The independent Explora Journeys advisor.
Request a live quote for your party. Within 24 hours, I'll send the current prices, the suites still open, and my pick. Talking first is optional.
"He talked me out of the suite I assumed I wanted, and was right. Same fare as booking direct." M.R., Greenwich CT, first cruise after fifteen years of Four Seasons and Aman
I'm Justin Feldstein. I help people who've spent their lives in Aman, Four Seasons, and Belmond hotels work out Explora Journeys: which suite, which ship, which voyage, and whether it's right for them at all, whether you're a couple, traveling solo, or bringing the grandkids. I've sailed Explora I with my family, so I can tell you what held up (an arrival that felt like a good hotel, easy on and off) and what didn't (a few venues kept short hours, and the ship goes quiet after dinner by design). You get the best available price, and I make the rest of it worth more.
I track every Explora fare, every day.
See the biggest tracked drops and the best value per night, then set a watch on your sailing.
Get one email the moment your sailing's price moves. Nothing else.
Not sure where to start?
Three questions, in the order they matter. All the ways to plan →
Every suite, compared
Fourteen categories side-by-side. Square footage in feet, price bands, who each tier fits, and which suites can sit near each other for a family traveling together. The comparison view Explora's own site doesn't have.
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What's actually included
The all-inclusive story on one page instead of buried three clicks deep, with the honest extras (excursions and air aren't in the fare), plus an honest comparison row against Regent, Seabourn, and Silversea.
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Voyages, refreshed daily
Every bookable Explora voyage, refreshed daily. Filter by ship, region, and date, and bookmark the result.
Browse voyages →Start from a port
Pick where you want to wake up, and work back to the voyage.
Guides worth your time
The questions people actually ask before they book.
Where the ships are right now
- Explora ILast heard off Mahón (Menorca), Oct 9Day 5 of 8 · Civitavecchia (Rome) → Barcelona (per itinerary)
- Explora IILast heard off Rhodes, Oct 7Day 5 of 8 · Piraeus (Athens) → Fusina (Venice) (per itinerary)
- Explora IIILast heard, Oct 9Day 3 of 9 · New York City → Quebec City (per itinerary)
Live position from terrestrial AIS, refreshed through the day; a fix older than 12 hours shows as her last AIS contact, with her day of voyage and overall route as a fallback (no per-port dates in the itinerary data, so we never guess which port she's at) — never presented as current. See the full fleet tracker →
Best available price, made to go further.
Suite selection, current offers, and the details that make the voyage yours.
The same fare, made to go further
Explora pays my commission, so my advice costs you nothing. I help you choose the right suite, understand the current offer, and arrange the details before you sail.
- Suite-selection expertise: which deck is quiet, which Penthouse beats which for the same dates
- Onboard credit where the current offer allows, favorable deposit and early-booking terms, and a clear read on cancellation flexibility
- Honest cross-line routing: if Silversea Nova wins your specific voyage, I'll say so
- A real person to call if something goes sideways at sea
Is Explora Journeys worth it?
For the right traveler, almost always yes. The fuller answer depends on who you are. Explora is built for the traveler who stays at Four Seasons, Aman, or Belmond and has quietly written off cruising as too formal or too rigid. This is the ship that changes their mind: all-suite and all-oceanfront, no dress code and no formal nights, contemporary design, a near one-to-one staff ratio, and flexible dining across eight of its nine restaurants, with drinks, Wi-Fi, and gratuities in the fare, usually below the per-night rate of an equivalent Aman or Belmond stay. The honest catch is that excursions and air sit outside the fare, and the wrong suite or a port-light itinerary can make it feel overpriced. Getting those right is the part I handle before you book. More in my first-hand review.
In their words
I'd written off cruising for years. We're Four Seasons and Aman people, and every advisor who pitched me a ship was selling a deal. Justin talked me out of the suite I assumed I wanted and was right. Same fare as booking direct. Ready for another.
Seven nights, four ports, and two hours to plan it. Justin took the whole thing: the suite, the flights, private guides so we weren't on a coach with forty people. Same fare as booking it myself, which I checked. I just got the week back.
Nine of us, three generations. He found two adjacent Ocean Terrace suites plus a connecting pair down the hall. No dress code, no fixed dinner hour to manage around a toddler. My father, who complains about everything, complained about nothing.
I'd sailed Silversea and Seabourn for fifteen years, so I came skeptical of Explora, not of cruising. Justin didn't oversell it. He told me plainly I'd be giving up the formal nights and the white-glove polish, and to stay put if dressing for dinner was what I loved. It wasn't. He books all four luxury lines, so I knew he wasn't just pushing me to the newest one.
Ready for live numbers?
Send me the voyage or dates you have in mind. Within 24 hours, I'll send live prices for your party, the suites still open, and my pick. Talking first is optional, and I'll tell you if Explora isn't the right line for the trip you're describing.
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"He didn't oversell it. He told me plainly to stay put if dressing for dinner was what I loved. It wasn't." James W., Naples FL