About Us
Independently Owned and Operated
Cruise Holidays of Clarkson provides group and individual travel services in all facets of leisure travel; land, river, ocean, and fixed-stay vacations. Zaneta and Joe Rochemont, owners of Cruise Holidays of Clarkson, have a single-minded measure of success -- happy and repeat clients!
Zaneta grew up in Macedonia, formerly part of the Yugoslavian Republic. After graduating from Cyril and Methodie University in Skopje, Macedonia, Zaneta followed her father's footsteps and started her working life as a teacher. Her early training in music remains with her; she is passionate about most music ranging from folklore to opera. Zaneta continued her teaching career after immigrating to Canada in 1989. Along with her husband Joe, she launched Cruise Holidays of Clarkson in 2007.
Joe grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and immigrated to Canada as a teenager in 1958. A graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, Joe has had a long and rewarding career within Banking and Insurance. He held senior management and executive positions at Bank of Montreal and CIBC. As a management consultant, he provided services to Royal Bank of Canada, ANZ Banking Group (Australia) National Westminster Bank (England), National Bank of Canada, State Insurance Office (Melbourne, Australia) Manulife Financial. He has served as an expert witness in several lawsuits.
Our Value Proposition
Our mission is to facilitate humankind’s innate desire to learn and explore. We enrich our clients' lives through travel experiences that are extraordinary. We experience the services and destinations we recommend and accordingly have adopted the motto "We not only talk travel, we live it too!"Our consulting staff acquire destination and ground travel experience through personal travel and as hosts of group travel. This enables us to add value and enrich our clients' experiences.
Our Philosophy
We believe music, and art are representative of culture, and recognize the great rivers of Europe, Russia, China, Indochina, and of North Africa as highways of the past. And traveling these waters with knowledgeable guides bring us face to face with our heritage, past and present customs, hardships, conflict, and solutions.
Why Cruise Holidays of Clarkson
We believe our suppliers’ performance and reputation is integral to our success and we seek and foster reciprocal partnerships to maintain healthy relationships. We are confident our diligence in this regard assures a consistent and sustainable high degree of satisfaction to our clients.
Our Team