{"id":1591,"date":"2010-09-14T00:06:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T08:11:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T14:11:38","slug":"grand-circle-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/cruise-companies\/grand-circle-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Circle Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"
Grand Circle Travel got its start in 1958 as the touring arm of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). In 1985, Alan Lewis purchased Grand Circle Travel and moved its offices from New York to Boston (not far from his office is his brother’s office, Vantage Travel, another river-cruise-vacation contender).<\/p>\n
Grand Circle now operates 9 ships in Europe and two in Russia. The vessels range in capacity from 46 passengers to 216 passengers, with the majority capable of carrying 140 passengers. All ships except the two deployed in Russia were launched between 1998 and 2003.<\/p>\n