May 12: Making Friends at Sea with @WorldCruise Recap

May 15: Making Friends At Sea with WorldCruise

It’s often said that cruise travel is the most social form of travel available today. And we’re not just talking Facebook and Twitter. When we say “social” we mean good, old fashioned human interaction.

Today’s cruise marketplace offers a wide selection of cruises with multiple dining options, shore excursion types and onboard parties allowing guests to socialize as much (or as little) as they desire. This coming Tuesday (May 15th), #CruiseChat will run a “Making Friends At Sea” episode hosted by WorldCruise (the Twitter team behind Cruise Specialists) , and learn about the finer points of group & escorted cruise travel.

We also know that some ports require a little advance research and planning in order to fully enjoy all the sights. Have you ever considered having a private tour guide while on a cruise – available to customize your shore time, arrange group tours and ensure that your travel plans go smoothly? We reached out to the team at Cruise Specialists to offer some insight into group and escorted cruises, as well as extended length cruise vacations to teach us a little more about the advantages of such personalized service – and how getting more acquainted with our fellow cruisers can truly serve to enhance our overall cruise experience.

Cruise Specialists has been successfully putting together group and escorted cruise tours for the last 25 years – and has been a Conde Nast Traveler Magazine Top Travel Specialist for the last 12 consecutive years! Their core specialties include organizing and planning memorable world cruises, family reunion cruises, affinity group cruises, honeymoons and unique personal travel experiences. Moreover, they will even handle every detail before and after your cruise such as securing your airfare, transportation to the ship and hotel stays.

So join us on Tuesday, May 15th at 2pm ET to learn more about escorted and group cruise travel as well as earn your chance to win a $50 gift card to your choice off a long list of national retailers.

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May 8: Cruise Food and Porthole Cruise Recap

1,064 tweets generated 2,665,119 impressions, reaching an audience of 256,269 followers according to HashTracking.com

Top 10 by number of impressions
1. cruiselinefans: 783,760
2. cruisebuzz: 479,440
3. donnak4: 138,222
4. portholecruise: 100,800
5. sandimckenna: 96,480
6. windstarcruises: 70,064
7. shipsandtrips: 63,486
8. luckymel8: 54,027
9. cruiseradio: 51,040
10. simontravels: 49,274

Top 10 by number of tweets
1. cruiselinefans: 101
2. luckymel8: 87
3. simontravels: 71
4. sweetmatcha: 55
5. cruisebuzz: 40
6. msmary1962: 35
7. cruisemiss: 31
8. cruisedotco: 30
9. portholecruise: 28
10. worldcruise: 27

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May 8: Cruise Food with Porthole Cruise Magazine

Extravagant meals have long been associated with cruising. From midnight buffets to dining at the Captain’s table to on-deck barbeques, food and cruise ships have been inseparably linked in the minds of cruise passengers.

Tuesday at the next #CruiseChat, we examine the finer points of dining at sea… specialty restaurants to room service, celebrity burger bars to chocoholic buffets, if it’s edible and on a ship, chances are we’ll serve it up at the next #CruiseChat!

Our sponsor and co-host, Porthole Cruise Magazine, kn0ws a thing or two about fine dining on a cruise ship, and we invite foodies and wanna-be foodies of all types to compare notes, offer suggestions and find the best of the best cuisine at sea.

And the generous team at Porthole Cruise Magazine has supplied a $50 Gift Card to give away to 1 lucky #CruiseChat-er, so you don’t want to miss the fun! Bring your appetite and join us on Twitter on #TravelTuesday May 8 at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT for the one and only #CruiseChat!

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May 1: Cruise Destination and CruiseWise Recap

792 tweets generated 2,399,678 impressions, reaching an audience of 205,412 followers.

Top 10 by number of impressions
1. cruiselinefans: 587,024
2. jkheaton: 308,430
3. sandimckenna: 211,970
4. luxurycruiseco: 203,338
5. vacationchoices: 141,732
6. colormered: 132,392
7. stayadventurous: 105,314
8. cruisewise: 94,164
9. travelmaestro: 88,528
10. windstarcruises: 86,840

Top 10 by number of tweets
1. cruiselinefans: 76
2. simontravels: 62
3. cruisewise: 59
4. momunblogger: 37
5. engineer_barbie: 34
6. captainbirdie: 32
7. jkheaton: 30
8. heathertravels: 29
9. travelmaestro: 22
10. stayadventurous: 22

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5/1: Choosing Your Cruise Destination with CruiseWise

You know you want to go on a cruise, and you likely have a general idea of what region you want to sail to. The question is: how do you choose among dozens, perhaps hundreds, of possible itinerary options? Maybe one has a particular port you’ve always wanted to visit. Another calls on several ports that you’ve been to but enjoyed and wanted to revisit. And once you’ve chosen an itinerary, how do you find accurate, relevant information for the ports you’ll visit?

Every cruiser has grappled with these questions at one time or another. And now, there’s a solution.

In the first of a series of #CruiseChat sessions to help you %CruiseWise, our friends at CruiseWise join us on May 1 and will introduce us to their unique destination search tools and a their new and comprehensive Port and Destination Guides that can make choosing your next cruise a lot easier.

CruiseWise brings wisdom and simplicity to cruise booking by combining innovative technology with an in-house team of cruise experts to radically improve the way you plan your next vacation, and we’re thrilled that they’re sponsoring the next #CruiseChat, Tuesday May 1 at 2 pm ET.

Join us on Twitter and you could win our biggest and best prize yet: a $75 restaurant or retail gift card! You don’t want to miss out!

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