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Author: Chris Owen

Chris Owen is a travel writer from Orlando, Florida USA

Experience France In Comfort: Vikings Come Prepared

Posted onMarch 10, 2015March 20, 2017AuthorChris Owen

Preparing for an 8-day sailing through Southern France with Viking River Cruises, we  started early with over a month to go until our summer adventure began.  The idea was that by spending a little time each day in focused thought about the trip Read More …

CategoriesRiver CruisingTagscomfort, experience, France, prepared, vikings

Experience France In Comfort: Viking Longships Bring Easy Embarkation

Posted onMarch 9, 2015March 20, 2017AuthorChris Owen

Continuing our Experience France In Comfort series we take a look back at embarkation on a Viking Longship, how we did it in France and just how easy that was. Viking River Cruises doe a whole lot of things right, Read More …

CategoriesRiver CruisingTagsbring, comfort, experience, France, longships, Viking

Azamara Video Defines Good Reason To #LoveTravel

Posted onMarch 9, 2015July 7, 2015AuthorChris Owen

Azamara Club Cruises defined, packaged and promoted the idea of destination immersion well ahead of other cruise lines. Sure, to many travelers, the ports of call visited on their cruise vacation are of primary importance; regardless of the cruise line sailed. Read More …

CategoriesDestinations, Ocean CruisingTagsazamara, defines, lovetravel, reason, video

New Video Highlights Top Shelf Travel Brands

Posted onMarch 7, 2015March 7, 2015AuthorChris Owen

There is something to be said for passive travel; living an adventure through the eyes of others.  If for no other reason, that travel dream of yours has just not come true yet, even though it eventually will.  If you Read More …

CategoriesExperience, Luxury, PlanningTagsbrands, highlights, shelf, travel, video

Experience France In Comfort: Viking Travelers Preview Destinations

Posted onMarch 6, 2015March 20, 2017AuthorChris Owen

Continuing our series on Sailing France In Comfort, I think back to preparing for travel with Viking River Cruises on an itinerary themed Portraits of Southern France.  Working hard to prepare for the experience, we took Viking up on their recommended Read More …

CategoriesRiver CruisingTagscomfort, experience, France, preview, travelers, Viking

Seabourn Fans Want Encore, And For Good Reason

Posted onMarch 6, 2015August 5, 2015AuthorChris Owen

Remember a couple days ago, when in Seabourn Encore Maiden Season Detailed we revealed details of one amazing inaugural season for new Seabourn Encore?  It was exciting to report that the new ultra-luxury ship would do two pre-inaugural sailings, 16- and 18-day Read More …

CategoriesLuxury, Ocean CruisingTagsencore, reason, seabourn

Experience France In Comfort: Preparing

Posted onMarch 5, 2015March 20, 2017AuthorChris Owen

Last summer, we sailed with Viking River Cruises from Avignon to Lyon, France on an 8-day river cruise.   The Portraits of Southern France itinerary took us to one of the most beautiful parts of the world, at a time of Read More …

CategoriesRiver CruisingTagscomfort, experience, France, preparing

Carnival Ship Swap Brings Destination Focus, Variety

Posted onMarch 5, 2015March 5, 2015AuthorChris Owen

Not long ago, we sailed from Galveston to celebrate the arrival of Carnival Freedom, kicked off with a special CarnivalLIVE performance by Martina McBride.  A new offering by Carnival Cruise Line from the Texas port, adding Carnival Freedom made for a Read More …

CategoriesOcean CruisingTagsbrings, carnival, destination, focus, variety

Seabourn Encore Maiden Season Detailed

Posted onMarch 4, 2015August 5, 2015AuthorChris Owen

New Seabourn Encore will begin sailing in 2016, expanding and building on a solid foundation of award-winning excellence set by Seabourn’s existing Odyssey-class fleet.  Seabourn Encore along with Seabourn Ovation set to debut in 2018, will be larger ships but Read More …

CategoriesLuxury, Ocean CruisingTagsdetailed, encore, maiden, seabourn, season

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