Claudia Sails

Mary, I understand the cost vs benefit analysis. Especially tricky picking something unknown. Here's my view (after 5 river cruises in 4 different cabin types). For short cruises of a week it do… (View Post)

Sam, since we've never stayed at Ashford it's hard to fully compare but based on how much we enjoyed our tour and Glenlo Abbey I'd be willing to save $1,000. One of my concerns prior t… (View Post)

Mary, while we enjoyed our Douro cruise I wouldn't recommend it for a first river cruise. We've done it, Rhine (twice), Rhone, Danube, Seine and Moselle. I'd recommend either the Rhone… (View Post)

Justme, we haven't taken this tour but were in Barcelona last Nov on our own after a Douro cruise. I wrote daily posts in the Douro plus Lisbon and Madrid cruise thread if you want all the detai… (View Post)

I always laugh at the "fear of looking like a tourist" comment while on a group tour when much of the time we have our Vox audio sets with their Tauck printed neck straps around our necks a… (View Post)