Choosing Your First PerryGolf Cruise: Where Adventure Meets Strategy

August 5, 2025August 7, 2025 Harrison Gould

Photo via Azamara Cruises — Azamara Cruises

Begin with the Familiar

As for helping someone select their first PerryGolf Cruise from our current golf cruise portfolio of 58 voyages to 35+ countries across 4 continents (approximately 25+ departures each year) — I would encourage them to start with classic destinations like the British Isles or Mediterranean…more familiar cultures, iconic courses, easier time zones. Our recently updated website features tools called “Trip Finder” and “Trip Calendar” which allow users to filter our entire portfolio by trip type, destination and travel date. You can sort by length of trip, number of nights, rounds, and price.

Portugal: The Top Emerging Destination for Golf & Travel Experiences

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 Gordon Dalgleish

Over the years, I have often witnessed the marketing of international golf destinations get ahead of the reality on the ground.

As a visitor to Portugal for over 50 years, I have personally witnessed it evolve over many decades with the addition of golf courses, hotels and the infrastructure to support them.

For many years, Portugal, and more specifically the Algarve region on the southern shoreline has catered to the European golfer and their expectations. By that I mean, golfers who judged the quality of their golf trip by the heat of the sun as compared to the speed of the greens.

After a recent trip through Portugal; from the Algarve to Porto in the north, I am convinced it has become an excellent destination that can cater to the wishes and service expectations of the American golfer. Let me explain why…

Golf packages still available to the British Isles in 2024

February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 Harrison Gould

There’s still time to plan your golf trip this year

Golf packages still available to the British Isles in 2024

Northwest England. Scottish Highlands. Northwest Ireland.

As we continue 2024 with pent-up demand for golf travel to the British Isles on the most famous of links courses, we thought it would be useful to provide some insight into alternatives that currently have better availability and deliver similarly memorable British golf experiences.

Although our guaranteed tee times in 2024 on the Old Course at St Andrews have been sold out for many months and several other marquee courses have limited to no availability, there is still plenty of world class golf to be played on golf packages throughout the British Isles this year.

Have a look below at three of our favorite golf regions that still have availability in 2024.

Seven Days and Eight Rounds in Northwest Ireland

June 27, 2023July 31, 2023 Mark Barnes

Last week’s trip to Northwest Ireland with PerryGolf checks off the island’s only region I had yet to visit. We played 8 times in 7 days then took a day to see Dublin. One of the group had been to Ireland, two had been to Scotland. Ages ranged from late 50s to early 70s. None of us were accustomed to so much golf but nobody came close to taking a pass. Excellent weather didn’t hurt. We had 65-70 degree days with a one to two club breeze plus sunny skies aside from nine holes of rain which didn’t make a difference.

The Current State of International Golf Travel

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Gordon Dalgleish

As the final remnants of COVID-era rules are lifted around the world, and following on my August 2022 release on the current state of international golf travel, I thought it may be worthwhile to provide an updated overview of the current state of play for international golf travel to the British Isles.