Cruise Specialists host Deidre Irlam has hosted many voyages over the years, but this one truly felt like an exciting new voyage and so we're sharing her first hand experience to on a voyage to India. It began on a Transatlantic crossing to England via the Queen Mary 2, … [Read more...]
Comparing Two All-Inclusive River Cruisers: Scenic and Uniworld
In the all-inclusive segment of the river cruise market, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and Scenic are two of the top contenders. In this post, we compare all inclusive river cruises from these two lines. Because of the limitations imposed on river cruisers … [Read more...]
Bikes & Boats: River Cruising As An Active Experience
For active travelers, river cruising too often gets a bad rap. It’s thought of as an inactive form of travel when nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve straddled a saddle at nearly every port of call on nearly every river cruise I’ve done for the past ten … [Read more...]
Uniworld’s S.S. Maria Theresa: A Floating Palace
This week I have been cruising on Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection's S.S. Maria Theresa. Because I was on the new Viking Star when the Uniworld cruise started, I joined the 15-day Amsterdam-to-Budapest voyage five days late. Even so, ten days on board has been enough to … [Read more...]
Previewing Uniworld’s S.S. Maria Theresa, Coming In March
It is an intriguing invitation: Experience the fantasy of an 18th-century floating palace. That’s how Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection is positioning its newest vessel, the S.S. Maria Theresa, which launches on March 26, 2015. Named for the Archduchess of … [Read more...]