I recently sailed on an 18 day expedition cruise with Hurtigruten from Nome to Vancouver as well as 3 other recent trips to Alaska with American Queen Voyages and Holland America, so I am up to date and enthused after a couple of challenging COVID years. Small ships- whether expedition or luxury ships - are wildly popular worldwide now- Alaska to Antarctica to Norway and Northwest Passage; I'm in the right business!
European River cruises are also a large part of my practice. I look forward to helping you plan your luxury/adventure small ship adventure.
Update Jan 5 2024: I thank everyone for their patience. I am still taking just a few new clients at this time so that I may service my current clients in this extremely busy year. If you know you want an Alaska small ship for 2024/2025 fill out this form and I will get back with you to set up a meeting.
Here are some of my articles in the Petoskey News-Review:
Why is Cruising So Popular? Feb 2014
Remote Alaska in a Week- A Deluxe Custom Tour as Transformative Travel - April 2014
The "Perfect" 12 day CruiseTour- A Holland America 7 day cruise + Denali Package - Mar 2014
The 5 Most Common Mistakes When Booking Travel (link not working, but I can send you the article upon request)
Is Small Ship Cruising for You? - Jan 2014 (most popular article!)
Antarctica Cruising -June 2014
Ultra Luxury Cruise May Not Be Out of Reach - July 2014
Holiday Cruise Ideas- Aug 2014
Why Use a Travel Agent These Days? - Oct. 2014
My Impression of Disney Cruise Line - Nov 2014
5 Best SHore Excursions in Juneau- Jan 2015
My Favorite Funny Questions About Alaska Feb 2015
Hate Cruises? Alaska Small Group journey by Ferry and Train Mar 2015
Do You REALLY Need Travel Insurance April 2015
Book Next Summer's Cruise Now- Seriously?? May 2015
Just Back from Juneau and Sitka (not published yet) June 2015
Small ships: Goodbye Alaska, Aloha Hawaii (a review of the Safari Explorer in Hawaii) PNR Sep 2015
10 Things to do Before Leaving For Your RIver Cruise PNR Oct 2015
RIver Cruises: An Easy Way to See Europe- Review of AmaWaterways PNR Nov 2015
When is the Best TIme to Cruise Alaska? PNR Dec 2015
Is "WaveSeason" the BEst Time to Book a Cruise? PNR Jan 2016
Is Denali National Park Worth the Trip? PNR Feb 2016
Why Small Ships are so Popular for Family Reunion Cruises PNR Mar 2016
Surfing the Internet at Sea PNR Apr 2016
Beginner's Guide to a South America Cruise PNR May 2016
Ever Consider a Repositioning Cruise for a Bargain? PNR June 2016
My 14 day Alaska cruise onboard Holland America's Maasdam PNR July 2016
Review of my Alaskan Dream Cruise PNR Sept 2016
What to see & do in Vancouver PNR Oct 2016
Just Back from Winter in Alaska & the Iditarod Mar 2017
When is the Best time to Cruise Alaska? PNR Apr 2017
Exciting Changes for Luxury Small ships in 2018 Alaska PNR May 2017
Windstar- A Unique Small Ship and Why I like it- PNR June 2017
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A photo tour of my AMA River cruise ship - Christmas Markets 2021
Other good articles:
USA Today's roundup of the best Alaska Cruises in each category
USA Today's Alaska Packing List
Sail around the World on these Cruises
Planning a Family Reunion Trip
USA TOday Review of the Safari Endeavour
Stay tuned: I'll be adding lots more content soon!
