Musings

If you have been following Cruise Talk for a while, you may have noticed that things look a little different around here. Okay… a lot different! Cruise Talk has been around for many years… Read more

During our journey for the recent river cruise our trans-Atlantic flights took us as far as Austria, where we spent one night at an airport hotel and then flew Austrian Airlines from Vienna to… Read more

We recently took a fantastic 7 Night Cruise to Norway on Celebrity Silhouette with our wonderful group of wine lovers and our Ascension Cellars winery hosts. When I was recommending shore excursions, I had… Read more

How do you calculate all the places that you have visited?   One way to do that would be to just track the countries you have visited.  However, there is another way to track that… Read more

As some cruise lines have built bigger and bigger ship, other brands like the growing Silversea Cruises are filling the niche of small ship luxury cruising that is vastly underserved. But why would some… Read more

The Top Reasons why you might want to try a different cruise line other than your favorite Let’s face it, those of us who cruise often, all have a favorite cruise line. The cruise… Read more

The price point and even the phrase “luxury cruising” may be intimidating and may make guests think that the whole idea of a luxury cruise may be too stuffy and snooty for them, but… Read more

River cruising can be the perfect way to experience the countries of Europe! Guests travel along rivers that were the thoroughfares of culture and commerce for thousands of years and dock right in the… Read more

In March of 2020, I attended my last in person event for the year. Ironically, it was a CruiseOne/Dream Vacations training event held in Long Beach, CA. We were supposed to conclude our training… Read more

I decided to use the downturn in the travel industry during the 2020/2021 Covid 19 Pandemic as an opportunity for professional development. At the beginning of the pandemic in February, March and April of… Read more

I want to start by saying that everyone has their on comfort level with cruising in a a world where the Covid pandemic caused or contributed to the death of millions of people world… Read more

The day we have been looking for is here! Cruising is back! It has been a long hard road for all of us in the travel industry, and we know that all the bumps… Read more