By Ana Figueroa Last week, Travel Agent magazine toured the new Quantum of the Seas in a Papenburg, Germany, shipyard. While the ship is still a work in progress, we’ve created our own list of “Top 10 Things to Love” about the new Royal Caribbean International ship. Here are...
Cruise lines across the board offer a slew of wedding and honeymoon services. Here’s a sprinkling of those offerings. Carnival Cruise Lines “Carnival Cruise Lines’ weddings provide an elegant, cost-effective and hassle-free way for couples to begin their lives together. Not only are the prices affordable, but the wide variety of dining,...
Conventional wisdom has it that people gain weight on vacation, especially on a cruise vacation where the culinary options are generally outstanding and abundant. But that doesn’t have to be the case. An extremely healthy friend of mine shared this experience with me, just after returning home from what...
One of the joys of a Rhine cruise is the variety of shoreside experiences it offers. You can find yourself exploring the cobbled streets of a sleepy medieval village or taking in the sights of a vibrant city, enjoying a lazy afternoon wine tasting, strolling the banks of a...
One of the world’s most popular river cruising destinations is the mighty Rhine, which gets its name from the Celtic word renos (“raging flood”). But Europe’s longest and most important river begins as a trickle of melted snow from the Rheinwaldhorn Glacier high in the Swiss Alps. It first...
Singles who love to travel may have heard a few things about singles-oriented vacations and group singles cruise, but most of them probably don’t really know what to expect. Many people share common misperceptions about singles cruises that stop them from venturing onboard and experiencing a fun vacation. Some...
First things first: There’s no need to pity those who make the choice to cruise alone. The liberation of a solo cruise, of not having to be responsible for anyone’s pleasure but your own, allows you to appreciate the experience on an entirely different level than when you’re with...
Are you thinking of taking a tour alone, but you’re afraid of being the only solo traveler in your tour group? Don’t fret. The number of solo travelers of all ages embarking on outdoors and adventure tours has skyrocketed in recent years. Many tour companies now offer a variety...
On the big MSC Divina, my balcony cabin at the aft end provided a rare sense of privacy and easy access during a week’s winter voyage in the Caribbean from Miami. Four cabins away from mine was a door that led to a little-used outside stairway which became my...
In many ways, cruising is an ideal getaway for solo travelers. Several cruise lines welcome singles with receptions that allow them to meet other solo passengers, usually held early on in the cruise. Some even have “gentlemen” dance hosts onboard so women traveling alone don’t feel like wallflowers when...