade Cruise Review, Travel Buzz, Expat Living Singapore, the Straits Times, Cruising Interrupted and others.
Other Writing from Heidi & Ted
Cover story in Travel Weekly magazine by Heidi Sarna about small-ship cruising & the impetus for QuirkyCruise.com (Nov 2022)
Secret Singapore, the book, by Heidi Sarna & Jerome Lim (Jonglez Publishing, 2021)
Podcast Interviews
“QuirkyCruise Celebrates Small Ship Cruising”
OnTravel.com hosted by travel journalists Paul Lasley & Elizabeth Harryman
“Small Ship Cruises, are They Right for You?
Places I Remember with Lea Lane
“Episode 67: Quirky Small-Ship Cruising with Heidi Sarna from QuirkyCruise.com”
DCL Duo Podcast hosted by Brian & Samantha Flock
HEIDI SARNA
