In October this year, I will have been a travel agent for three years. I want to be a river cruise specialist. I have just become a Clia River Cruise Champion – it took me six months. The certificate was waiting for me when I got back from the Legend of the Seas shakedown the other day.
Travel agent: 'I honestly believe selling river cruise is so much easier than ocean'
Agents
Susan Stimpson
10 July 2026
Susi Stimpson, of Pastures New Travel, made her first river cruise booking last year before she had even stepped onboard a ship. Now, after completing her Clia training and sailing with Viva Cruises – twice, she has set her sights on becoming a river cruise specialist.
Susi Stimpson/ Pastures New Travel
Travel agent Susi Stimpson has only sailed on one river ship – Viva Enjoy – but now she wants to become one of the sector's specialists
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