Exclusive Offers For You From Curio Travel

Exclusive Offers Are Yours 

Benefit with Exclusive Offers from our Preferred Travel Suppliers: 

  • AmaWaterways‘ specials on late-2024 European river cruises with our exclusive discount;
  • Australia and New Zealand tailor-made, custom vacations and one-stop flights from Wilmington, Charlotte and Raleigh;
  • MT Sobek’s group and custom packages to the US National Parks and throughout the world;
  • Ponant’s all-inclusive Alaskan adventures and newly released 2025 themed English journeys;
  • Riverside Luxury Cruises’ multiple discounts and short voyages on Europe’s Rhine, Rhone, Moselle and Danube rivers;
  • Tauck introduces new escorted tours and smaller groups for its 100th Anniversary. Curio Travel offers a week long tour through Umbria and Tuscany with extensions in May 2025;
  • Virgin Voyages’ Adults-only Cruises – act quickly for a $300 discount and $600 onboard credit;
  • Silversea’s savings of $1,500 per person – and a pre-holiday introduction to the new Silver Ray.

 

AmaWaterways – 22nd Anniversary Sale

Treat Yourself – reserve your cabin by September 30 on one of the select 2024 European river cruises – including Holiday cruises on the Rhine, the Danube or in Southern France – and receive:

  • Up to 20% off the published cruise fare;
  • AirPlus Special Rates, starting at $899 for economy round-trip airfare from one of Ama’s gateway cities.

Additionally, you can receive Curio Travel’s exclusive 10% discount on any remaining 2024 AmaWaterways’ river cruise.

Australia and New Zealand Vacations

If exploring Australia or New Zealand or both is on your Some-Day-Bucket-List, now is the time to act.  American Airlines is offering 1-stop flights from Wilmington, Charlotte and Raleigh to Auckland, New Zealand and Brisbane, Australia with highly competitive fares for travel this fall, winter (excluding the high season of December and January) and early 2025.  Flexibility with your travel dates will provide you with the lowest cost flights.

We have over 20 years’ experience designing custom trips to New Zealand and Australia. We know the ins and outs, what to avoid, and where to steer clear of the tourist traps.  If you want to avoid packaged tours on over-filled buses, staying at hotels far from city centers and rubbing elbows with way too many people in a crowded space, Contact Us. 

We will work with you to plan your vacation doing only the things you enjoy. 

Ponant

Combining adventure with luxurious surroundings, Ponant is small ship cruising at its finest! Their fleet ranges in size from the 32 passenger Le Ponant to Le Commandant Charcot, a one-of-its-kind luxury ice breaker with only 245 passengers. 

Ponant’s small ships stop at over 450 ports in well-known and exotic destinations each year. Offering understated elegance on its all-inclusive sailings, Ponant offers over 150 Zero Single Supplement adventures.

Their newly announced themed programs for English-speaking guests offer immersive experiences with onboard lectures, discussions and performances by world-class experts including Keith Lockhart, Conductor of the Boston Pops  and the New Yorker contributing writer and foreign correspondent, Robin Wright.

Additionally, Ponant partners with Smithsonian Journeys for informative small ship cruises throughout the world.

Reserve your adventure with Curio Travel to receive up to 30% off and a $100 per person onboard credit.

This year you can still experience Alaska beyond the touristy areas with savings of up to 20% on Ponant’s 12 day Alaska sailings between Seward and Vancouver.  This itinerary cruises along Alaska’s coast focusing on the natural environment, wildlife and the indigenous cultures in the area. Ponant’s Alaska adventures include shore excursions to remote wilderness destinations and daily presentations by onboard naturalists. 

Five travelers from St James experienced a fantastic trip – up close and personal to wildlife and glaciers – in July and are still raving about it.

Contact us at 910-338-6978 to find out more.

MT Sobek

MT Sobek specializes in handcrafted small-group and custom active adventures with an emphasis on hiking or walking, wildlife and authentic cultural experiences. Their trips extend over the world – from Kilimanjaro to Africa to the Galapagos.  Solo travelers are accommodated with low surcharges.  The company can book in-park lodging reservations at the US National Parks (given ample time for reservations prior to travel) and can usually secure the best park-related options for a custom, private trip. 

By reserving your adventure with Curio Travel, you will receive a custom swag box before beginning your adventure.  Additionally, Sobek will donate $50 per booking on your behalf to the Galapagos Conservancy, Fund the Tiger or the Alaska Conservation Foundation.

Riverside Luxury Cruises

Book before January 15, 2025 to receive a 10% Launch Offer discount on all 2024 and 2025 Riverside luxury river cruises.  This discount will give you reduced pricing on their luxurious cruises this summer and fall and all of next year.

Book your 2025 luxury Riverside cruise by December 31, 2024 and receive a 15% Early Booking Discount.  These savings are combinable to give you a 25% discount on a 2025 river cruise.

Solo cruisers who choose a Harmony or Melody Suite on one of Riverside’s 2024 or 2005 river cruises will enjoy a zero single supplement.

For the 2024 season, Riverside offers short 3, 4, 5 and 6 day river cruises on the most famous rivers in Europe – the Danube, the Rhine, Moselle and Rhone.  This is a great opportunity to experience the luxury of a Riverside cruise with its outstanding choices for fine dining, comfort and shore excursions at a lower cost and combine your river cruise with a tailor-made land package for full immersion in the area.

Tauck

Join Curio Travel on Tauck’s Week in Tuscany and Umbria escorted tour from May 28 to June 4, 2025 and experience Tauck’s one-price with no surprises experiential style of travel.  With a small group of no more than 24 people, we will be in the heart of Chianti country for history, spectacular views, a cooking class, truffle-hunting and of course, wine tasting.  Pre and post tour extensions include additional days in Florence and/or Rome, and several days relaxing at a 5-star Leading Hotels of the World thermal spa.

New-to-Tauck clients can receive a complementary pre- or post- hotel night with this or any other Tauck vacation, including Small Ship Cruises, River Cruises, Land Journeys and Tauck Bridges for Families.  This benefit is a Curio Travel exclusive.

Tauck is also introducing 13 new journeys in 2025 to celebrate its 100th Anniversary.   2025 land tours and Bridges family adventures are now open for reservations and are filling up quickly.   One of the new US land journeys – Nashville to New Orleans, a 9-day adventure connecting the cities with in-depth experiences at musical destinations including the Country Music Hall of Fame, BB King Museum and Graceland – sounds like fun closer to home.  

Virgin Voyages

Award-winning, adults-only Virgin Voyages offers luxurious amenities, diverse dining options, your choice of wellness programs, an incredible spa, immersive entertainment – the list goes on. Virgin provides a refreshing, upscale alternative to traditional cruising.

For a short 4 or 5 day cruise departing from Miami or a longer voyage along the Mediterranean coast, Virgin offers you an array of choices.

If you’re dreaming of getting away on a Virgin cruise that will end before October 13 – contact us! Our exclusive offer includes a $300 discount on the cruise fare plus a $600 onboard credit in addition to Virgin’s current promotion of 70% off the second passenger and a free balcony upgrade.  This offer can be used for any Virgin cruise.

Silversea

Book by October 31 to receive savings of $1,500 per person on select Silversea cruises from late-2024 through 2026. 

Be one of the first to luxuriate in the spacious features of Silversea’s newest ship, the Silver Ray, on its first trans-Atlantic crossing departing on December 3 from Lisbon to Fort Lauderdale.  This cruise is a hosted sailing, featuring a Bridge lecturer – with daily games ranging from beginner to expert – and an exclusive Curio benefit of a private guide and driver for a half-day excursion.  What a great way to relax before the holidays begin!

Windstar

Receive a complimentary all-inclusive package featuring Wi-Fi, unlimited wine, beer and cocktails, and all gratuities — plus a $200 onboard credit per stateroom when you reserve your cabin on any 2026 Windstar European cruise by October 31.

Brochures:

Interest exceeded our on-hand supply for many of the brochures from our preferred suppliers during our April 22 event at the St James Community Center.  We received more and now can offer you hard copy brochures  from:

  • AmaWaterways,
  • AAT Kings’ Australia and New Zealand day trips and multi-day guided travel,
  • Smithsonian Journeys,
  • Riverside Luxury Cruises,
  • Rocky Mountaineer,
  • Tauck,
  • Windstar and
  • Silversea, including the Galapagos – currently out of stock, but will hopefully be available in August.

If you would like to receive any of these, please let us know by completing our contact form, sending an email to jeanne@CurioTravel.net or contacting us at 910-338-6978.  We’ll be in touch to arrange delivery within St James and Brunswick County.