Check out our guides to cruising. They will help you decide what type of cruise you are looking for - large ship, small ship, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Europe, Alaska, Carnival Cruiseline, Disney, or Swan Hellenic. With so much choice your bound to need a little guidance!


If you are new to cruising, the vast array of choices now available might leave your head spinning. We have provided these cruise guides to help you reach a decision about what destinations, cruiseline and ship will suit you best. The good news is that all this choice means flexibility. Remember, if you can't find exactly what you're looking for our consultants on 0800 093 0622 who will be happy to tailor make a cruise that suits your needs, or click here to enquire by email.

Carnival Cruise Lines Cruises

Carnival Cruise Lines

"Carnival certainly believes in making waves. There has been a succession of superliners ships arriving over the past few years, helping it to live up to its "Fun Fleet" reputation. The latest to join is the 2,974-passenger Carnival Glory, bringing the number of vessels in the fleet to 19. Carnival …

Celebrity Cruises Cruises

Celebrity Cruises

"Celebrity is a premium cruise line that delivers a contemporary cruise experience amongst innovative design and décor, impeccable service and unparalleled spa and dining options. There are nine ships that make up the youngest cruise fleet and over 60 itineraries to experience, from the diversity of…

Costa Cruise Lines Cruises

Costa Cruise Lines

"Costa Crociere, an Italian company based in Genoa, is the leading European cruise group and the market leader in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland and South America. It boasts the most modern fleet of all European cruise companies (9 ships with a total tonnage of 500,000 tons capable of accommodati…

Crystal Cruises Cruises

Crystal Cruises

The 50,000-ton, 940-guest sister ships Crystal Harmony and Crystal Symphony, are two of the most spacious and luxurious vessels cruising the world. Their unique size in the luxury market allows for smooth sailing and a wide range of innovative facilities, generous amenities and elegant accommodat…

Cunard Cruises

Cunard

"Cunard Line proudly continues a tradition of luxury cruising that began in 1840. Today its flagship, Queen Elizabeth 2, is the world's most famous ship and the greatest liner of her time. She maintains the legacy of her Cunard and White Star LineTM predecessors in providing a definitive annual Worl…

Fred Olsen Cruises

Fred Olsen

"Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is almost unique in still being a family-run company, with 150 years of seafaring traditions. Their commitment is to offering a very personal cruise experience which cannot be matched by the 'mass market' operators. This is reflected in the friendliness of the staff - and th…

Hebridean Cruises

Hebridean

Hebridean Island Cruises is perhaps the world's most unusual cruise company, flying in the face of fashion to operate only small ships. Our fleet comprises just two vessels, each dedicated to providing the finest holidays afloat. A crew to passenger ratio of nearly one-to-one assures an extraord…

Holland America Cruises

Holland America

"Marking its 130th anniversary in 2003, Holland America leads the cruise industry premium niche by offering virtually unlimited cruise and CruiseTour options that span the globe and satisfy every travelers appetite for exploration. Over the course of the companys rich history as first a shipping and…

Island Cruises Cruises

Island Cruises

"Relaxation, recreation and a whole resort of attractions afloat - that's what cruising is all about. It's the combination of hotel comforts, outstanding service, fantastic food and a new horizon to feast your eyes on every day with no packing or unpacking as you move to different destinations. Rule…

Louis Cruise Lines Cruises

Louis Cruise Lines

Louis Cruise Lines one of the biggest cruise companies world-wide boards more passengers in Limassol than any other cruise line in the Mediterranean. It was listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange in August 99. Part of the Louis Organization, the successful cruise division which commands more than 60…

Mediterranean Shipping Cruises Cruises

Mediterranean Shipping Cruises

Mediterranean Shipping Company, a privately owned company with a longstanding history on the seas headed by captain Gianluigi Aponte, entered the cruise industry in 1988. After acquiring the Starlauro, a prestigious shipping company, and executing a total renewal and re-launch, MSC Cruises was offic…

Norwegian Coastal Voyage Cruises

Norwegian Coastal Voyage

Norwegian Coastal Voyage is a Niche Cruise Specialist offering cruises to some of the world's most amazing destinations like Norway, Chile & Antarctica, Indian Ocean, Scotland and Spitsbergen.…

Norwegian Cruise Line Cruises

Norwegian Cruise Line

"Norwegian Cruise Line has reinvented holidays at sea. Since its introduction in 2000, our guests have discovered just how different Freestyle Cruising is from ordinary cruising. As we continue to challenge conventional thinking and expand the concept of Freestyle Cruising still further with more sh…

Ocean Village Cruises

Ocean Village

"It's the perfect mix of adrenaline rush and relaxation - afloat and ashore where couples, groups of friends and individuals can mingle easily and families feel at home. Most of us all though, an Ocean Village holiday is for people who want to discover the best of the Mediterranean or Caribbean with…

Oceania Cruises Cruises

Oceania Cruises

"Oceania Cruises will show you your world your way. We don't mean it to be a catchy line, we will work to make your holiday exactly that - yours. Experiencing the world from an oceanic viewpoint will always invoke passionate experiences and create memories to cherish. With Oceania Cruises, we aim fo…

Orient Lines Cruises

Orient Lines

Orient Lines specialises in providing destination-oriented cruise vacations to the most exciting and exotic corners of the globe. Every itinerary is designed as a complete cruise-tour, which means that first-class or deluxe hotel stays are included in major cities, like Athens, Sydney and Singapo…

P&O Cruises Cruises

P&O Cruises

"There's something unique about sailing with P&O Cruises. When you travel with us, you travel with the UK's largest and most experienced cruise line. But don't think that our heritage means that a cruise with us will be stuffy or formal - far from it. Whilst it is true that we have retained some…

Page & Moy Cruises

Page & Moy

It is difficult to go back to 1961 and imagine the early days of Page & Moy some 45 years ago when 23 people travelled to the Le Mans 24 hour motor race! Since then the Company has gone from strength to strength but our objectives remain unchanged – to provide quality, innovative holidays and a …

Peter Deilmann Cruises

Peter Deilmann

A river cruise is the perfect way to explore the countries of Europe aboard a floating hotel with all the advantages of unpacking just once. Relax in total comfort as you glide past quaint villages, historic towns, lush vineyards, majestic castles and sparkling cities.
Peter Deilmann River Cr…

Princess Cruises

Princess

"Imagine being pampered at a luxurious resort and waking up each morning to a brand new, stunning view of the world. That's just what it's like on a Princess cruise. Our well-appointed ships boast all the amenities you'd expect from a land-based vacation and more, including many choices of restauran…

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Regent Seven Seas

With the 2003 debut of the new all-suite, all-balcony Seven Seas Voyager, Radisson Seven Seas fleet of six-star ships has grown to a capacity of almost 3,000 luxury berths. The world's first all-suite, all-balcony ship, the 700-guest Seven Seas Mariner was launched in March 2001. The 50,000-ton …

Royal Caribbean International Cruises

Royal Caribbean International

"On a Royal Caribbean holiday, you get more than an outstanding ship to call home. We draw on our years of experience to give you the very best a region has to offer. The most fascinating and varied ports of call, revealed in a way only we know how. The best way to get to know each exciting destinat…

Seabourn Cruises

Seabourn

"The Yachts of Seabourn provide the ultimate in small-ship, ultra-luxury cruise vacations to the most desirable destinations on earth. Seabourn Cruise Line, which includes Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend, is a member of the exclusive World's Leading Cruise Lines alliance, which also includes Carni…

Seadream Yacht Club Cruises

Seadream Yacht Club

Seadream yatching is different from big-ship cruising and your fare includes all meals, wine with lunch and dinner, open bar, use of water toys and gratuities. True luxury cruising.
The Chairman of SeaDream Yacht Club explains what makes this innovative company unique... "We are not a cruise …

SilverSea Cruises

SilverSea

Silversea is a cruise company reflecting generations of maritime and travel experience. In the early 1990s, the Lefebvre family of Rome, former owners of Sitmar Cruises, conceived and organized a unique cruise company pledging to build and operate the highest quality ships in the ultra-luxury segmen…

Star Clippers Cruises

Star Clippers

Star Clippers - Our graceful ships fly along the waves, just like the legendry clippers of a century and a-half ago. And this is as much an adventure in highly evovled relaxation as it is in tradition. For though computers have not replaced the skilled hands of our crew in the art of raising sail…

Swan Hellenic Cruises

Swan Hellenic

The Swan Hellenic passion for discovery cruising, has created an inspiring range of itineraries which visit the most colourful and charismatic corners of the world. The variety of places and continents, means you can take your pick of stunning scenery, intriguing people and fascinating places, safe …

Thomson Cruises

Thomson

If you are looking for a holiday that offers you luxury, then maybe you should be thinking of a Thomson Cruise. Cruise Holidays enable you to island hop without any hassle. You can explore several different countries during the same holiday using the ship as your floating hotel. With Staff on hand t…

Travel Renaissance Holidays Cruises

Travel Renaissance Holidays

Their aim is simply to offer you the best holiday possible. No two travellers are the same and so with expert knowledge and personal services they will endeaver to ensure that your holiday fulfils your individual needs and surpasses all your expectations.…

Voyages Of Discovery Cruises

Voyages Of Discovery

Your Voyage of Discovery starts the moment you step aboard Discovery and feel the genuine warmth in the welcome from the crew and staff of this friendly ship…

Windstar Cruises Cruises

Windstar Cruises

"Pioneering Line Celebrates 15th Anniversary" Sailing under the banner of its appropriate tag line "180º From Ordinary," Windstar was created in the mid-1980''s with the vision to offer an alternative to the typical cruise or resort vacation. The Windstar passenger sees the world from a romantic sai…

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