Vacation Mavens Travel Podcast

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227: Explore Iceland on a Windstar Cruise

227: Explore Iceland on a Windstar Cruise

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Kim just came back from her third cruise of the year and her first small-ship cruise on Windstar Cruises. TL;DR, she loved Windstar and small ship cruising! In this week’s episode Kim dishes on everything you need to know about small ship cruising on Windstar. Plus, hear about her pre-cruise excursions from Reykjavik including a small group Golden Circle tour… Read More

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225: Princess Alaska Cruise

225: Princess Alaska Cruise

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Kim is back from her 7th Alaska cruise! This one was on Princess Cruise visiting the Inside Passage that cruises from Seattle and visits Victoria, Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagaway and sails through Glacier Bay.  Note: Kim was hosted by Princess Cruises for her trip. This cruise visits Victoria very briefly at night so not a good choice if you really… Read More

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222: Caribbean Cruise on the Holland America Nieuw Statendam

222: Caribbean Cruise on the Holland America Nieuw Statendam

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Kim took her oldest daughter on a Caribbean Cruise for her college spring break this past March. After sailing Holland America in Alaska in the past, she was excited to try the Holland America Caribbean cruise on the Nieuw Statendam. This was a unique itinerary that left from Fort Lauderdale and visited Nassau, Bahamas, Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic,… Read More

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218: Barge and River Cruising Through France

218: Barge and River Cruising Through France

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Before we say goodbye to summer and pull on our flannels and break out the pumpkin spice, Tamara and Kim are back with a recap of Tamara’s European summer travels including a month spent exploring France by river and barge cruise! Tamara first spent two weeks in the United Kingdom, on a road trip through both Scotland and Wales with… Read More

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212: Summer Travel Recap

212: Summer Travel Recap

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We are back from our summer travel and packed a whole lot into a one episode recap! We apologize in advance for some audio difficulties on this one, especially after taking so long to get it live. Thanks for hanging in there with us! On this episode we cover Tamara’s summer trips to: Nantucket (read her 3 days in Nantucket… Read More

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211: Cruise from NYC to the Bahamas on Norwegian Cruise Lines

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We are still catching up about our spring break trips and this time Kim shares the ups and downs from a Norwegian Cruise Lines voyage from New York City to the Bahamas with stops in “Orlando” and Norwegian’s private island. Listen in and see if you are ready to set sail. In NYC, Kim stayed in the Hyatt Centric in… Read More

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