Learn how to customize your River Cruise, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.
Customize your trip
With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two vacations to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the Grand Circle Cruise Line River Cruise that’s right for you:
- Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
- Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
- International airport transfers to and from your ship or hotel are available for purchase
- Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
- Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your vacation
- Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
- Extend your vacation with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
- Combine your choice of Grand Circle Cruise Line vacations to maximize your value
- Upgrade to business or premium economy class
The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.
Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.
(Brussels)
Baltimore, Houston, Washington, DC (Dulles)
12hrs
Boston, Chicago, Newark, Philadelphia
11hrs
Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
15hrs
Detroit, New York (JFK)
10hrs
* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.
The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Brussels, Belgium. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.
(Basel)
Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, DC (Dulles)
11hrs
Chicago, Detroit, Houston, New York (JFK)
13hrs
Denver, Los Angeles, Orlando, Tampa
16hrs
* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.
The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Basel, Switzerland. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.