Photo © 2012 Aaron Saunders
So you want to go cruising but you’re confused by itineraries, stateroom categories, the differences in ships and in cruise lines. I know it can be daunting. When I first started in this industry more than two decades ago, I scratched my head for a few years before I began to understand what distinguishes one cruise line from the other and one destination from the other.
Cruising since 1998, my colleague, Aaron Saunders, faced the same challenges.
Together, our aim is to fast-track you to a point of understanding the vessel, the itinerary and even the stateroom that best fits your needs. With more than 500 ships sailing the oceans and rivers, that’s a tall order but one that we’re up for.
To help you sort through the options, this page features links to cruise reviews for all cruise ships as well as Live Voyage Reports from many of the ships that we’ve sailed on. The Live Voyage Reports give you a sense of what it’s like to be traveling along with us.
We also review river cruisers on our sister site, River Cruise Advisor.
We also have a slew of port profiles. So while our cruise reviews are designed to help you make informed vacation decisions so that you end up on the right vessel and in the right stateroom, our Port Profiles help you find the right itinerary.
But you have some work to do before you begin reading those reviews and port profiles.
Ready? Let’s go.