Windstar 2025: Galapagos, Machu Picchu

Windstar Cruises is expanding its global reach with new itineraries in South America, beginning in December 2025. The company is offering a 16-day Marvels of Latin America Cruise Tour sailing from Colón, Panama to Lima, Peru (or reverse), as well Read More …

Oceania MORE Brings New Value

Oceania Cruises is launching a new value promise called simply MORE™, which will include free roundtrip airfare, free airport transfers, free shore excursions, and a free beverage package for all guests. This new value promise will be available for all Read More …

CroisiEurope 2024 Cruises Announced

CroisiEurope Cruises, Europe’s largest cruise line, has announced the launch of its 2024 cruise schedule. The list of new river, barge, and coastal cruises includes destinations in Spain, Holland, France, and Africa, among others. Some of the highlights of the Read More …

Crystal Luxury Also Extends To Wellness

OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (OSW), a leading global provider of luxury spa and wellness experiences, has entered into a five-year agreement with Crystal Cruises to be the exclusive spa provider on all of its ocean and river ships. The agreement, which Read More …

 Margaritaville at Sea ? Sounds Like Fun To Me !

 Margaritaville at Sea, the all-new floating island vacation, made a star-studded debut, welcoming several hundred VIPs, partners, community members and travel advisors for the official christening of its flagship vessel, Margaritaville at Sea Paradise.  The exciting one-night sailing included a traditional Read More …

10 Tips on Staying Sober While Traveling

Guest Post. Author: Sarah O’Brien is an Addiction Specialist with Ark Behavioral Health…because Chris obviously has no clue about this topic With the summer months approaching, vacation plans are in full swing. And as much as we’dlike vacations to be Read More …

Airline Passengers Flock to Dock in MKE as New Viking Octantis Makes Its Debut

Among passengers flying into MKE this year will be those ready to board luxury cruise ships destined forToronto and Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada. Say the word “cruise” and what destinations do you think of? The Caribbean? Mexico? The Bahamas? Read More …

Carnival Taps Microorganisms To Handle Waste

 Carnival Corporation announced it has completed the installation of nearly 600 food waste bio-digesters across its fleet in support its overall commitment to environmental compliance (In this case, not dumping waste at sea). Not sure what a biodigester is? Biodigester Read More …

Photo Dump: Everything I Saw On Our Viking Rhine Getaway Cruise

I took another look and picked a number of photos representative of what we saw along the way on our Viking River Cruise Read More …