What Is a Distinctive Voyage? A Better Way to Cruise with Wish & Wander Journeys
When you’re planning a cruise, choosing the right ship and itinerary is important. But how you book your cruise can make a difference, too.
Through the Distinctive Voyages program, Wish & Wander Journeys has access to select cruise departures that can include complimentary experiences and added benefits beyond the cruise itself.
For our clients, that can mean more service, more experiences and more value — simply because we know where to look.
What Is Included on a Distinctive Voyage?
On qualifying Distinctive Voyages sailings, guests can receive three valuable extras:
A Distinctive Voyages Host
Your onboard host is an additional point of contact throughout the cruise, available to answer questions, provide information about ports and assist Distinctive Voyages guests as needed.A Private Welcome Reception
Meet your host and fellow Distinctive Voyages travelers at a private gathering onboard. You’re not traveling as an escorted group — this is simply a fun opportunity to connect with other travelers at the beginning of your vacation.An Exclusive Shore Event
This may be our favorite benefit! Distinctive Voyages guests enjoy a complimentary shore experience created specifically for their group, with an emphasis on connecting with the local culture and destination.
And these experiences are only available to guests booked into the qualifying Distinctive Voyages group.
An Even Rarer Benefit: Private Car & Driver
On a very, very limited number of specially selected Distinctive Voyages sailings each year, an elevated Private Car & Driver benefit may be offered.
On these select departures, guests may have the choice of a private car and driver with a preselected tour, a private car and driver with flexibility to explore on their own terms, or a $200 per person onboard credit.
This benefit may be available on select departures only with Azamara Cruises, Explora Journeys, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Seabourn and Silversea Cruises.
We want to emphasize select: simply sailing with one of these cruise lines does not mean the Private Car & Driver benefit is available. These departures are quite limited, which makes finding one especially exciting!
14 Cruise Brands Participate
Distinctive Voyages includes select departures across river, premium, small-ship and luxury cruising. Participating brands include AmaWaterways, Atlas Ocean Voyages, Azamara Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal, Cunard, Explora Journeys, Holland America Line, Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Seabourn, Silversea Cruises and Windstar Cruises.
That means opportunities can take you just about anywhere — from Alaska and the Caribbean to Europe, Japan, Antarctica, French Polynesia and beyond. Current examples range from AmaWaterways river voyages throughout Europe and Southeast Asia to Windstar small-ship sailings in Tahiti, Greece, Alaska and Iceland.
Not every sailing with these cruise lines is a Distinctive Voyage. Specific departures are selected for the program.
Why Does This Matter to You?
Imagine finding the cruise you want — the right ship, itinerary and dates — and then discovering that Wish & Wander Journeys can place you into a qualifying Distinctive Voyages departure with additional complimentary benefits.
Same cruise. Added experiences.
That's why our advisors don't just look at price. We look for opportunities that can make your vacation better.
That’s why we’ll always confirm the applicable benefits for your specific sailing and stateroom rather than assuming every Distinctive Voyages departure is exactly the same.
And Now You Can Experience It with Holly!
We have another reason to be excited about Distinctive Voyages: Wish & Wander Journeys owner Holly Biss has recently joined the distinguished group of Distinctive Voyages Hosts!
Holly will assist a tenured Distinctive Voyages Host aboard an Explora Journeys sailing departing Miami on April 12, 2027 and traveling through the Panama Canal.
And we’d love to have Wish & Wander Journeys clients onboard with her!
Come travel with Distinctive Voyages and agency owner Holly Biss and experience firsthand what this program can add to your cruise vacation.
Could Your Next Cruise Be a Distinctive Voyage?
You don't have to search through hundreds of sailings trying to figure out which ones qualify.
That's our job.
Tell us where you want to go, when you want to travel and the type of cruise experience you're looking for. Our advisors can check to see whether a Distinctive Voyages departure fits your plans — and what additional benefits may be available.
Your cruise should be more than a reservation. Let us help make it distinctive.
Contact Wish & Wander Journeys
There are a few important details to know. Distinctive Voyages benefits are available for qualifying Oceanview staterooms and higher. The program and amenities are subject to availability and change. If participation on a particular Distinctive Voyages departure is too low, the hosted program may be cancelled. In that situation, a shipboard credit is provided in lieu of the onboard reception and private shore excursion. Exclusive Shore Events are also subject to change. Program materials note that amenities may be substituted if the minimum number of guests is not confirmed on a departure.
