CHICAGO (CBS)-- As you saw on CBS 2 Wednesday morning, Barge Lady Cruises is a boutique travel company run by a woman here in Chicago. Here are some useful facts provided by Barge Lady Cruises, for ...

The longstanding image of barge cruises—of dark cabins below water level, sedentary guests, and little activity—just isn't accurate when you're talking river cruising today. Sure, if you crave a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The sudden cold and snow has many of us dreaming of vacation, and here is an option you may not have heard of – barge cruises. As CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reported, a boutique travel ...

DIJON, France – “Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?” Inside a crowded mustard shop in the Burgundy town where the famous brand of Dijon mustard was invented in 1866, I couldn’t resist ...

In the wide world of cruising, where increasingly large and opulent vessels are bound for new luxurious coastal berths, perhaps the next trend is not something newer and bigger— but rather an option ...

If you like the idea of slow, immersive travel, taking a barge cruise on one of Europe’s canals could be a great alternative to cruising on oceans or rivers. Barges are much smaller than cruise ships ...

More and more folks are turning to cruising as a way to see the world but cruising isn’t just about big, fancy ships. Travel enthusiast Dana Rebmann shares her barge cruising adventure through France.

As the demand for river cruises rises, so, too, does interest in the industry's little sister of sorts, barge cruising. John Wood-Dow, director of luxury hotel barge operator European Waterways, said ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Avanti Destinations introduced barge-cruising to its product line with 13 seven-day barge cruises in France, England and Scotland. The program uses new or renovated 8- to ...

Travelers planning trips in 2021 are looking to create safe travel bubbles and one way they are doing that is by booking barge cruises in Europe. Barges are an ideal way to explore regardless of the ...

Barging is a very small segment of the cruise industry, but it’s growing exponentially. That said, given that a typical barge only holds four to 12 passengers, and there are only about 100 barges in ...