Inside Cruise Vacations with Chris Owen

Cruise vacations offer a number of advantages over land alternatives. A snappy internet connection is not one of them. When making a direct comparison between...

Sailing with Viking River Cruises, we stopped by a number of ports on an itinerary themed “Portraits Of Southern France. Exploring many of the places...

On ocean cruises, shore excursions are usually a set-in-stone experience, pre-planned and approved by the cruise line to insure quality time ashore. There is little...

When it comes to new travel products, there never seems to be a shortage of offerings for people going on a road trip, camping, flying...

What was once nearly an extra curricular activity for cruise lines, producing video about what they do did not get all that much attention in...

As travel gear goes, there are plenty of places to find helpful suggestions on what to bring along on any given trip. Friends might suggest...

Sailing on the rivers of Europe in the Summer brings cruise travelers up close to iconic destinations, many of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites....

Not that it ever strayed very far, cuisine has regained its position as a top attraction for travelers choosing a cruise vacation. Or so it...

It seems that when we engage a travel service provider, be they a giant cruise line or a taxi driver, the experience can go one...

A dozen years or so ago, North Americans fell in love with cruise travel, fueling the biggest surge in cruise line growth ever. What was...