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Cruise Listings
How to Choose the Right Cruise
There are a number of important considerations in selecting a cruise and many cruise lines to choose from. The cost of a cruise will include its price, plus extras, such as bar drinks, spa, excursions, and tips. The lengths of cruises range from as short as a couple of days to a week or two or longer.
Destination choice will determine your selection of ports of call. Determine whether the seating arrangement at dinner is fixed or flexible and how that meets your desire for socializing with other cruise vacationers. Balconies and ocean views add to the cost and enjoyment. Knowing whether dress is formal at times or more casual is helpful.
Spas, facilities to entertain children, and casinos might appeal to your needs. Cultural and educational tours may include lectures by noted authors, naturalists and historians.
Helpful sources for how to choose the right cruise, cruise reviews, and detailed cruise information
- http://cruises.about.com/:
Cruise news includes new ships and new destinations, numerous articles about how to select a cruise, what to pack, reviews, health and safety, cabin selection, and activities. A good first place to begin your cruise planning research.
- http://www.frommers.com/trip_ideas/cruise/: Regularly publishes lists of cruise discounts. Source of news stories about the cruise industry and cruise vacations. Frommers also offers information about other kinds of vacations and travel.
- http://www.epinions.com/Cruises:
Reviews of cruises from people, who have vacationed on cruises. Reviews are organized by cruise line, cruise destination, and geographic region. Includes a list of the top 10 cruises.
- http://www.cruisereport.com/:
Cruise reviews and rankings include a list of the top 10 itineraries. Editorials describe experiences aboard cruises. Cruise ship comparisons made.
- http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Cruises/Cruise_Lines/:
Open Directory Project (ODP) list of cruise lines with brief descriptions and website links.
- http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Cruises/Themed_Cruises/:
Open Directory Project (ODP) list of themed cruises with brief descriptions and website links. Cruises with a theme focus on a specific common interest, such as dance, murder mysteries, science fiction, music, or computers.
- http://www.cruising.org/:
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is the trade organization for the cruise industry. Works to promote cruising to the public. Helps train travel agents and offers public relations and advertising.
Cruise Ship Vacations, Cruise Reviews and Cruise Line News- "Ring that fell overboard from cruise ship returns to man two decades later -- via Facebook", "Silversea touts 'value' and ritz as it debuts its newest ship" (February 8, 2010)
- Video: "Destruction of the iceberg near Uruguay Island (Antarctic, Jan. 2010)", "Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than 'our most pessimistic models': researcher", "Has Alaska wave crested? 3 cruise lines cutting back" (February 7, 2010)
- "Obsess Over The Beatles 'Eight Days a Week' on The Tribute Cruise ... cruise will set sail on March 28 for one week, departing from Fort Lauderdale and making stops in Belize and Costa Maya and Cozumel in Mexico" (February 4, 2010)
- "New cruise ships for 2010: Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas ... nearly identical twin ordered at the same time", "Aircruise hailed 'future of travel'" (February 3, 2010)
- "Caribbean cruises: Sun and sand can wait, it's shopping time" (February 2, 2010)
- "Antiguan Police Make Arrest In US Woman's Slaying ... arrested Friday near the crime scene in the affluent English Harbor boating community, which has become a target of the Caribbean island's crime wave" (February 1, 2010)
- Cruise news: "Silversea's newest ship's a true classic", "South Florida ports host a winter armada of cruise ships" (January 31, 2010)
- "Carnival Destiny cancels 2 cruises, changes 3 others", "Frommer: Perennial travel bargains", "5 cruise myths debunked" (January 27, 2010)
- "Antigua cops scour for clues in US woman's slaying ... during a cruise stopover to celebrate her sister's wedding" (January 26, 2010)
- "A $400 taxi fare? Gouging, chaos mark first Royal Caribbean visit to Bahrain" (January 26, 2010)
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