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Whale watching has 2 perfect seasons. Most travelers only book 1

The humpback whales breaching off Alaska’s Inside Passage in July are the same animals fluking through Banderas Bay by December. They travel roughly 3,000 miles each way, feeding in Alaska’s cold, nutrient-rich waters through summer, then heading south to Mexico’s Pacific coast to breed and

More retirees are choosing life at sea than most people realize, and a new class of residential ships is making it possible

For decades, retirement meant a fixed address. Now, a growing number of Americans are trading the deed to a house for a cabin aboard a ship, and the industry building to meet them is more crowded with ambition than it has ever been. The distinction matters, as this is not

How to Find Sanctuary in the Middle of Alaska’s Record-Breaking Cruise Year

How to Find Sanctuary in the Middle of Alaska’s Record-Breaking Cruise Year

Alaska is on track for one of its busiest cruise seasons ever. More than 2.1 million passengers will flood the Great Land's historic ports for a record-breaking season in maritime travel. Seattle alone expects a staggering 330 scheduled vessel calls to handle the surge this summer.

New Tech Uses AI to Save the Whales

New Tech Uses AI to Save the Whales

More than fifty whales have died on the West Coast of North America as of May 31st, already making it the second deadliest year for the aquatic mammals. Eleven of the fatalities were in the San Francisco Bay area, two as a result of ship strikes. Historically, 40% of grey

Princess just announced its biggest Europe season ever, and it’s not the only line going all in for 2028

Princess Cruises has rolled out what it calls its largest-ever Europe season, opening 291 departures across 150 itineraries for 2028 and putting six ships to work from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean. The lineup brings the line’s first calls to Galway and Killybegs on Ireland’s west coast,

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

(KNOXVILLE, TN) George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with

The biggest luxury cruise trend of 2026 isn’t a bigger ship. It’s a smaller one.

The mainstream cruise industry is building bigger than ever. Ships carrying 5,000 passengers, private islands and onboard roller coasters have made scale the default language of cruise marketing. But among travelers willing to spend the most, something different is happening. New research from Internova Travel Group, one of the