Over the last couple of years, TV shows like Zac Efron’s ‘Down to Earth’, and Stanley Tucci’s ‘Searching for Italy’ became instant hits while we were all under “house arrest” and not actually able to travel.
In that same period, Bob and I dreamed up the idea that we would do short videos from our dining room, re-enacting various river cruises we had taken, pretending to discuss that day’s port of call, so our clients could “travel” with us.
Wait… you didn’t you see these videos?
That’s because we didn’t produce them! Here’s why.
First, producing that much video is a lot of work that we had to fit in around rebooking all our clients (sometimes multiple times). Second (and perhaps more significantly) Viking launched Viking TV.
At the outset, this was obviously a marketing device to keep people engaged with Viking when we couldn’t travel. But then something happened – they kept adding content, and it’s REALLY GOOD (certainly much better than we could have done ourselves).
Even if you’re not a Viking client, they have all kinds of videos of varying lengths related to travel, and just enjoying life in general. They are constantly adding to the site with more content, and it’s all on demand (you don’t even need a Netflix membership). Here’s a peak at some of the content:
- Destination information
- Insight into attractions at shore stops
- Enrichment lecturers that you might experience on one of their cruises.
- Food and wine education
- Behind the scenes at Viking – with crew insights, and ship tours
- Alastair Miller – a professional photographer visits various locations and shares his work.
- Art & Culture: some of highlights on travel itineraries.
- Extraordinary Lives: Interviews with interesting people
- Historians’ lectures – from places you might visit on a cruise
- Music from destinations
- Information on some of their individual Viking Cruise offerings.
Viking tags itself as “The Thinking Person’s Cruise”, so having such enrichment content available on their website does make sense. Some of the videos are a few minutes long, while others might be up to an hour. Either way, you might find it interesting.
For example, here is one about River Cruising on the Mississippi with Viking: https://www.viking.tv/tv/viking-journeys/viking-mississippi
These HIGHLY anticipated voyages debut later this year. If you’re thinking of the Mississippi, you’ll want to plan well ahead of time!
See details of Viking’s Mississippi itineraries here: https://www.vikingrivercruises.com/cruise-destinations/mississippi/index.html?agenturlid=pamperedcruiser
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Sue Bradley
Sue Bradley
