Volunteering while on vacation -- also known as voluntourism -- is one of the fastest growing segments in the travel industry. Each year, according to NPR, more than 1.6 million travelers choose to use their vacation time to help out others or to make the world a better … [Read more...]
Seabourn Sets Sail with World-Renowned Mixologist Brian Van Flandern
When it comes to finding ways to enchant guests, Seabourn is always thinking of new, innovative, interesting and high quality ideas. This March, Brian Van Flandern joined the team to create a unique onboard experience for the cocktail to wine lover. Because Seabourn is an … [Read more...]
The Joys of Solo Cruising
Lately, more vacationers have been boarding cruise ships on their own, without a travel companion. We’re not just talking about people who are single and, therefore, may not have a “built-in” travel companion. All kinds of people – people who are single, people who are in … [Read more...]
2016 Grand World Voyage Spectacular Spain
Cruise Specialists hosts Steve and Wendy Bodenheimer are continuing to share their journey with us from aboard the 2016 Holland World Cruise. Previously they shared the experience of navigating the Panama Canal, sailing the Pacific in to French Polynesia, the Cook … [Read more...]
A Day on the Island of Madeira
You may know Madeira as a delicious, tawny, fortified wine; but, Madeira is also a small archipelago of beautiful of Portuguese islands, located about 600 miles southwest of Lisbon and off the northwest coast of Africa. The capital city of Funchal is a featured port on some … [Read more...]