“It Appears Our Readers Aren’t Really Cruisers”
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.17.03 | 11:24 PM ET
The poor New Republic magazine. Hoping to join the seafaring ranks of The Nation and the National Review, which both offer occasional cruises with lecturing writers and editors, the New Republic planned its first-ever Caribbean cruise for October. It advertised the holiday, which was to be aboard a deluxe Holland America ship, as an enticing mix of ideas and old-fashioned fun. Trouble is, few people were interested. “It appears our readers aren’t really cruisers,” publisher Stephanie Sandberg told Washington City Paper. So the cruise is off. Erik Wemple’s entertaining article about the cancellation includes a short, detailed history of magazine-sponsored cruises.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
