If you love staying on top of the latest travel trends, then The Meandering Traveler has a few tidbits today to whet your appetite. Here are highlights from two different arenas. Latest Travel Trends: Intent to Travel is High So …
Susan J. Young
If the “shoreside experience” is critical for your enjoyment while cruising, then check out what ultra-luxury Seabourn is doing. For 2025, the cruise line is introducing “The Collection.” These new Collection cruises are exclusive sailings that offer one-of-a-kind shoreside experiences …
We all know that if one is traveling across the globe, just “getting there” takes time. But now arriving for your far-flung cruise might feel a bit smoother if you’re heading out on Oceania Cruises. How so? For new cruise …
Do you love a pampering ultra-luxury cruise? How about traveling to the world’s most unique, authentic destinations? Well, you can couple those two thoughts by booking a new Silversea voyage for 2025. Recently, this top-shelf line announced a new “Grand …
Eyeballing Seabourn’s new 2025-2026 fall, winter, and spring itineraries, The Meandering Traveler is enticed by a new exotic option. What’s happening? Well, for the first time, the line plans a series of “fall foliage” Japan luxury cruises. Between September and …
Throughout July 2024, Virgin Voyages, the vibrant, adults-only oceangoing cruise line, rolls out its third annual Eat & Drink Festival fleetwide. This popular, culinary-and-cocktail showcase is designed to delight foodies, epicureans, adventurers and “Sailors,” as Virgin aptly describes its guests. They’ll …
It’s exciting to hear that a river cruise line is building a new ship. Besides keeping the cruise industry fresh and vibrant, it gives guests yet another choice when planning a future vacation. So, we’re happy to learn that Uniworld …
For the first time ever, in 2025 Tauck will offer “Colombia: South America’s Eternal Spring,” an in-depth land tour visiting Bogota, Medellin and Cartagena. On this highly inclusive, nine-day Colombia escorted tour, guests will stay in luxury/upscale hotels. They’ll also …
It’s one thing to go on an expedition cruise. It’s yet another to qualify as a true explorer. But guests and Viking‘s expedition team sailing on one Viking Octantis Antarctica voyage in January 2024 certainly did both. They helped discover a …
Are you eager to dine at Solis, Seabourn’s new fine dining restaurant? Well, that’s now possible for guests of Seabourn Quest, where the eatery first opened in January 2024, and Seabourn Ovation, where it just debuted. Yet to come? The restaurant …