Helicopter over Queenstown
A jet boat run through the Shotover canyons, then a scenic flight over Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables.
The finest journeys begin long before departure. Below you'll find current offers we're especially excited about, plus a search to explore more across our preferred cruise lines and travel partners. See something you love? Reach out, and we'll build the journey around you.
Featured Offer
Azamara's More to Discover event puts spending money in your pocket before you ever step aboard. Use the credit the way you actually travel: a shore excursion into the hills above the port, a table at a specialty restaurant, the spa on a slow sea day. Longer voyages and higher stateroom categories earn the most, so tell us what you have in mind and we'll point you at the sailings where the credit goes furthest.
Roughly 700 guests means small harbors, river cities, and island berths that stay off the mass-market map.
Overnights, late nights, and Extended Destination Days give you evenings in port instead of a five-hour dash.
Whole voyages inside one country, from Japan to Greece to Norway, so a place gets more than a single stop.
Offer applies to new individual bookings created during the offer period on select sailings departing on or after September 2, 2026. Onboard credit is per stateroom in USD, based on double occupancy, has no cash value, is not transferable, and expires at 10:00 p.m. on the final evening of the voyage. Credit amount varies by voyage length and stateroom category, to a maximum of $1,000. Not combinable with certain restricted fares. Azamara's full terms and conditions apply and are subject to change.
Spotlight
Tauck's newer brand for travelers who want the expertise without the packed schedule. Groups average 16, stays run three to four nights, and Roam splits each trip between guided time and time that's yours, what they call “half-on, half-off.”
Escape the Everyday, Your WayTauck spent decades earning a reputation for the kind of access most travelers never get. Roam by Tauck keeps that standard and hands you back the schedule, made for travelers in their 40s and 50s who want expert insight without a rigid itinerary. I've pulled one journey below to show you how it works.
Private tastings, after-hours entry to sites, and small-group experiences that aren't on any public booking page.
High-end dining and spa time on one hand, active days and out-of-the-way stays on the other, without over-indexing on either.
The “half-on, half-off” setup means expert-led time when you want it and open time when you'd rather explore on your own.
Stays run three to four nights, and every trip works in at least one genuinely restful stop rather than racing between cities.
Land Journey
Twelve days across both islands, paced so you're never rushed through them. You'll trek the coastal ridgelines above Marlborough Sounds, run the Shotover by jet boat before a helicopter lift over Queenstown, and cruise the sheer walls of Milford Sound. In between there's wine tasting in Marlborough and enough unhurried time to actually settle into a place. It moves when you want to move and slows down when you don't.
A few of the stops that make this one worth talking about after you're back.
A jet boat run through the Shotover canyons, then a scenic flight over Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables.
A guided day hike on one of the country's best-known coastal trails, ending at Resolution Bay.
Lunch and tasting at a small winery in the region that put New Zealand sauvignon blanc on the map.
A cruise through Fiordland, in under the cliffs and waterfalls that make this the postcard shot of the South Island.
New Zealand is one of 12 Roam by Tauck itineraries open for 2026 and 2027. Tell me how you like to travel and I’ll match you to the right one.
Avalon builds the balcony into the room. Every Panorama Suite opens through wall-to-wall windows that slide back into an open-air balcony, so the Rhine gorge or a Burgundy hillside arrives at the foot of your bed. The ships are small enough to tie up in the middle of town, and each morning Avalon Choice gives you three ways to spend the day, Classic at an easy pace, Discovery for food, markets and local life, or Active on foot or by bike. You pick the one that suits you, then we handle the rest.
Spring in Holland and Belgium, with a day at Keukenhof and its seven million bulbs at peak color. Rotterdam's harbor, the diamond quarter in Antwerp, a guided walk through Ghent, historic Middelburg, and a canal cruise back in Amsterdam to close.
The Seine unwinds past Monet's garden at Giverny and the abbeys of Rouen before it reaches the landing beaches. Cider, cheese and chalk cliffs on the way back to Paris.
The balcony is built into the stateroom rather than bolted onto it, so you get open air and floor space both.
Three ways to see each port, gentle, food and culture led, or active. Pick your pace that morning.
Around 130 guests instead of a few thousand. No lines, no tender boats, and the crew knows your name.
Terms: New bookings only. Savings of $1,500 per couple is based on double occupancy and is valid on select 2027 Europe river cruise sailings. Booking window April 10 through October 12, 2026. Offer is capacity controlled and may be modified or withdrawn at any time without notice. Not combinable with other offers or promotions. Avalon Waterways' full terms and conditions apply. Departure Time Travel LLC acts as an independent agent for the supplier.
