U.S. holiday cruises
A small nod to the rivers closer to home — Mississippi and U.S. waterway holiday sailings. A future expansion for Christmas Market Voyages.
Christmas Market Voyages was built for the European Christmas-market season — the Rhine, the Danube, the Moselle, and their fairytale towns. But America has its own holiday river-cruise tradition, and we get asked about it often enough that we wanted a dedicated home for it here.
The U.S. holiday river-cruise market is small but growing. American Cruise Lines sails modern riverboats on the Mississippi with themed holiday departures — New Orleans to Memphis, Memphis to Nashville — featuring onboard historians, regional cuisine, and small-ship intimacy. American Queen Voyages(operators of the American Queen and the former Mississippi Queen legacy) has offered themed Thanksgiving and Christmas sailings on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, with paddlewheel charm and Victorian decor. We're watching both closely.
We're planning a dedicated U.S. holiday cruise section for this site — line profiles, river maps, example itineraries, and the same honest, no-fee planning philosophy you get on the European side. Until it launches, ask us. We already book American holiday sailings through Vacation Planning Company, and we're happy to compare options for you.
Modern small ships on the Mississippi. Themed holiday sailings with onboard historians and regional cuisine.
Paddlewheel riverboats on the Mississippi and Ohio. Victorian charm, themed Thanksgiving and Christmas sailings.
A nod to the historic steamboat tradition that defined American river cruising.
Coming soon
We're building it the same way we built the European side — fair comparison, real itineraries, no fake prices. Don't want to wait? Ask us today.
Most of our travelers sail Europe for the markets — but if a Mississippi holiday sailing is what you're after, we'll build that too. No fees, either way.