The Joy of Cruising Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week for the third time on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Nikki and Tommie Jones of Jones Getaways by Dream Vacations. I am up to 270 episodes, and you can count on one hand the passionate cruisers that have been on The Joy of Cruising Podcast three times. Nikki and Tommiehave been instrumental in my travel life in a couple ways. They introduced me to Dream Vacations and as many of you know we are own...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast; I am honored to welcome Evan Pettrey, creator of one of my new favorite YouTube channels, Family at Sea. Evan is an entrepreneur, husband, dad, and the creator behind Family at Sea. Before starting the channel, he spent more than a decade building a different business in Virginia, but a love of travel and curiosity about the cruise industry eventually led him to YouTube. Over the past 2.5 y...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast; I am delighted to welcome Nancy Soule'. Nancy is an author, vocalist, speaker, and ship musician coach. With her books, "Work at Sea, See the World," "Notes That Float,” and "Speak at Sea, Sail for Free"she shares the intimate secrets of life above and below decks. Nancy is a highly-rated speaker and a bestselling author, sharing the secrets of careers on cruise ships. Working...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on I am delighted to welcome Wayne and Charlotte Carter, back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast. Some of you may recall from their first visit to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Wayne and Charlotte are our neighbors in the community south of Richmond we moved into a year ago, and more importantly they are family. Charlotte is Cheryl’s sister and Wayne is our brother-in-law. Last time we had them on to talk about Norwegian Cruise...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast; I am honored to welcome Stuart Milan, President of North America for Riviera Travel River Cruises. With nearly two decades travel industry experience, after helping drive strong growth in the UK, he now leads expansion across the U.S. and Canada from the Fort Lauderdale headquarters. Stuart Milan joined Riviera Travel River Cruises in 2019 and serves as the President of North America...