A POSITIVE VIEW OF GLOBAL TRAVEL NEWS
Baked Alaska Back On Carnival And That’s Not The Big Story
The culinary offerings among cruise lines bring a wide variety of choices to travelers. As ships sail to destinations around the world, menus often change a bit to include fresh, local ingredients. Talented chefs have come from shore to lend Read More …
Viking Brings Back Downton Abbey
Fans of the celebrated PBS series Downton Abbey get another chance to curate content, this time in person with Downton Abbey: The Exhibition. Presented by Viking Cruises, the exhibit takes an up close and personal look at the history, fashion, and culture Read More …
Black Friday Was A Travel Dud But Cyber Monday Might Not Be
If travel buyers looking for a deal on Black Friday found one, I am happy for them. They got lucky. In an effort to blow away last year’s numbers, cruise lines released Black Friday deals far in advance and carried Read More …
Always Appreciated: Travel Gift Cards
We often think of gift cards in terms of dollars and what they can buy. A $20 gift card for a clothing store gets $20 worth of clothes. Totally choosing to romanticize the business of travel, gift cards of any Read More …
Ten Reasons To Like Carnival Horizon, In Advance
Carnival Horizon debuts in the spring of 2018, complete with features introduced on sister Carnival Vista not long ago. SkyRide, the innovative bike-ride-in-the-sky attraction will be on board as well as an IMAX Theatre, a wide range of accommodations and more. Read More …
Popular Cruise Line Adds Short Cruise Capacity
One of the best parts of multiple embarkation ports scattered around the United States: we can drive there. Regardless of our thoughts about flying, driving directly to our ship while avoiding airlines and airports is often the most efficient way Read More …
Preview: Black Friday Travel Deals
A week from today is Black Friday followed by Cyber Monday, two days savvy travel buyers are waiting for like a dial-up internet connection. It just seems to be taking forever to get here. Those who do their homework, Black Read More …
Holland America Oprah Partnership A Perfect Match
Running down the usual talking points about cruise travel, you know the drill: Compare going to the same places on a cruise itinerary without the ship. The price will be higher. The process less efficient. Safety more of an issue. The list goes Read More …
Getting There: Queen Of The Skies Takes A Bow
Over the years, Delta Airline aircraft have brought an untallied number of travelers to the host cities of embarkation ports around the world. Travelers accustomed to using cruise line airfare arrangements know Delta to be one a handful of airlines that commonly Read More …