Why a River Cruise is so good 

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I have done 2 Viking river cruises. The last one was in November 2019 over Thanksgiving and I was traveling alone. Met great people and had a great time! They had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner for us. We visited a number of Christmas Markets in lovely towns. Nice to be able to walk back to the ship when ready.

Went up the Elbe with Viking & it was wonderful. One big thing to remember is generally good mobile coverage (with data).... not having to pay the cruise line for it as it is just "there".

We have done the Grand European and Waterways of the Tsars in Russia with Viking and they were absolutely fantastic.

Another excellent video and you touched on all points! We did a Mississippi river cruise on the American Queen and it was fabulous. Our next one is with Viking on the Rhine in May, 2022. I'm certain the Rhine river cruise will be a true cultural & historical experience as was the Mississippi cruise.

We've cruised on Avalon twice (Rhine & Danube). Love their boats and active lifestyle. Food rocked.

We love river cruises. Have done 7 river cruises over the years in Europe with Tauck and Viking cruises at different times of the year.Have another booked with Tauck in May 2022. We have met so many wonderful people and the crews were terrific. Ben and David explain it so well. Look forward to seeing your coming river cruise.

I've only been on one cruise, Croisie Europe late June down the Moselle and up the Rhine. It was cheap, the food was amazing and the stops were fascinating. Met some great friends.

My reluctance to river cruise is all about the water level issue you brought up. I've read multiple stories about people booking expensive river cruises, only to find out what they actually were getting was a bus tour plus second rate hotels --- and the cruise line explains that it wasn't in their control. Of course, a bus tour plus hotels is something people book all the time, at much less cost than the cruise.

We river cruise with Scenic. Amazing holidays, not cheap but EVERYTHING is included. That even includes the mini bar in your cabin, all excursions and they even have a specialty dining restaurant where you are invited at least once on your cruise. Booked again for next year.

My husband and I got to cruise on Mississippi Queen several years ago and it was so much fun!I love your videos!

I would love to try a river cruise and I love the idea of one that includes more physical activities...AND wine! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! So grateful for your videos!

I've never been on a cruise but I love watching your videos, they are very interesting.

Thank you for your insights - I have always wanted to take a River cruise. It sounds amazing!

Always happy to see a new video by B&D I would like to try river cruising for sure. Thanks for keeping us updated. Happy Holidays to both of you and your family

Loved our Vantage 24 day cruise! Amazing!

Perfect timing for you to release this video, I’m leaving for my first river cruise next week on the Rhine. I’m really excited to experience the Christmas markets!

We totally love River Cruising, and its so much more relaxing and you see such wonderful truly amazing destinations. We have done them in Asia, and Europe, and this June will be on the Colombia and Snake rivers. And in August , Budapest to the Black Sea, and in Oct, the Rhine And Mosel. All these trips were actually booked either in 2020, or 2021, and have had to reschedule for 2022. We also have done 2 Christmas cruises, different ports, and our favorite city to visit at Christmas time is Nuremburg, Germany! But i have leaned that they will not open this year, cause of lockdown. Has your trip been cancelled yet ? We have met some wonderful new friends on these trips and still travel with several! 66 large cruise ship trips, all over the world, and 15 river boat trips under our belts! Vickie from SE Pa

I remember pre-covid the rivers dried up and passengers were enraged about the coaches, demanding refunds! Thank you for the video. Have an amazing weekend!

Did Vietnam and Cambodia with aapt and it’s been one f my favourite holidays

Fellas, I’d love to see a video on your favourite cruise. I know it probably would be hard considering the food, the entertainment, drinks packages, but even a list of your favourites

Always great information, luv your videos guys! River cruises look very relaxing as well as fun. Thanks

Fantastic video again..We were booked on a river cruise but sadly had to postpone..Fingers and toes crossed it will happen 2022...

Might try one when I'm retired. Or when covid is gone whichever comes sooner.

Wow never seen that before look very cool cruise. Thank you for share with us….

Your Christmas river cruise was amazing. I have always wanted to visit Europe Christmas markets. Your cruise was like I was with you all. The tastes, smells and sights were real.

I have been on Avalon Cruise Paris-Normandy -The first night I sat down with my partner for dinner and a follow passenger came over to us and invited us to dine with them at their table-We joined them every night for dinner-in addition they invited two others to join us at the table-We had a great time

Never thought of a river cruise but this video has piqued my interest. Thanks.

I am looking to redo a Mississippi cruise. Wonderful

Hi. I love watching ALL your videos. Regarding the river cruises, I have priced them in the U.S., they are 2X or more, in price! Cannot afford these cruises. I think it’s important that you include pricing in all your videos. The bottom line is important to many. Again, love your videos…..keep them coming!!

We did Viking's Budapest to Amsterdam cruise in 2019. Service was great. The food was good. The excursions were outstanding. We did have to switch ships once due to low water, but Viking did it easily while we were seeing Nuremberg, all our things were transferred to another identical ship without a problem. We dived into the history and beauty of the cities we saw. We made new friends. You cannot ask for more.

We had reservations to leave Thanksgiving Eve day for Budapest with Ama Waterways, and do the Christmas markets in Bavaria and Austria. Trip was cancelled at the last minute (we were on our way to the airport to catch flight the next day). Needless to say we were disappointed!

As always thanks for the amazing content. My first river cruise and it was amazing. Plus it was during Holiday season so got to see the wonderful Christmas markets. Aren’t they amazing?

Watching with the hubby and at 4:03 he howled laughing and screeching "the animal crossing chairs!" Thank you as always for the info but also the good laugh today 😆

Nile cruise was awesome too

I'm in my early 30s and going on my first river cruise with Viking this summer through Paris. I'll be going with my parents and grandma, and this was really exciting to get a sneak peek of what the experience will feel like! 🤞 we'll be parked by the Eiffel Tower too!

We adore Viking River and ocean cruises😘

Super info chaps thank you both. ❤️🇦🇺

Another wonderful vlog. I always look forward to every trip you go on!

Thank you for your video boys!! Jay here from West Hollywood. We did a Christmas Market River Cruise on Emerald from Amsterdam to Budapest. Absolutely the best cruise we have ever had. Which River Cruise will you both be doing?

Thank you for your informative videoes.

Love it thanks for sharing👍🏽👍🏽

Sounds great. Nice video. Thanks for the info.

You mentioned American River Cruises, but seem to focus on European cruises which is fine, but when you get a chance try to due a video focusing on American River Cruises especially the Mississippi and/or the Snake River and/or an Alaskan River Cruise since the River ships can get into areas the Oceanliners are too big for.

Thank you guys

We just signed up for our fourth River cruise on Viking.

I think a river cruise would be fun! Yes, a different vibe from an ocean cruise. I love the idea of thoughtfully prepared food with local ingredients! How lovely! I'd use it as a sampler to see what places I'd like to return to for a longer land visit. ❤️👍

Do you two plan to do a Nile cruise? I would love to hear about it!😃

Thanks for another excellent video. I must say though Ben that I was alarmed at several attacks of white hair syndrome that I noticed you had on your trip. I heard about this as a downside to river cruises and does not happen on ocean liners. Good to see it was just a temporary thing though and your hair reverted back. No casinos I suppose too, I would miss them, but otherwise pretty good.

I am considering a river cruise in Asia-like Vietnam or Southeast Asia! I think that would be spectacular! The prices I’ve seen are not bad either!

Happy Thanksgiving Boys!! 🦃

I'm so not a cruise person (and yet I'm a sub, go figure - no, I mostly just watch cos you guys are so cute) but I definitely want to do a few river cruises one day [you neglected to mention some in Africa and Oz fyi, also South America]

Thanks guy!!! Great video as per usual 😘🙂 I would like to find a nice wine cruise in the US.

Love river cruising but made the mistake of going on Viking once……never again! Staff and rooms were wonderful but the food was AWFUL. About four nights in my friend looked at me as we were walking to dinner and said…..so, what do you think we will not be eating tonight……that truly summed it up. They ran out of diet cola the third day….what?…..we spend the entire day in port…..go stock up! This happened with some bar brands also. Very unfortunate but never again on Viking when so many other lines offer really good food. Scenic, Uniworld, AMA etc. have great food.

We love Viking cruises.

I'm so interested in river cruises - it seems like such a different type of adventure. I think we'll wait until the kids are a bit older. Are there any kids onboard? Any lines with kids programs?

7 countries and 20 cities/towns!

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If you had to choose one river cruise company to go on which would you choose?

Hello, I'm back from MSc Virtuosa. I was a fan of MSC cie but I agree with you the customer service is very bad, entairtement 👎, but the food still amazing, have a good week end. HÉLÈNE from Paris

I’ve always heard that river cruises were primarily for those 60 and over. Some river cruises...you can not get food unless it’s mealtime.

Would you advise a river cruise for those who are slightly antisocial?

Do they have ebikes on river cruises. Biking is fun if you can do it.

I would rather visit those places by land. I’ll save cruises for islands

My husband and my daughters I want to go on a river cruise but Under age 18 are not permitted. Even though our 2 girls are seasoned travelers and really quite kids. It's a big fat no from every river cruise company I've called. It's ashamed really they didn't like the Disney Cruise.(they said it's too noisy). My husband and I will just haves to wait another 10 years.

What is the best time to go on a river cruise

hello people

Hi chaps. are there facilities for wheelchair users on River cruisers? Lifts,acessible rooms etc Thanks Ben and David xx

Are they wheelchair friendly

We did a river cruise and while I liked the towns we stopped at I did not care for the cruise itself there was nothing to do at night if u didn’t drink

I would not be good on a river cruise because I'm more of a eat-only-when-I'm-hungry guy.

But sucks/can’t go if your disabled

I think these clips are from the future? Your hair is so gray.