If you’ve followed our adventures for any length of time, you’ll know this is our second European River Cruise with Gate 1 Travel. December of ’24, we did a German Christmas Market River Cruise sailing from Regensburg to Frankfurt. Ironically, this cruise was also on the beautiful Monarch Queen. When we booked, we tried to…
Amsterdam is one of our favorite cities. So, coming in a few days early for our Tulip Time cruise was okay by us, and as we mentioned, the Hotel Jakarta Amsterdam was a great home base. Having explored the city and many of the major attractions on previous visits, we took a very…
The Hotel Jakarta was the Amsterdam hotel included in our Gate 1 Travel Tulip Time Cruise package. We often price-shop before booking an early-arrival hotel. Sometimes we find that extending at the group hotel can be oddly more expensive, and others it’s pretty close. However, as over 65 travelers, we have to look beyond the…
This past April, we took a “Tulip Time” River Cruise. It was one of the things that Mark really wanted to do, and we both really enjoyed our time in Amsterdam and the Netherlands in general. There are always several things to consider when booking, from pre- and post-trips to peak-season pricing and,…