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Author: There are several types of cruises available today catering to individual needs. Whether you are vacationing as family, newly wed, party-loving single or retired couple, there is a cruise to suit all styles and tastes.
Adventure Cruises
If you are seeking adventure in the high seas, kayaking in Alaska’s frozen waters, diving with the sharks in the Caribbean or wild life spotting in the Galapagos Islands, there are several cruising expeditions designed especially for you.
Luxury Cruises
Cocktails with the Captain, yacht like ships, 24 hour service, first class cuisine, designer boutiques, oriental spas and private health clubs all on super special mega liners make up today’s luxury cruises. Fleets ranging from trendy to super-chic, they contain suites with fantastic sea views and private Jacuzzis
family cruises
For a fun-filled vacation on the high seas, a family cruise has something for everyone from the baby to the teenager to the parents. With several inboard activities for every member of the family including supervised nursery games for the toddlers, off shore excursions, swimming with dolphins to snorkeling and beach parties there is plenty to do on a family cruise.
The Conference Cruise for the Corporate
With a huge choice of destinations and state-of-the-art cruise ships ready to take you there, cruising has become an exciting part in the corporate setting. Whether it is a conference, seminar or an exercise in incentive building, a cruise makes for a perfect corporate environment. Many of today’s cruise ships are built with audio-video and meeting facilities ensuring success for all your corporate events.
Singles Cruises
Besides the excitement of meeting up with people your own age and interest, singles cruises also offer plenty of opportunities to the lone traveler. Relaxed and enjoyable, laid back and fun-filled, you can mix with the crowds or indulge in the solitude of being away on an exotic cruise destination. From informal dining and group activities to late-night dancing and partying, you can put all your tensions aside. The fun continues with off shore excursions whether it is white-water rafting in Alaska, admiring the beauty of Santorini or snorkeling with the seals on an island off Australia.
Cruise and Stay
Here you get the best of both, sail the seas and follow it by exploring the land that you dock in. Cruise and stay holidays are appealing to both, the travel savvy and the first timers -enjoying the high seas, discovering a destination in depth as well as exploring local culture, art and scenery. You could cruise Alaska, trek its frozen plains and rub noses with polar bears or navigate the Caribbean and enjoy tequila sunsets on your own palm-fringed island.
Cultural Cruises
Today’s cultural cruises designed for the history and culture buff can take you deep from Tai Chi in China to film-making in Cannes. These cruises give you an opportunity to experience the region’s culture with lectures, workshops and shore excursions. With experts on and off board, they will help you to discover and uncover all your latent skills and potentials and make your cruising experience even more enriching.
Short Break Cruises
Often in our fast paced lives we find that time is of essence. You need and want a break but are unable to get away for too long. A short break cruise could very well be your great escape. Short stints at sea suit time-poor travellers and first-timers tasting life onboard. Short cruises let you discover several destinations, where otherwise you would only skim the surface of one. The destinations could range anywhere from beautiful Scottish Highlands and Northern Lights to sunny Cannes and Capri in the Mediterranean.
Value Cruises
Contrary to popular belief, cruise holidays are affordable and trendy and several value packages are available for the budget traveller, both solo and with family. Whether you’re sailing to South America or the Mediterranean, all-inclusive cruising offers great value. From early-booking bargains and last-minute deals to out-of-season specials and frequent-traveller perks, check out all the details to ensure that you get your chance at sea.
World Cruises
A three-month adventure on the high seas involves 30 ports of calls making your world cruise a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ occasion. From the Andes to the Maldives, Papua New Guinea to North Africa there are very few places that ships do not sail to. Whether you are seeking out an off beat location, tasting the high life on board or experiencing off shore excursions, a world cruise will offer it all.
Special Needs Passenger Cruises
With well equipped spacious cabins, excellent staff and service, and medical professionals onboard, today’s modern ships offer excellent facilities for special needs passengers. Many cruise lines have adapted their cruise ships with specially designed cabins, toilets, panic buttons, guide-dog facilities and hearing aids for the specially needy.
by William Brister
Willaim Brister – http://www.cruiseliner.tv – A list of different cruises you can choose from.
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