The Carte Atlas Journal

The month of February offers plenty of opportunity for travel, and plenty of reason to celebrate. If you have a special anniversary or a honeymoon in the works, Valentine’s Day is coming up! A national holiday also is coming up with President’s Day, giving us a long weekend. I am always ready for a Gal […]

A Panama Canal crossing is one of the few itineraries where the calendar genuinely changes the experience, not just the weather. It borders on an expedition because it is a wonderous event, while also being an ocean cruise as it is likely you will not disembark. To say you have gone through the Panama Canal […]

Want anything and everything 2027? You found the perfect spot. This CARTE ATLAS Journal Entry has nothing but 2027 at your fingertips. The very best in 2027 is right here, so let’s get started. GUIDED JOURNEYS TAUCK is a namesake for guided journeys, and has released their 2027 calendar. Land Journeys in Europe gives an […]

The Bahamas sit just off the Florida coast, so travelers often assume the timing rules differ from the wider Caribbean. In practice, the same seasonal patterns apply, just with milder swings. DECEMBER THROUGH APRIL IS THE MOST RELIABLE WINDOW Temperatures stay comfortably in the mid-70s to low 80s, and rainfall drops to its lowest levels […]

A Northern Lights cruise is one of the few trips I help curate where the calendar matters more than almost any other factor, since the aurora simply is not visible outside a specific stretch of the year. Clients need genuinely long, dark nights for any real chance of seeing it, which typically rules out summer […]