Sponsored by Avalon Waterways
You may have heard lately of more families taking European river cruises with their children, including us, and in this post we’re sharing our family perspective on this style of travel.
News is spreading that this is a fun new way to travel as a family. A way that offers a more relaxed pace as ships meander slowly down iconic rivers like the Danube, the Rhone, and the Rhine, stopping at smaller towns and larger cities offering an easy way to visit multiple countries without packing and unpacking every couple of days and dealing with planes, trains, and automobiles.
We recently had the opportunity to experience a European river cruise with our two daughters, aged 15 and 11, on an Avalon Waterways 8-day Danube River cruise through Germany, Austria and Hungary.
Our family thoroughly enjoyed the experience and walked off the boat saying, “which European river cruise should we do next?” We needed to focus on another dream trip to help us get over the after-travel blues that hit us almost immediately upon disembarking and realizing we were now once again responsible for EVERYTHING!
After two weeks of traveling through France and Italy independently, I was grateful for the “sit down and enjoy yourself Mom, we’ve got everything covered” style of the river cruise. I think the girls enjoyed me also no longer being boss woman and head tour guide!
Our cruise experience was a paid partnership with Avalon Waterways to share why river cruising can be a great new way of traveling for families with older children, and below are our personal insights.
European River Cruises For Families – why take them?
We’ll be sharing several posts on our experience with Avalon, but first we wanted to share why we thought it was a great experience for families and a few tips to help you get the most out of it.
Independence for all
One of the biggest benefits of European river cruising with older kids is that they’ll love and appreciate the independence it offers.
Firstly, they’ll get their own cabin as staterooms are made for two. The girls were across the corridor from us and loved shutting their door and having their own space!
They could come and go as they pleased, which they took great advantage of for…
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