If an Antarctica Cruise or Arctic Cruise is on your horizon, you’ve found the right company to help get you there! Whether you’re thinking about an adventure cruise, nature and wildlife travel, or a journey highlighting the history of the “Heroic Age" of polar exploration, TravelWild Expeditions has the staff, expertise and experience to guide you to the trip that’s right for you.
TravelWild has been in the “trip of a lifetime” business since 1980—from the days when there were only two ships offering trips to Antarctica—to today, when there are almost 50! Having worked closely with a number of polar cruise operators for many years, some of our long-standing relationships date back to the close of the Cold War when numerous ice-strengthened Soviet (now Russian) ships became available for commercial cruising and revolutionized Arctic and Antarctic travel
Due to our extensive experience as Arctic and Antarctic expedition leaders, ship charterer, tour operators, cruise managers, naturalists, logisticians and trip provisioners, we fully understand the ins and outs of polar cruising, and are uniquely qualified to assist you in preparation for your next polar adventure!
Our expertise gives you the TravelWild Advantage. Here’s why:
Objectivity
When it comes to polar expedition cruises, one of the greatest advantages of working with TravelWild Expeditions to select a trip is our objectivity. We work with many excellent ship operators, but we’re beholden to none of them. As you compare different cruises, our unbiased role is to help you sort through the myriad options available and give you an honest assessment of the trips that interest you. In that way, we can match you with the destination, cruise program, ship, departure date and price that works best for you.
Firsthand Experience
We’ve traveled extensively during the past 25 years exploring Antarctica and the Arctic and we know these destinations as well as anyone in the business. We’ve also been on most of the expedition ships working in polar waters (or their nearly-identical “sister ships”) and we can tell you—firsthand—what each ship can offer. If you want to know what it’s like to land at famed Deception Island in Antarctica, or walk among 100,000 king penguins on the Salisbury Plain, or see a polar bear stalk a ringed seal in Spitsbergen—we’d love to share our detailed, firsthand accounts of these experiences with you.
Knowledge
Our staff knows polar cruising and we’re widely recognized as experts in the field. Whether running our own cruises as a tour operator, or acting as booking agent and assisting our clients in selecting a polar cruise that’s right for them, we know what it takes to make a great cruise experience. As a result of our many years in the industry, we know the owners, executives and trip planners of many of the ship operators we work with and keep our fingers on the pulse of the trade. Our understanding of “the next big thing” was no better illustrated than during the first-ever Snow Hill Island emperor penguin trips in 2006—when we booked nearly 10 times the number of passengers on those trips than our nearest competitor!
Attention to the Details
While helping you find a cruise is an essential part of what we do, that’s only the starting point. Once you’ve chosen a trip, our office staff continues to serve you up to and after your cruise. We provide pre-trip departure information to help you plan, pack and prepare for your journey. We can offer advice on where to buy appropriate clothing and gear for your trip, recommend books to read before you go, suggest how much to tip your guides—even describe the types of electrical outlets found on your ship!
Our Service at No Additional Fee
We do not charge any booking fees for your land or cruise arrangements. You pay the same price with TravelWild as by booking direct—with much more personalized service and the added value of our expertise at no additional cost. When you book with TravelWild you can rest assured your proposed trip is based on your needs, preferences and specific requirements, and not based on commission.
When you sign up with TravelWild, we represent you when things go well—but also when they don't—and work as your agent for travel, and your advocate should problems later arise.
Variety
Because we work with multiple ship operators, we offer more Arctic and Antarctic cruises than any one of these companies, alone. This gives you a broader selection of destinations, programs, departure dates and prices from which to choose.
|