Good Review of Cruise Options
Here's a travel agent guy who is a strong Tauck supporter. He has a discussion of various cruise lines in this link - (https://www.shawnpower.com/cruise-categories-types-of-cruises/) - that I thought people might enjoy reading. I tend to agree with his analysis.
Has anyone heard of him before, or had any dealings with him?
[He has a lot of pictures of himself on various cruises on his website. Makes me wonder if he travels with a photographer.] [Update: I sent him a note and he said his wife used to take the pictures of him.]
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Mike, did you intend to post a link? Seems like something is missing from your post.
The link is embedded in the words "this link" but I'll add an explicit link here.
https://www.shawnpower.com/cruise-categories-types-of-cruises/
Gotcha. It wasn't easily apparent in the first post, at least on my computer.
The font on the link is barely different from the other font so unless you happen to move your cursor over it you'd never know. He does have lots of articles to check out.
Okay, I'll edit the original post to make the link explicit.
I liked his comment about Viking River Cruises - "The Carnival of River Cruises." That's what I've heard from people who have taken Viking River Cruises.
I read some of the guy’s website and there are many of us here who have taken more Tauck trips than him. I’m waiting for an invite to be on the Advisory board and I’ve already traveled with Peter Tauck.
Only taken one big cruise, they are just not for us. The biggest we go is Tauck small ship cruise but we still prefer their land tours.
What I want these days is longer more in depth tours to areas of the world, not a tour that says an ‘Essence’. Anyone there at Tauck listening?
He books a lot of people on Tauck tours/cruises - that's how he got on the Advisory Board. I wonder if Tauck has any frequent Tauck travelers on that Board.
[Added comment: I was surprised by his comments about Uniworld. I didn't even know they had been sold. The buyer was Apollo Funds, an asset management company, purchase was July 16, 2024. My experience with those companies is that they come in and cut expenses to increase their profit (run the company into the ground). Of course, cutting expenses means cutting services, which means a lesser experience for the traveler.]
My true blue travel agent over decades and still using annually has been on TV. I am currently planning a new trip.