I have a limited number of those I follow and who I let follow me.

Other wise you are inundated.

My sister will never post her pictures WHILE traveling. She feels somehow someone not on her list can see her photos and know she is out of town.

Instagram is a fun way to share your pictures with friends and family. I love seeing photos of what my DD's are up to, especially when they are traveling.

Again, the only down side is if you get too involved and have too many pictures from others coming in. Don't do that and you should be manageable and go to go.

Enjoy your cruise. As usual, post here, we love travel photos.

I love Instagram. It's easy to set up and use and it has a much more pleasant vibe to me than some of the other social media sites. Since I am a person who thrives on the visual, I also like that it's more photo driven than some of the other sites. You can set your page to private if you want to limit who can see your photos.

I don't worry about posting while out of town as the people who follow me would have to know where I live before they could cause any potential problems and I don't share that kind of info publicly.

Oh, forgot. Have a great time on your cruise. I'm just itching to go on another. Do you mind sharing your itinerary? S. America is a cruise I know hubby would enjoy. Neither of us are too keen on the Caribbean or Alaska and we've been to Mexico several times.

I love Instagram! Set up an account, go on your cruise and share! Enjoy!

We fly to Buenos Aires overnight this evening and spend one night in a hotel. We board the ship on Thursday, but don't sail away until Friday evening. That leaves us almost three full days in BA.

The cruise goes to Uruguay, Falkland Islands (depending on wind conditions), around the Cape, up the west side of South America including Chilean fjords, a couple of ports in Chile and Peru, on to Ecuador and Panama City. We go through the Panama Canal (our 8th time), then to Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire, ending up in Ft. Lauderdale after 34 days of cruising, where we rent a car and drive home.

Dawn, if you have the time, consider what we have set up with Holland America beginning in late October. San Diego to several ports in Hawaii, then (not in order) Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, some other South Pacific islands I cannot pronounce, several ports in French Polynesia, then back to San Diego. 51 days, with lots of days at sea, when I will probably complete a book every other day. On the ms Amsterdam with about 1400 passengers, it is the ship that Holland America uses for their yearly world cruise.

Thanks for the info, Jim. Both itineraries sound terrific and I will definitely do some checking and research. Have a great time on your cruise!

Please, please post pics here or on IG. If on IG, let us know how to get there. That itinerary sounds fabulous. Plus pictures from the ship too. I’ve never been on a cruise and have no idea what anything but the Love Boat is like!

I think it was last week that I saw, maybe on this forum, a cartoon or something similar. A woman was holding a plate of food and said to her companion "I'll be right back. Facebook is down and I need to show our neighbors next door what we're having for dinner".

If you have a close group of friends or family who are interested in following your progress, set up a WhatsApp group and update them periodically. That's the easiest. We have such a group for the immediate family and all of us travel a lot. A quick photo now and then and confirmation of well being is usually the extent of anyone's interest.

Enjoy your travels.

Jim -- Why do I think this is not 'The Diet Cruise' I recommended when you said you and Mrs. Jim needed to loose weight? No room aboard that Viking boat with the oars? Mislaid your helmet with the horns?