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River Cruises Offer Charms of Their Own Mar. 06, 2022
By Victor Block One evening a few years ago, my wife, Fyllis, and I were savoring a sumptuous four-c... Read More
'Just in Case' Packing for a Journey Feb. 27, 2022
By Gay Courter "Why are you taking medications for two weeks longer than the trip?" my husband asked... Read More
Testing the Waters on a Celebrity Millennium Cruise Nov. 14, 2021
By Sharon Whitley Larsen "You can be our guinea pigs!" veteran cruise friends exclaimed to my husban... Read More
Costa's Fight Against COVID-19 Propels Mediterranean Cruise Route Oct. 03, 2021
By Robert Selwitz To cruise or not to cruise: That is the question facing millions who love being at... Read More
So, Ron DeSantis Wants to Be President Aug. 26, 2021
Beyond the human price of COVID-19 is the financial toll of treating the sick. Back in the day, cons... Read More
Vaccine Passports on Cruises? Try Smuggling Wine in a Shampoo Bottle. Apr. 17, 2021
Vaccine passports are the latest culture war, destined to be wedged into a remake of "We Didn't Star... Read More
Requiem for Travel Jan. 10, 2021
By Gay Courter Last Jan. 14, my husband, Phil, and I set out on the first of several international t... Read More
Okinawa: Sunny Island of the Immortals Jan. 09, 2021
By Gay Courter Our Diamond Princess cruise had been almost perfect. We had departed two weeks earlie... Read More
The Panama Canal From an Onboard Point of View Oct. 25, 2020
By Robert Selwitz For most Americans navigating this age of anxiety, the cruise industry's shutdown ... Read More
Whether to Cruise -- or Not Sep. 12, 2020
By Candyce H. Stapen We miss cruising. My husband and I board big and small ships with friends or re... Read More
Watch Life Go by on the Nile River in Egypt Aug. 23, 2020
By Glenda Winders Historians are divided as to whether Cleopatra really sailed on a barge on the Nil... Read More
Take a Transatlantic Cruise on the Queen Mary 2 Jun. 06, 2020
By Richard Carroll The Queen Mary 2, a historic Cunarder and the definitive queen of the seas, is sa... Read More
Unplug With the Family on an Alaskan UnCruise Adventure Jan. 18, 2020
By Margot Black Our plan was to unplug and spend time in the Alaska wilderness. We wanted to do this... Read More
October 21, 2019 Oct. 21, 2019
Dear Annie: Before my father died, my husband and I promised him we would bring my mother to live wi... Read More
Explore Croatia on a Cruise Oct. 12, 2019
By Candyce H. Stapen Videos of waterfalls, woodlands and glistening lakes in Croatia's national park... Read More
Hitting Rough Seas on a Friendly Cruise Aug. 04, 2019
Dear Annie: My wife and I are approaching 50 years of marriage. Recently, we went on a cruise with h... Read More
Cruising With Kids Jan. 12, 2019
I am starting off 2019 with my dream job. It is the unexpected-but-always-hoped-for whipped-cream-an... Read More
Why Families Love the Carnival Horizon Dec. 09, 2018
By Candyce H. Stapen The Carnival Horizon, the line's newest ship, launched in April 2018. The megas... Read More
Come Aboard the Horizon for the Belly Laughs Dec. 08, 2018
By Candyce H. Stapen When I crave belly laughs each night to blow away the blahs, I book a cruise on... Read More
Sailing Away Jan. 04, 2017
Temperature up. Throat scratchy. A productive cough. If you do not know what a "productive" cough is... Read More
