With Europe summer travel in full swing, it’s a good time to talk about building a river cruise vacation. Whether you’re an advisor with river-bound clients, or if you’re a traveler yourself, the cruise is likely is just part of a multicomponent trip with pre- and post-cruise tours or city stays known as extensions.

The extensions business is getting more and more complex, with travelers adding on not just more extensive options from the river cruise lines but tours from third-party operators or a bespoke land trip. And while we’re at it, the in-cruise experience is getting more bespoke, too. 

In this episode tours and river cruise editor Brinley Hineman and Angela Hughes, CEO of Trips & Ships Luxury Travel in Winter Garden, Fla., talk about the options and where river-bound travelers are headed, whether it’s better to add a pre- or post-trip tour and how to position a longer European vacation.

This episode was recorded June 26 and has been edited for length and clarity.

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This episode is sponsored by National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions https://www.expeditions.com

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River cruise lines add full land tours to create longer vacations https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/River-cruise-lines-add-full-land-tours

A real win-win for river cruising: Land-based extensions https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/benefits-for-selling-pre-and-post-river-cruise-land-tours

 

With Europe summer travel in full swing, it&rsquo;s a good time to talk about building a river cruise vacation. Whether you&rsquo;re an advisor with river-bound clients, or if you&rsquo;re a traveler yourself, the cruise is likely is just part of a multicomponent trip with pre- and post-cruise tours or city stays known as extensions.
The extensions business is getting more and more complex, with travelers adding on not just more extensive options from the river cruise lines but tours from third-party operators or a bespoke land trip. And while we&rsquo;re at it, the in-cruise experience is getting more bespoke, too.&nbsp;
In this episode tours and river cruise editor Brinley Hineman and Angela Hughes, <a href="https://www.tripsandships.com/about-angela-hughes">CEO of Trips &amp; Ships Luxury Travel</a> in Winter Garden, Fla., talk about the options and where river-bound travelers are headed, whether it&rsquo;s better to add a pre- or post-trip tour and how to position a longer European vacation.
This episode was recorded June 26 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor
This episode is sponsored by National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions <a href="https://www.expeditions.com">https://www.expeditions.com</a>
Related reports
River cruise lines add full land tours to create longer vacations <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/River-cruise-lines-add-full-land-tours">https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/River-cruise-lines-add-full-land-tours</a>
A real win-win for river cruising: Land-based extensions&nbsp;<a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/benefits-for-selling-pre-and-post-river-cruise-land-tours">https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/benefits-for-selling-pre-and-post-river-cruise-land-tours</a>
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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.