Steven B. Stern

Steven B. Stern is a retired attorney from Chicago who now resides in Boca Raton, Florida. He is the author of 40 published travel guides, the first written in 1974. He is a critic on cruise ships,riverboats, hotel barges, resorts and restaurants. He has cruised on over 820 ships and visited every port in the world where ships stop.

His work: "Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation is presently in its 26th annual edition. This is a 780+-page guide covering and rating every cruise ship and cruise line, as well as every port of call around the world with photos, menus and programs for each cruise line.

"Stern's Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World" is in its 11th edition.The present edition is a coffee-table style book with over 1000 color photos covering and rating the 100 most luxurious and exotic resort properties around the world.

"The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases" was published in 2009 and is a pocket-size guide setting forth the most necessary words and phrases in 30 different languages, together with phonetic pronunciations. It is of value to the cruiser or world traveler to numerous countries who wishes to converse with the population and wishes to have all of the languages in one handy pocket-size book.

His latest book entitled: "Stern's Guide to European Riverboats and Hotel Barges" is in its third edition and covers and rate every riverboat that cruises on European Rivers and every hotel barge, most of which cruise in France. The book also describes every city and village where these vessels moor.

Go to his web sites: www.stevensterntravel.com; www.sternsguidetoeuropeanriverboatsandhotelbarges.com;wwwsternsguidetothecruisevaction.com