Christmas Markets on the Rhine - Children?
We are taking the Christmas Markets Along the Rhine cruise embarking in Basel on December 7, 2025, with a 10 year old girl. Anyone else bringing children on this cruise?
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We are taking the Christmas Markets Along the Rhine cruise embarking in Basel on December 7, 2025, with a 10 year old girl. Anyone else bringing children on this cruise?
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You can call Tauck and ask about a month before the tour. Too early and the numbers could change as people often cancel tours they have booked.
I’ve rarely seen children on any Tauck tours apart from the Bridges ones of course.
We had a handful of children on our Yuletide Spirit holiday cruise in 2023. I really don’t recall seeing them interact with each other at all, preferring to stay with their own families.
Except for one incident in which a teenager entered the dining room for Christmas Eve dinner dressed inappropriately with her wet hair in a towel and wearing the flimsy cabin slippers, we were not bothered by the children. The offender by the way was promptly removed from the dining room by the hotel manager.
It is possible that the kids were relegated to Arthur’s for planned activities. Two Portuguese siblings were exceedingly polite and always neatly dressed. That was refreshing to see.
No they don't have to be. Our Hidden Waterways cruise last summer had a couple of grand-daughters at least one of whom was under 10. In fact one of the things we learned was on the bike ride they had to have standard children's bikes as the ebikes the adults got were too heavy. We've also been on land tours with kids that young.
I've been on a tour with a family that included 3 children -- at least one of whom was under 10 -- who were all well-behaved. They were an asset to the tour.
When I took the Christmas Markets river cruise, there were a few children on board and they all had a great time.
What a perfect way to introduce a child to travel. He or she will have a fantastic time. They’ll ask you “where are we going next year”. It’s been my experience that older folks on a tour will engage the younger ones in conversation. That happened to us all the time when we traveled with our child from 7 years old onward.