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Highlights from our favorite trips

Travel Journals

Highlights from our favorite trips

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Highlights from our favorite trips

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Dec 05, 2025 Avatar Jackie Shearn Jackie Shearn

How to Give the Gift of Travel

Our advisors have planned all sorts of surprise travel for their clients. Collectively, we have probably done every kind of gift trip you can think of. Michelle Keith works frequently with honeymooners and specializes in planning destination weddings. She has several stories on how...

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Dec 02, 2025 Avatar Montserrat Garcia Montserrat Garcia

Paris and Normandy Seine River Cruise with AmaWaterways

Does anything sound more like a dream than sailing down the Seine river? I was so excited to return to Paris for my first AmaWaterways cruise this year, even more so because it would be my husband’s first visit to the City of Light.

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Oct 12, 2025 Avatar Heidi Hoehn Heidi Hoehn

Christmas & Holiday Markets on a Danube River Cruise 

I enjoy revisiting the picture-perfect images from my Christmas Market River Cruise down the Danube with Tauck. I can still vividly picture the guests returning to the ship after an evening visit to the Market, cheeks rosy from the cold (or maybe a little from the...

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Aug 29, 2025 Avatar Jackie Shearn Jackie Shearn

The Great Lakes with Victory Cruise Lines

This travel journal is part of our TravelStore Passport Diaries Podcast. Watch the full episode below, and for more episodes,...

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Aug 01, 2024 Avatar Nanci Goussak Nanci Goussak

Tulips & Tranquility: Dutch River Cruise Bliss

I recently went on a Tulip Time River Cruise with AmaWaterways, and I can't stop raving about it. It’s a super exclusive experience—only available for about 2 to 2.5 weeks in late March to early April when the tulips are in full bloom

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Feb 27, 2023 Avatar Dan Ilves Dan Ilves

Where To Go!

For the leisure traveler, the world is your oyster right now.  Since the world reopened following the height of the pandemic, most destinations are eager to see tourists and there are many new hotels, ships and experiences. Here’s a few trips on our radar.

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Apr 06, 2022 Avatar Dan Ilves Dan Ilves

Cruising in Italy with Uniworld

My first “post-pandemic” trip to Europe was to Venice, Italy, to enjoy an 8-night river cruise on Uniworld’s SS La Venezia, roundtrip from Venice. While I have visited Venice a few times previously, the sheer magnificence of the place on various levels never ceases...

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Jan 17, 2020 Avatar Colette Cross Colette Cross

Budapest & A River Cruise

Before I embarked on my river cruise with Tauck, I had the opportunity to stay at a lovely hotel in...

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