**RECENT CRUISE UPDATES** Carnival threatens to move its ships away from US homeports - April 7, 2021 CDC Announces Next Steps for Cruise Lines - April 2, 2021 Confusion Over Cruises Returning to U.S. Virgin Islands - April 2, 2021 Cruise Industry on Pins and Needles Waiting to Return to ...

Some agencies have eased into the luxury cruise niche, giving them firsthand knowledge about the industry that can remarkably boost your cruising adventures. If you're relatively new to luxury cruising or indecisive about which lines, ship, suite, or itinerary you should choose, travel agencies can ...

A quick background…  A Gluten-free diet excludes the protein gluten, that includes the exclusion of wheat, rye, and barley. The diet has been known to aid people who are diagnosed with celiac disease managing its symptoms. This form of diet has become widely popular among people who aren't ...

As cruise lovers, we prefer to be on board in the middle of the sea than being on land, even virtually. But during those times we have to be away from the blue, we have modern-day storytellers that would bring us back right in the midst of the salty air--vloggers. Armed with cameras, microphones, ...

UPDATED - 2020 EDITION!  We're back for 2020 with lots of changes to our list. The biggest change is that the Top 15 Cruise Blogs as expanded and is now the Top 20 Cruise Blogs. There were too many new cruise bloggers to keep the list at just 15 and, why not have 20 for 2020?  For readers who ...

Traditionally, the advent of the New Year is symbolic of new beginnings.  An entire year of fresh, brand new days lie ahead. It has been this way throughout history.  On New Year’s day in ancient Babylonia they would return borrowed objects. “First footing” would see the Scots visiting ...

With its favorable climate, beaches, colonial architecture and distinct cultural history, Cuba has long been an attractive destination for tourists.  In 2015 the Obama administration allowed Americans to once again travel to Cuba under 12 categories of legal travel. People-to-people trips, ...

Alaska; The Klondike; The Last Frontier. There are many names for this beautiful State - the most northern state in the USA. It’s a place with unmatched beauty, spectacular wildlife filled with sights and sounds not available anywhere else in the United States.  It’s no wonder that Alaska ...

When visiting Charleston, S.C. for the first time, many travelers are thrilled about the nearly endless list of things to do during their trip. Charleston is known for its beautiful beaches and marshland as well as its world-class culinary scene, but the city also offers plenty of opportunities for ...

In the first half of 2019 reports started to come in of tourists becoming very ill and several actually dying while on independent resort vacations in the Dominican Republic. While the investigations are ongoing, speculation has ranged from pesticides sprayed on the resort fauna to inadvertent ...