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Byline: Nathan Diller USA TODAY Audrey Martucci had never been on a cruise before booking a nine-month sailing with Royal Caribbean International. The travel was one appeal, but the 60-year-old [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY I spent more than a week on an Antarctica cruise last winter walking alongside penguins, watching whales and sailing by icebergs. But one of the [...]

Byline: Dan Fellner, Special for The Republic EDGARTOWN, Mass. - 'You're gonna need a bigger boat.' A terrified Chief Brody uttered one of the most memorable quotes in American cinematic [...]

Byline: CATHERINE DAWSON MARCH; Staff The sleek white cruise ship stood out in Toronto's nascent cruise ship dock. Amongst the dump trucks, diggers and enormous mounds of cement chunks on [...]

We checked out the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit on a Mediterranean cruise. In this era of gargantuan ships, its elegant clipper design, wooden decks and relatively small size stands out. [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY Travelers can buy almost anything they need for a cruise online, from flip-flops to sunscreen to the trip itself. Many travelers book cruises through travel [...]

Byline: Allison Tibaldi, FamilyVacationist.com Cruise vacations have always been an attractive choice for multigenerational family vacations. A hassle-free way to explore the world, family cruises balance together-time with opportunities for [...]

Byline: Doug Wallace, Special to USA TODAY 'This is your yacht, to do with as you please,' Captain Rob O'Leary told guests of the Emerald Sakara, the second luxury superyacht [...]

Byline: Zach Wichter and Nathan Diller, USA TODAY Umbraphiles feeling the post-eclipse blues should start checking the expiration date on their passports. The next total solar eclipse is set to [...]

Byline: VIVIAN VASSOS; Special to The Globe and Mail Having my nightly pick of unobstructed views of the sunset was a lesson in serenity I didn't know I needed. I [...]

Are you a flexible traveler? Holland America's standby cruises may be for you. The cost: $49 a day, excluding fees, taxes and extras. The catch: It might be a hair-raising, [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY I was standing in line at the back of Aurora Expeditions' Sylvia Earle ship with my heart trying to beat out of my chest. The [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY Life at Sea Cruises' three-year sailing around the world has been canceled. The cruise, which was originally scheduled to depart from Istanbul on Nov. 1 [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller USA TODAY When Chanel Sims graduated college, her mom rewarded her achievement by treating her daughter to a trip with Carnival Cruise Line. But the July 2022 [...]

Byline: Nathan DillerUSA TODAY I woke up on the last morning of a cruise last month with big plans to do nothing.The ship, Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Venezia, was making [...]

Byline: JoAnne Klimovich Harrop May 12The tiki boats are back for a sixth season. 'I call it a tropical staycation,' said Dale McCue, of Eighty-Four, who co-owns the tiki boat [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller USA TODAY The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted four passengers from three different cruise ships off the coast of California over the weekend using helicopters. The aircrews evacuated [...]

Fliers on some airlines can upgrade at a discounted rate to avoid what could be a cramped flight. With some cruise ships and even Amtrak getting in on the act, [...]

Byline: Josh Roberts, FamilyVacationist.com From your baby's first steps to your child's high school graduation, there are thousands of milestones for parents to celebrate. And while often those celebrations are [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY Sarah Brumfield and her husband, T.J., took their two daughters on a Carnival Cruise Line sailing last spring, and while the family spent plenty of [...]

An American Airlines error kept a traveler from getting to her cruise's departure, but the carrier wouldn't take financial responsibility and her trip insurance refused to pay. Then our columnist [...]

He treaded water for hours in the Gulf of Mexico, withstanding rain, winds and waves before he was rescued. Others have not been so lucky. What happens when a person [...]

Byline: Erica Lamberg, Special to USA TODAY There's something Old World about sailing on a transatlantic cruise, as maritime customs often include dressing up for dinner, enjoying afternoon tea with [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY If the United States national parks are on your travel bucket list, American Cruise Lines is giving travelers a way to check a few off [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY You could have the best seats for a Broadway show, but the production only lasts so long. But on The Broadway Cruise, a new voyage [...]

Byline: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY David and Sara Stubler took a cruise for their honeymoon in 1995, but after David found out he could not eat gluten six years ago, [...]

Byline: Cheryl Maguire When the pandemic hit, 'no-sail orders' suspended cruises for 15 months. Once the ban was lifted, Marcello De Lio, an avid cruiser from New York City, couldn't [...]