Amore Travel Designs

Most travelers hear the word cruise and immediately see enormous ships. Ponant is the opposite.

This French line sails small, elegant vessels, most carrying fewer than 200 guests, which means they reach harbors and coastlines the big ships simply can’t.

A few things that set Ponant apart:

🔹Le Commandant Charcot, their polar exploration ship, is the only luxury vessel capable of reaching the geographic North Pole.
🔹Explorer-class ships feature the Blue Eye, an underwater lounge where you can watch and listen to the sea below the waterline.
🔹And the onboard experience is distinctly French, from the cuisine to the service to the champagne.

Expedition or Mediterranean, this is small-ship cruising at its best. Let me find your sailing.

One of the biggest shifts I’m seeing in luxury travel right now: two destinations, one trip.

Smart routing makes pairings possible that used to feel complicated. Three combinations I love right now:

Hawaii + Japan. The Pacific routing connects them naturally, so you can ease into the time change in Hawaii and land in Japan already adjusted.

New Zealand + Fiji. Fiji makes a natural stopover on the way there or back, turning one very long flight into two incredible destinations.

Amsterdam + Brussels. Under two hours apart by train, with completely different personalities. Canals and museums in one, chocolate, beer culture, and Art Nouveau in the other.

The trick is pacing and logistics, which is exactly what I handle. Tell me your dream pairing, and I’ll make it work.