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 ...

An alternative to the traditional cruise style provides passengers with one of the best ways to hit the waters, explore ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...