Royal Caribbean is the next cruise line to throw their hat in the ring to provide an all-inclusive drink experience to their guests. Guests interested in an alcohol-inclusive beverage package have a choice of the Classic Beverage Package for $45 per guest, per day, or the Premium Beverage Package for $55 per guest, per day, [...]

  The holiday season is also a “Season of Savings” at Princess Cruises as the line launches a new sale on cruises that runs from December 13 to 21.  Passengers can take advantage of cruise deals with savings of up to $1,000 per person plus up to $100 onboard credit per stateroom. The “Season of [...]

Budget-savvy adventurers can reconnect with nature and take advantage of a $1,000 per person discount on nine Amazon and Galapagos small-ship cruise departures offered by nature travel experts International Expeditions. Discounted Amazon expeditions depart March 29, April 5 and 26, May 10 and 24, 2013. Specially priced Galapagos sailings are offered February 22, March 8, [...]

Hawaii-bound vacationers looking to explore the islands next winter have a new, innovative option at hand with InnerSea Discoveries’ launch of AdventureBound Hawaii—a weeklong Active Adventure by expedition vessel.  The multi-island Un-Cruise aboard the 76-guest Wilderness Explorer includes adventure activities by sea and ashore for up-close explorations of sea life and four islands—Oahu, Maui, Lana’i [...]

Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria celebrates her fifth anniversary today, as five years ago she departed on her Maiden Voyage from her homeport of Southampton – a day after being named by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall with HRH The Prince of Wales in attendance. Since then she has sailed over half a million nautical miles, [...]

Until last year, winter travel along Exit Glacier Road in Seward was limited to snowmobiles, dog sleds and skiers. However, outdoor adventure outfitter Adventure Sixty North, LLC now offers snow coach tours to the Exit Glacier area onboard a heated, 12-person snowcat. Last year was the first for Adventure Sixty North’s snow coach tours into Kenai Fjords National [...]

(UPDATE 9:45 PM) Per Carnival, officials in New Orleans will open the Mississippi River on Friday morning. Carnival Elation will sail from the port of New Orleans on Friday evening. Embarkation is scheduled from 6p to 9pm in New Orleans. Though Isaac has downgraded from a Hurricane to a Tropical Storm, the Port of New [...]

  Could Carnival be joining the ranks of other lines that offer all-inclusive beverages packages? They could if all goes well on the trial run aboard Carnival Victory, that started August 5. The “My Awesome Bar Program” is Carnival’s answer to all-inclusive alcohol packages, offering guests beer, wine, spirits and non-frozen cocktails. These drinks are [...]

It’s not really a race but Princess Cruises has reached the halfway point of its year-long blog, “Inspired to Cruise,” by revealing the 26th reason to cruise submitted by the line’s passengers. This week’s contributor Gloria Walsh shares how cruising let her return to the open ocean that she missed after the death of her [...]