AmaWaterways has announced a new partnership with Ancestry,providing the opportunity for guests to discover details pertaining to their family history while enjoying a river cruise experience.
With an uptick in consumers embracing heritage travel, the special Ancestry Experience package allows travellers to personalise their river cruise experience through pre-cruise private consultation and family history research, onboard presentations and curated excursions accompanied by an expert genealogist throughout the cruise.
The first cruise in the guests? series, Heritage on the River: Your Personalised Ancestry Experience, will depart July 30, 2022, on board the 156-guest AmaStella. Guests will embark in Amsterdam on a seven-night river cruise along the Rhine River, visiting Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland while tracing their roots and following along in their ancestors? footsteps.
Each guest who signs up will be matched with an expert from AncestryProGenealogists, Ancestry?s professional research division, who will conduct a one-hour welcome call to discuss aspects of their family that are of particular interest. From there, the genealogist will conduct a five-hour consultation and research phase delving into family background and identifying places of interest that the guest may visit or pass by during their river cruise.
Once on board, an expert genealogist will offer presentations to provide insight into what life was like for guests? ancestors and highlight the types of records that are available for them to learn more.
Reservations for the July 30, 2022, Heritage on the River: Your Personalised Ancestry Experience are now open, with prices starting from ?4,315 per person. A four-night, post-river cruise land package is also available in Switzerland, including two nights in Zurich and two nights in Lucerne with convenient transfers, daily breakfast and city tours, as well as the services of AmaWaterways? cruise manager.
