When asked about a trip to Alaska, the conversation naturally leads to Holland America Line or Princess Cruises. Those two sister cruise lines take more travelers to the land of the midnight sun than all others on the planet combined. Read More …
All this talk about nickel and dimeing, specialty restaurant charges, automatically added gratuities and other (sorta) optional fees paid in addition to the cruise fare hearkens back to another time. Ten years ago, travelers were lining up to fill ships Read More …
Continuing to prepare for the arrival of Viking Star in the Caribbean, today we go to the world of pirates, treasure and smuggling. Now forget the pirates and treasure, focus on the smuggling. Or don’t. Yes, not thinking about smuggling Read More …
As man-made “island” destinations go, cruise lines have done an amazing job in the Caribbean creating interesting places to park their ships for a day. Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic looks to be no exception to that rule. When Read More …
Sailing in the Caribbean is something we know all about; we’ve done it a bunch on a bunch of cruise lines. From Fun to Ultra Luxury we’ve seen most of them and enjoyed each for different reasons, at different times Read More …
Preparing to sail aboard Viking Cruises new Viking Star on a new West Indies Explorer itinerary, we’re taking another look at features that have proved popular in other parts of the world to see how they might be received in Read More …
Ultra luxury Seabourn cruises sails to every continent on the planet. Focusing on Antarctica, series of video brings detail on many popular elements of sailing there. Majestic, unspoiled natural splendors await on any trip to Antarctica. It’s pretty hard to Read More …
The world of cruise travel continues to expand, offering more choices to more places around the world than ever before. Once thought to be a lazy mans way of travel, even hearty adventure travelers are coming along on cruises if Read More …
Counting down the days until we sail with Viking Cruises aboard new Viking Star on her inaugural Caribbean sailing, we thought you might like to come along. As the Viking Ocean Cruises empire continues to expand, their version of all Read More …