EST  ·  2026

The Gathering Quay

Where the river slows and people gather.

Adult river cruises and small-group voyages, planned the way you'd plan them yourself — if you had the time.

QUIET · UNHURRIED · AUTHENTIC · YOURS
ABOUT

A small dock, a slow river, and the right company.

I'm Cindy Pettengill — the planner, the advisor, the person who answers your emails. The Gathering Quay is a small travel agency for travelers drawn to the world's slow rivers and the people who travel them well.

I plan trips one at a time. Not packages off a shelf. Not megaships. Just thoughtful river cruises and small-group voyages, built around what you actually want to see, where you'd actually want to linger, and the company you'd actually want to travel with.

Rivers are most beautiful where they merge. Travel is best when people come together. That's the whole idea.

HOW WE TRAVEL

Four words. Four promises.

QUIET
The opposite of a cruise-ship megaphone. River boats are small. The pace is gentle. The emphasis is on where you are.
UNHURRIED
No four-hour shore-excursion sprints. The river sets the schedule, and the itinerary leaves room to actually be somewhere.
AUTHENTIC
Real towns, real food, real local guides. Small groups, so you actually meet your fellow travelers and the people who live where you visit.
YOURS
Planned around what you want, one trip at a time. I don't sell off a shelf — I plan the trip you'd plan yourself, if you had the time.
START HERE

Tell me what you're imagining.

No script and no rush. Send a note and we'll start a conversation.

cynthiapettengill@inteletravel.com

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