Clockwise from top left: River cruise editor Brinley HIneman, Angela Hughes of Ships and Trips Luxury Travel and host Rebecca Tobin talk about the latest phenomenon in the river cruise business: longer pre- and post-cruise land tours.
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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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