One day you are wading out in the water as tropical fish swim by, the water the palest shade of turquoise leading up to a soft white sand beach with lush palm trees and a small mountain in the background calling you like you’ve somehow become a character in Moana. The beach isn’t crowded and…
Happy New Year! It’s a New Year and my life is off on a new adventure with a new job! Since I started cruising over 25 years ago I have been able to travel to over 75 countries on 5 continents. It’s incredible how many places around the world cruises go, all of the different…
Thinking about cruising around the world in 2024? It may surprise you just how many cruise lines will be offering an around the world cruise in 2024. From mainstream cruise lines to ultra-luxury lines there is a lot of variation in itinerary, length, and budget within these grand voyages. If you’ve ever thought about going…
A cruise on the Amazon River can be a cruise of a lifetime. An opportunity to sail through along the Amazon River, experience Brazil, see pink dolphins in the wild and maybe even hold a sloth. You may think the only way to cruise on the Amazon River is on a small river boat with…
There’s something different about being on a World Cruise. An element of luxury and exploration. After all, when you say “World Cruise” it brings to mind grand voyages of those well-to-do or adventuresome crossing oceans and exploring distance lands. However, with World Cruises taking months and costing tens of thousands – how can you get…
Holland America Line has the best itineraries (in my opinion) of any premium mainstream cruise line. Their itineraries range from just a few nights all the way up to a 133 Night Pole to Pole Grand Voyage and 128 night Grand World Voyage and have nearly everything in between. Among the highlights of their incredible…
During regular times cruise ships go around the world to every continent and to more countries and ports than you could count. Some cruise lines go to a few continents, others specialize in certain regions, and then other cruise lines – such as Holland America Line – travel to all seven continents on inventive and…
It’s hard to imagine that we’re already talking about the World Cruises set to sail in 2023 – truth be told though many of these voyages went on sale months ago. World Cruises are often planned years in advance due to the complexity of the sailings – many times offering a full circumnavigation of the…
At some point life, travel, and cruising will return to some resemblance of “normal”. While it will be great when things return to normal, some people may still be wary of traveling long distances from home. Luckily, the US has (during normal times) a ton of cruises sailing from it. The best cruise destinations from…
I recently completed an ABC’s of travel challenge, my A-Z Around the World. The goal is to think of somewhere you’ve been for each letter of the alphabet. I decided to specify that it had to be somewhere I had been by way of cruise ship. Each day I would write a tweet with a…
