The Joy of Cruising Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome San Diego’s Bob and Holly, creators in 2020 of Innocents Abroad, YouTube channel, Facebook group and page, and Instagram platform. Their goal is to grow appreciation for discovery, diversity and conversation about travel, with a concentrated focus on cruising. Bob and...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, John Perri, creator of the John the Wanderer blog, Facebook Page and Instagram. John is a consummate cruise aficionado. He notes “There is something about being on the ocean that is such an awesome experience. Plus having all the food and entertainment included and in one place makes fo...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Nikki and Tommie Jones. As regular listeners and readers of any of The Joy of Cruising books know, among passionate cruise celebrities, musicians, performers, CEOs, or global cruise personalities, we feature “ordinary” cruisers with extraordinary cruise stories. If this podcast was vide...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome UK’s Harry Cotterill, cruise blogger and artist from Cruise Cotterill . The Cruise Cotterill brand was launched in 2015 and since then Harry's talent for producing one-of-a-kind drawings of the world's cruise ships and other craft has become increasingly talk...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Tristan Roebuck-Trull, Justin Roebuck-Trull, and their son young Josh, a couple from UK and creators of Cruise Buoys , rapidly growing YouTube channel, Instagram platform, blog, and Facebook group.     At https://cruisebuoys.com/ : We’re Justin, Tristan, and Josh – the faces behind Cruise Buoys , your new best fr...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Carol McQuaid, artist, writer, blogger, world traveler and creator of The Illustrated Vagabond . I am so excited to bring Carol to the listeners of The Joy of Cruising Podcast --the first seafaring artist in over 200 guests featured in The Joy of Cruising books, and The Joy of Cruising Podcast. (In just a few wee...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Venus Anderson who attended Melanin at Sea’s recent group cruise to Alaska on Celebrity Edge and will share her reflections with the listeners. Venus and I are among the 105 thousand members of Melanin at Sea , one of the most influential of the thousands of private cruising discussion groups on Facebook. It is c...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome back Gary Bembridge, the embodiment of the successful Tips For Travellers blog, podcast, and most notably, YouTube channel. I have to be careful introducing Gary, lest you think of me as being sensationalistic. I’ll just give you one opinion, and one fact about Gary. It is my opinion that Gary is the smartest per...

Send us Fan Mail This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Sarah Gallo AKA The Five Foot Traveler . I had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah for a feature in my second cruising book Cruising Interrupted, in a section called The Globetrotters, featuring travelers, passionate cruisers all, who transcend cruising in traversing the globe. The others featured...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Gail and Mike , a couple from UK and creators of the Sail With Gail and Mike YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook group. They are specifically from Liverpool, UK, which takes on a special significance related to the main topic of this episode.   One of the most anticipated and majestic new cruise shi...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special guest straight from somewhere in the world, Brandee Lake, the creator of Tik Tok’s 179k followers iambrandeelake, and same named Instagram. Brandee’s profile at IG says simply: “Asia finishing…Africa loading.”   On December 10, 2023, Brandee embarked in Miami Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise on Se...

Send us Fan Mail This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Alex Roberson, creator of Alex the Cruiser, internet persona and major cruise Facebook and Instagram cruise personality. Alex has been cruising since he was 5 years old and has over 150 days at sea under his belt. He currently has his 27th, 28th, and 29th cruises booked, and he just can't ge...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Michael Lazaroff, Executive Director and Owner, Jazz Cruises, the world’s leader in full-ship charter jazz music cruises, having produced over 90 full-ship charters featuring more than 2000 musicians including several legendary performers and dozens of Grammy winners. Jazz Cruises is comprised principally of a po...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Jill and Jerry , creators of Cruising Canucks the Canada-based blog, YouTube channel, Facebook Group and Instagram platform. I always enjoy meeting passionate cruisers who are like me, curious about what the cruising world offers and who go out of their way to share their findings with you. Thank you to my friend...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Raimele (Rai) and ShaKeia (Keke) Reese , creators of the fast-growing Team Reese Travels YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook Group. In addition, Keke partners with Charvon of Parkers On The Go , and Cheryl of SIG Cruiser as hosts of the Cruise Kibitz podcast. Created in 2020, Team Reese Travels is t...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , Don Buculo, one half—along with his wife Heidi, of the influential Eat Sleep Cruise blog, YouTube channel, and Instagram platform. When it comes to mega ships, I consider Eat Sleep Cruise among the very best content creators/cruise influencers, and 2024 represents an excess of mega-ship riches. The Icon of t...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Kate Smith aka A Girl in Every Port. Kate Smith is a writer and nurse who has lived and worked all over the world, both on land and at sea. When she’s not writing, she and her husband are chasing two small boys and various animals across their small farm in Maine.    Kate, when in her 20s, went on a few cruises to...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Flavia Gray, creator of Ships and Champagne, A Luxury Cruise and Lifestyle Blog . I wrote about Flavia’s story in my first cruising book, The Joy of Cruising amzn .to/2EAMddF , in a section called The Influencers , which focuses on individuals like Flavia who epitomize what The Joy of Cruising is about: individua...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Mikkel & Dan, creators of the Sometimes Sailing cruise website and Instagram . I got to know Mikkel and Dan when I wrote about Sometimes Sailing in my new release The Joy of Cruising Again http://amzn.to/3lAfyON where I wrote about their penchant for small ship cruising as well as “ship-within-a-ship” spaces, for in...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast ,  Matt, creator of Cruise Life Matt. I first “met” Matt on Instagram, mainly due to the prevalence of stunning cruise ship drone photos on his feed that caught my eye—leading me to dub him the best cruise ship drone photographer on the internet. Last summer it was my pleasure to host Matt on The Joy of Cruising Podcast...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, my second special guest in a row that I met on my recent cruise on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. Nadeen Manuel . I met Nadeen on my first cruise ever on Virgin Voyages, a transatlantic cruise from Miami to Barcelona, Spain. Nadeen is a global hypnosis authority, and Virgin Voyages sailors got to experience Nadeen i...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special guest. Dixie Krystals, The Diva, Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. I just met Dixie on my first cruise on Virgin Voyages, a transatlantic cruise from Miami to Barcelona, Spain. I experienced Dixie in several settings and always enjoyed her. What I didn’t expect is--can she ever sing! Dixie has a website, is o...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Cindy Williams. I wrote about Cindy in my first cruising book, The Joy of Cruising , in a feature called, A Cruising Ministry. I have known Cindy, the epitome of a passionate cruiser, for virtually my entire life—we are related. However, when I started writing my first book about passionate cruisers five years ag...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Jared and Jordan, creators of the popular JJ Cruise 60k member YouTube channel, blog, Facebook Page and Instagram.    From JJ Cruise https://lovelandandsea.com : Jordan and Jared are a married couple who LOVES CRUISES! They are the co-founders of the popular YouTube channel, JJ Cruise where they give tips, tricks,...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special guest, Damon Williams , a legendary comedian, actor, host, writer, and producer. He is a native of Chicago who has become a household name in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. Williams' journey to stardom began as a young entrepreneur, owning a Subway sandwich shop in the early '90s...