What it is like on a cruise or on a land vacation. What travelers see and do. Information about destinations
Editors Note: If the spelling of the first word of the title of this post resonates with you, read on. If not, what follows will be meaningless, mainly because you are not cool enough to understand it. Ocean cruises on Read More …
Already pairing their own custom brew with a chef-designed burger, Carnival Cruise Lines is adding a local craft beer to ships sailing from Florida ports. It’s yet another move by the cruise giant to establish and promote a mutual long Read More …
One of our last stops sailing with Abercrombie & Kent on a European river cruise was Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands. Arguably a place that takes more than a day stop on a cruise itinerary to see, our Read More …
While sailing with Abercrombie & Kent, we have mentioned parts of their version of the river cruise experience that are unique. Included pre- and post-cruise hotel stays and custom-designed off-ship experiences stand out as easily-definable line items one might anticipate Read More …
As we near the end of our sailing with Abercrombie & Kent, one of the last stops on our itinerary that began in Munich was Cologne, Germany. While the journey is far from over, the day we spent in Cologne Read More …
By big ship or small ship, river or ocean, cruise vacations done right pack a lot of value for today’s traveler. Once the domain of ‘the newly-wed or nearly-dead’ as the old saying goes, travel via cruise ship has some Read More …
On a walking tour of Bamberg, Germany our Abercrombie & Kent group spent several hours exploring the UNESCO World Heritage Site, following much the same path I had enjoyed on a previous visit. Realizing the similar walking itinerary, I broke Read More …
Much of what makes a cruise vacation an attractive travel option is knowing what to expect. Regardless of the cruise line, at some point the big ship casts off and heads out to sea, taking cruise travelers to a variety Read More …
A perennial favorite with family travel, Carnival Cruise Lines took their time updating the award-winning Camp Carnival program and with good reason: it was rated tops with both parents and kids for quite some time. Parents were happy. Kids were Read More …