Good Morning from the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, the newest and most luxurious ship in the world according to Regent. We’re sailing with other travel professionals and media on a 5 night preview itinerary that embarked in Barcelona yesterday. Our upcoming ports are Toulon, France; Olbia, Italy; St. Tropaz, France…
We’ve just touched down in Barcelona after a relatively short hop across the pond from Charlotte. Even the economy seating was comfortable onboard the American Airlines Airbus A330-200. By noon we’ve collected our luggage and have been escorted to a small transfer van that will take us directly to the…
After departing Crete, we’ve arrived in Haifa where we’ll spend the next 3 nights. Being a day early, we have no organized tours until tomorrow. Wandering off the ships on our own, there’s not a lot to see near the port. On Saturday it’s an all day tour to Jerusalem…
Santorini is perhaps the most amazing cruise port of the Greek islands. Anchored in the ancient caldera, ships leisurely drift in the breezes while passengers are tendered ashore by Greek boats. Arriving on the island at Fira, you have the choice of a 5 minute vernacular ride, or a slightly…
After a delightful weekend in London, we’ve just boarded the MS Sirena in Piraeus, the port for Athens, Greece. Arriving at the Athens airport with an pre-arranged transfer to the cruise ship, it’s about a 45 minute ride from the airport. Embarkation was quick, but staterooms aren’t quite ready as…
Celebrity Cruises has announced the name of its new Galápagos expedition cruise ships: Celebrity Xperience and Celebrity Xploration. Celebrity currently sails the Galápagos with the 100-passenger Celebrity Xpedition. The line acquired the two new ships, previously known as the 48-guest Eclipse and the 16-guest catamaran Athala II, when it purchased…
It’s about 11:30AM on Saturday and we’ve just touched down at London’s Heathrow airport. We’re en route to Athens to meet the MS Sirena, the newest Oceania Cruises “R-class” ship. But before Athens we’ll enjoy two nights at the 45 Park Lane Hotel, see Book of Mormon in the West…
Crystal River Cruises has announced that it is going to build two additional river ships, bringing the total amount of river ships to seven by 2019. Previously, Crystal was set to launch five river ships, including the Crystal Mozart, which will have its inaugural voyage on July 13, departing from Vienna…
Summer is a great time to travel, but this summer it’s also a great time to save on travel with Azamara Club Cruises’ Summer of Savings offer! Plan the perfect vacation with your favorite travel buddy and receive 50% OFF THE SECOND CRUISE FARE. This offer is good on cruises sailing between November 2016…
Receive up to $1000 off your cruise fare on select ocean, yacht, and river voyages. Select a qualifying 2016 or 2017 Crystal Cruises voyage and book your cruise with us by July 15, 2016 to receive up to 1,000 off your fare. Qualifying cruises are available on Crystal’s luxury ocean…
