About Sherry

Aboard the MS Matsonia 1961 from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

Welcome.  My goal at CruiseMaven.com is to provide readers with the latest cruise and port news as well as entertain and inform through my personal cruise, destination and culinary experiences.  Now a little backstory…

Sherry Laskin has been in love with cruising for over four decades.  As a very small child, she crossed the Pacific with her parents from Los Angeles to Honolulu aboard the 18,000 ton SS Matsonia.  Fast forward one-half century and these days, at least two months every year are spent at sea, reviewing and experiencing many cruise lines and their ships.

As a freelance travel writer, blogger and photographer,   Sherry’s articles and photos have appeared in many travel industry publications such as Travel Trade, Travel Weekly and Travel and Leisure News and Senior Scene Magazine.  Online media include Travel Market Report, Examiner.com, ezine.com, EzineMark.com, eCruiseReviews.com, CruiseReviews.com AOL Style and others.

Considered a cruise and travel expert, Sherry has been quoted in frommers.com, msnbc.today.com, NY Times, Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel.  She recently contributed to Frommers Guide to the Greek Islands 2010 and has been a featured guest on Frommers Travel Radio Show and CruiseRadio.net.

With an interest in regional food and wine, she’s always sampling the local cuisine and regional wine and beer.  On occasion, she will score an interview and maybe a recipe or two from the Chef.  When there is a culinary class en route, you will probably find her there, cooking, tasting and shooting photos and video.

A committed non-flyer since 1994, Sherry has traversed much of the world without setting foot on an airplane.  Her “if there’s a port I can get there” commitment has taken her to Manaus-Brazil (1,000 miles on the Amazon River), St. Petersburg-Russia, Carthage-Tunisia and most recently nearly 3,000 miles on the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers from Bulgaria to Amsterdam. Getting to Europe simply means the inevitable transatlantic crossing.  And exploring the heartland of Europe means traveling the rivers and rails.

Sherry is a member of the North American Travel Journalists Association and the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association.

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