Princess Best-Ever Cyber Sale This Month Only

Princess Cruises today unveiled its biggest and best-ever Cyber Sale, offering cruisers significant savings on 2024, 2025, and 2026 cruises to worldwide destinations. Whether it’s a family vacation for the holidays, a summer getaway or a special celebration, now is Read More …

Savor a World of Flavors with Holland America Line and Sur La Table’s Immersive New Cooking Classes, Available to Book Nationwide 

 Holland America Line and trusted kitchen brand Sur La Table are joining forces to bring global flavors from ship to shore. This new collaboration will offer cooking classes at Sur La Table locations nationwide, inspired by Holland America Line’s visits to over 140 Read More …

Princess Earns Readers Choice Award

Condé Nast Traveler today announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards with Princess Cruises, and its newest ship, Sun Princess, recognized as the #1 in Mega Cruise in the United States. In addition to this top honor, Princess Cruises also ranked fifth in the Large Read More …

My Viking Journey: Itinerary Disrupted, And We’re OK With That

NOTE: This post was originally published in 2013 but the information is timely as the topic of “itinerary modifications” gets heated. One of the best parts of any cruise experience is knowing that we travel from place to place in Read More …

Carnival Opens 2026/27 Tampa, Mobile

Carnival Cruise Line today announced its lineup of 2026/27 cruises from two of its U.S. homeports: Tampa and Mobile. The new cruise vacations are now available for booking for sailings to popular destinations including The Bahamas, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. “As America’s cruise line, we continue to sail Read More …

Windstar’s New Star Seeker Is Open to Book

 Windstar Cruises’ newest ship Star Seeker will join the small ship company’s fleet in December of 2025, and today the line has announced itinerary plans and opened reservations for the 112-suite yacht’s inaugural season including the Caribbean, Alaska, and Japan. Travelers can now Read More …

Windstar Reveals More: New Ship, Star Seeker

Small ship cruise line Windstar Cruises revealed today it’s planning to send its newest ship, Star Seeker, cruising to Alaska and Japan when it joins the fleet in 2026. Windstar last sailed in Alaska and Japan in 2023 before it redeployed Star Breeze to be Read More …

Sailing Viking: We’ve Been Modified

NOTE: This post was originally published in 2015 but the information is timely as the topic of “itinerary modifications” gets socially heated. It’s easy to look at travel plans like decisions.  Once made, we live with them.  Items on a Read More …