The Joy of Cruising Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week on T he Joy of Cruising Podcast we want to share our reflections on our recent cruise—a transatlantic on Virgin Voyages S carlet Lady—M iami to the Med. Not a review, YouTube can do a much better job than us, but just our random reflections.    The cruise starts with 8 sea days, so we will be trying so much of the award-winning food we have heard so much about. This crui...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Paul & Carole, creators of Paul & Carole Love To Travel. I go aways back with Paul & Carole whom I consider friends though I have never properly met then . But I kind of felt like I met them in our first interaction when I featured them in my first cruise book, The Joy of Cruisinghttp://amzn.to/2EAMddF and t...

Send us Fan Mail We love stand-up comedy here at The Joy of Cruising Podcast , and no one does it better on the ocean than Carnival Cruise Lines. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Spike Davis , a Carnival favorite comedian, host, and writer. He is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, now residing in Atlanta—when not on the ocean. Perhaps after looking at his Carnival...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Lisa Mclean, Le Boat , Marketing Manager for North American . Le Boat is the market leader in providing luxury houseboat vacations on the beautiful rivers, lakes and canals of Europe and Canada. They have the world’s largest fleet of luxury houseboats and the widest choice of fabulous boating destinations to choo...

Send us Fan Mail This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Lucy , creator of the Cruising As Crew , website, YouTube channel, and Instagram platform. Lucy has worked for P & O and Virgin Voyage in the shops, and for Royal Caribbean and Disney Cruise Lines as a shopping ambassador. I will be sure to ask Lucy to elaborate on and differentiate between t...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Ilana of Life Well Cruised. Ilana is one of my first friends in the cruising blogosphere, having been featured in my second cruise book, Cruising Interrupted http://amzn.to/3seFU8y , and she has been a social media friend since my first book (which Ilana would have been in if not for an email issue!) Life Well Cruised  ...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Tom and Dom , a couple from UK and creators of the Tom and Dom Travel blog, YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook group. Tom and Dom have only been cruising since right after the pandemic, sailing MSC Virtuosa on a short cruise to nowhere—referred to UK as a staycation as UK phased in cruises after th...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Sheri of the Cruise Tips TV. Sheri is a special friend to me, having been featured in my first two cruise books, The Joy of Cruising http://amzn.to/2EAMddF and Cruising Interrupted http://amzn.to/3seFU8y , and then being my first choice for the initial episode of The Joy of Cruising Podcast which she graciously accepted...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week to The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Justin Sorrell aka MrBucketlist . Justin is a video creator and influencer and the creator of the MrBucketlist YouTube channel where 16k subscribers get to follow his adventures on the seas usually on the newest ships, like the largest ship in the world that launched just last month, Icon of the Seas . Justin rece...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Linzi and Mark , a couple from UK and creators of the Suite Natured  blog, YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook group. They are a CLIA Choose Cruise member 2024.  Linzi and Mark state on their website: Based in Northern England, getting to the cruise port is always an adventure, so we usually travel...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome this week to The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Walter Biscardi, Founder of Where’s Walter Travel . Sometimes I mention passionate cruisers I interview who moved me to add a destination or experience or vessel to my ever-expanding bucket list, or to book one already on my bucket list. Walter was one such passionate cruiser who moved me to booking a cruise on Vi...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast Ben & David of the massively successful Cruise With Ben & David. Their 248k followers on YouTube puts Cruise With Ben & David as one of the top cruise channels in the world. Along with Cruise Mummy , Cruise With Ben & David are the only two-time winners of the UK Wave Award in the cruise influe...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Colin Stewart and Nick Jackson , co-creators of the new brand Cruise with Colin and Nick , comprised of a YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook Group. As some of you know, Cruising’s Young and Restless has been a recurring section in The Joy of Cruising books taking a look at passionate cruisers of to...

Send us Fan Mail This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Lois , creator of the UK based Lois: No Cruise Control blog, YouTube channel, and Instagram platform. Lois is a highly regarded cruise influencer—39th in the world according to Feedspot. Although she has been cruising for 14 years, she has sailed dozens of cruises. On her website, Lois introduces...

Send us Fan Mail This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Holly Crabtree , creator of the UK-based Hollydaysatsea , YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook group. Holly is visiting The Joy of Cruising Podcast today to discuss mainly her recent cruise on the inaugural sailing of the highly anticipated Princess Cruises Sun Princess— which you mi...

Send us Fan Mail This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome RacQuelle and Ron , creators of the fast-growing MH Family Adventures, YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook Group. MH Family Adventures is a growing YouTube cruise channel with 15k subscribers, and 55k followers across their various social media platforms. Feedspot lists MH Family Ad...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Venus Anderson , I was browsing Melanin At Sea, one of the most influential Facebook affinity groups comprised of 96,000-member, created by friends of the show and global cruise personalities A Rich and Jazzy Life. Venus happens to be the administrator of Melanin At Sea (and sister and...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Mike Jason, President, StarVista LIVE, one of the world’s largest producers of music-themed cruises. StarVista LIVE offers a diverse collection of eight theme cruises covering a cross-section of music genres all generally aimed at 55-plus cruisers. StarVista LIVE’s flagship cruise is the Malt Shop Memories Cruise...

Send us Fan Mail Hello passionate cruisers, this is Paul. And this is Cheryl. This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast we want to briefly share our reflections about our most recent cruise. This one was a short R&B music cruise to the Bahamas on the Norwegian Pearl.    The cruise starred R&B superstar Maxwell and was called the “Urban Hang Suite Cruise.” Urban Hang Suite is the name of Max...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome a special guest, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo . Among the global cruise personalities, we are blessed to host, today, I am honored to welcome another one of those Googleable individuals we occasionally have the honor to host. Lisa Lutoff-Perlo , the Chief Executive Officer of Celebrity Cruises from 2015-2023 is admired acro...

Send us Fan Mail This week I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Rich and Jasmine of A Rich and Jazzy Life . It is only fitting that this first the first reflections of the launch cruise of the world’s largest ship come from one of the world’s most influential cruise personalities.  A Rich and Jazzy Life has over 101K followers on their You Tube channel, and perhaps even m...

Send us Fan Mail We were blessed to check off some of our bucket list in the past 14 months: Mediterranean Cruise, The Smooth Jazz Cruise, Hawaii,  and Alaska. We’re leveling up with our bucket list cruises for 2024-2025. In this short bonus episode on The Joy of Cruising Podcast,  Paul and Mrs. The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Cheryl , discuss their plans to check off some cruise bucket list items in...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Alanna Zingano , creator of the Travel The World From A To Z Facebook, and self-named blog and YouTube channel. Alanna is a highly regarded cruise influencer. I consider Cruise Bloggers, Vloggers, and Content Creators as Cruise Community Champions and have featured them throughout The Joy of Cruising Trilogy and...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am thankful. Thankful that you have allowed me into your personal space for 80 times over this past year. I am thankful to the listeners that have made this podcast global in 100 countries. Cruising is loved throughout the world! And I am so appreciative of our guests, who make it possible for me to attract you. I only wish I could have...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Stefanie Mullen, co-creator of the Sean and Stef blog and YouTube Channel . From the Sean and Stef website: ‘We are Sean & Stef , your favorite cruise travelers! We are professional filmmakers and have won 3 Emmy awards for our video work. We are positive filmmakers who focus on the joys of travel and all the...