I was just explaining to clients joining me on my German Grandeur with Avalon Waterways cruise, coming up in October, about onboard cabin locations and why some are better than others for different types of people.
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River Cruising is the fastest growing segment of the travel industry, and with good reason. Would you like to discuss some of the factors that go into making river cruising one of the best European travel experiences you’ll ever have? I’ve been cruising the rivers in Europe for well over a decade.
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I am a huge fan of small ships. I think you all know that.
I am also a huge fan of excellent guest to staff ratios. Have you heard that term before?
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That’s what we said, and that’s what we did last week in Budapest. I hope you were following our social media pages and got to share in the adventure.
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We are two weeks into the new year and are off and running. Accomplishing new tasks each month in 2023 is my top goal!
Have you accomplished something recently that you had no idea you could do? "I can't to do that" plagues my mind a lot and it shouldn't.
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Hi everyone,
I just returned from the inaugural cruise of the NCL Prima, and boy, it was something. It has been over a decade since I’ve been on anything other than a river cruise ship. The change in big ships is nothing short of spectacular.
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Dear friends,
Do you ever wonder how we know what we know about individual brands and destinations? The answer is simple, we go.
The American Society of Travel Advisors is an organization we are very proud to be members of. They have begun offering
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Last week we talked about a specific type of cruiser, a Port Collector. Did you know there are people among us that collect Continents? I know several. In fact, I’m a member of that club.
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Did you know there’s a travel term for customers whose main purpose is to visit as many ports of call as possible? That’s right, they’re called Port Collectors.
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I don’t know about you, but I seldom experience a product that exceeds my expectations. I tend to enter any travel experience with a pretty realist idea of what is going to be delivered, and most of the time it is.
I thought I had reasonable expectations concerning my American Empress adventure on the Snake and Columbia rivers. I have to tell you, my expectations were. . .
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So when my friend Karen Ross, our NCL rep, asked me to go on the inaugural cruise of the NCL Prima it was a firm “not on your life, but thanks for the invitation”.
But then. . .
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Have you ever wondered about the hottest travel trend out there, River Cruising?
If you’re like me, when you see the initial price point you wonder what you’re going to get for that investment. Especially when you compare it to the cost of an ocean cruise.
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