10 Great River Trips for Your Retirement
Category: Adventurous retirement
May 26, 2022 — Sooner or later the “what are you going to do” question comes up in conversations about retirement. For a whole lot of people their answer is: “Maybe we’ll take a river cruise”. Then the big question is where? There are so many great possibilities. For sake of conversation, here are 10 of the best ideas for river cruises, and we would love to hear Member suggestions as well. We will publish another article on other types of cruises in the future.
What kind of river trip?
For the purposes of this article we are breaking these cruises into 4 categories: American, European, International, and Adventure. In addition to where you take your river trip, you also need to decide what company will take you down that river, and in what kind of style. There are a number of companies that offer river cruises for a host of different budgets and tastes, so you don’t have to stick with the brand names you might have heard about. Talking with friends and your travel agent is a good way to find the one best suited to your needs and budget. We will list some of those operators under each category, but if you search the Internet you will be pleased with how many options there are.
Comments on "10 Great River Trips for Your Retirement"
LS says:
We did the Rhine river cruise with Scenic recently and highly recommend it and the cruise line. We started in Amsterdam after spending a few days there to see the sights. On the upper reaches of the river, the water level was too low so the last few miles of the trip were by bus to Zurich, Scenic offers e-bikes to explore on your own at stops along the route. The food was great and most drinks were included in the price. We had our own private balcony too. The guided excursions were also fun.
John Brady says:
Thanks LS. My bucket list river trip is to float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Once hiked down to the river and camped overnight. While we were there several raft groups can roaring through - everybody was smiling on those boats! Better do it soon though!
Danno says:
We have gone on 4 European river boat cruises and have booked a 5th for later this year. All 4 have been wonderful so I highly recommend them if you have a passion for history, architecture, food, wine, culture, local entertainment (e.g. Moulin Rogue can-can cabaret), etc. Being in our 40's we have always been the "young couple" on the boat.