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Summer Travel Bargains, Available Now During Brief Buying 'Sweet Spot'

Summer Travel Bargains, Available Now During Brief Buying 'Sweet Spot' Moyan_Brenn/ Flickr Summer travel season is right around the corner but exciting travel opportunities are often limited by price. There are plenty of places to go, but they are often priced out of reach. Still, with some research and timing, summer travel bargains are out ...

Big Ship Cruises Not For You? New Cruise Line Has You In Mind

Big Ship Cruises Not For You? New Cruise Line Has You In Mind Viking Oceans Cruise travelers who are turned off by the big ship ocean cruising experience or just want to try something different, increasingly turn to a river cruise. On tiny ships, they ply the waters of European rivers, sailing directly to iconic destinations. Viking ...

Relaunched Cruise Ships Bring Sunshine and Magic

Relaunched Cruise Ships Bring Sunshine and Magic Disney Cruise Line In the world of cruise travel, the big story is often about the latest, greatest, biggest cruise ships to be launched and what they have to offer travelers. Those new floating resorts often command the highest fares as cruise travel fans line up to book ...

New Cruise Line Sets Sail In 2014 With Small, Luxury Ships

New Cruise Line Sets Sail In 2014 With Small, Luxury Ships New cruise lines are about as rare as new hotel chains; there is just not a lot of action on that topic. Like hotel chains, airlines and other travel-related companies, most cruise lines have been around for a long time too. Still, there are those who see a need in the ...

Memorial Day Travel Events Bring Discounts

Memorial Day Travel Events Bring Discounts As Memorial Day approaches, travelers are taking advantage of some special offers and events exclusive to the three-day weekend that officially begins on Friday, May 24. Discounts, special offers and events this year are available at a number of locations around the United ...

Travel-Related Websites That Really Engage Their Customers

Travel-Related Websites That Really Engage Their Customers They all talk about it. "Like us on Facebook," "Follow us on Twitter" and "Read our blog," say travel-related websites selling everything from guidebooks to airline flights, gear and gum. Many give us little reason to like them, follow them or do anything other than buy ...

Northern Lights Best Viewed At Sea, On A Yacht, French Style

Northern Lights Best Viewed At Sea, On A Yacht, French Style Considering a trip to see the Northern Lights? This year may very well be the best time to go. 2013 is the height of the 11-year solar cycle. September and October offer peak activity. They can be seen in Alaska, Norway, Finland and Canada on a clear night. Better yet, try ...

Norwegian Breakaway Debuts, UK Travel Pros Approve

Norwegian Breakaway Debuts, UK Travel Pros Approve Norwegian Cruise Lines new Norwegian Breakaway is due to arrive in New York City to be christened in the city by Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes on May 8. This week, the 146,600-ton ship was previewed by UK travel professionals and members of the press in Southampton on a ...

A Tiny Cruise Line With A Big Impact

A Tiny Cruise Line With A Big Impact Like them or hate them, travelers have heard of cruise lines that travel around the world on city-like ships, ply the rivers of Europe or sail from convenient home ports around North America. Some have ships designed to be destinations in and of themselves, while others have ...

Cruise Travel Apps Free To Use At Sea

Cruise Travel Apps Free To Use At Sea When we review travel apps that actually do something, they often tap crowd-sourced information that is as rich (or not) as the number of users who have contributed their opinions or reviews. GPS-based travel apps take existing technology and manipulate it in one way or ...

Photo Of The Day: A Magical Key West Night

Photo Of The Day: A Magical Key West Night This Photo of the Day, titled "A Magical Key West Night," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member Scott Sanders and was captured using a Nikon D40. Scott's work here depicting Disney Magic docked in Key West, Florida, is also part of an extensive Disney Cruise Line ...

Carnival To Spend Millons On Safety Program

Carnival To Spend Millons On Safety Program Digging deep into Carnival Corporation pockets to address the safety concerns of cruise travelers worldwide, Carnival Cruise Lines is looking to put the past behind them. Today announcing a multi-million comprehensive safety program, the cruise line that just can't seem to ...

New Quantum Of The Seas Cruise Ship Is A Quantum Leap Forward

New Quantum Of The Seas Cruise Ship Is A Quantum Leap Forward When Royal Caribbean International debuted their Oasis-class ships, complete with dual Flow-rider surf simulators, a zip-line across the deck and a host of other over-the-top features, they created an at-sea travel experience like no other. As the world's largest cruise ...

Beyond The Floating Hotel, Travelers Find Value Ashore

Beyond The Floating Hotel, Travelers Find Value Ashore If I say "cruise," odds are good that the first thought that comes to mind is that of a big floating hotel that ambles from island to island in the Caribbean. That's not totally wrong either; a lot of cruise ships do just that. But looking at a cruise ship as a mode of ...

Saving On Travel: New Reasons To Use A Travel Agent, Wisely

Saving On Travel: New Reasons To Use A Travel Agent, Wisely We have debated the notion of using a travel agent in a number of ways here over the years. The general consensus of opinion verifies some of the strategies you may very well use to book airline tickets, rental cars, hotel rooms and more. But a recent move by a major ...

Trekking Couple Circles Planet Three Times In 424 Days

Trekking Couple Circles Planet Three Times In 424 Days They started trekking the planet more than a year ago, promising to travel the globe bringing children in classrooms from around the world with them, virtually, as they visited scores of countries and continents. Now their journey is complete and Darren and Sandy Van Soye ...

Ultimate Dinner Parties At Sea, Just $1000 To Attend

Ultimate Dinner Parties At Sea, Just $1000 To Attend Have a conversation about cruise ships and the topic of dining options usually comes up. It's just a popular topic that cruise lines invest a lot of time and resources in, striving to provide exactly what their passengers desire. Now, more than ever, cruise lines are ...

When Cruise Ships Get In Trouble

When Cruise Ships Get In Trouble When cruise ships get in trouble anywhere close to the United States, government forces from a variety of agencies spring into action. To make sure those efforts are seamlessly coordinated, they practice, drill and practice again as they did in a complex exercise held ...

Antarctica For Sissies? Hardly, As Luxury Cruise Line Turns New Page

Antarctica For Sissies?  Hardly, As Luxury Cruise Line Turns New Page Antarctica draws the dreams of many and the visits of just a few. Located so very far from civilization, travel to Antarctica is the stuff of hearty explorers, burly men of substance and adventure travelers. Luxury cruise ships and their pampered passengers? Not so much. ...

Climate Change May Fuel Future Travel Options

Climate Change May Fuel Future Travel Options Climate change is a topic that many of us think is something that will affect future generations, perhaps hundreds of years from now. But what if we look at it from a different viewpoint? What if we could travel back in time 17 million years to when the Grand Canyon was ...

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