Welcome to the glamorous and chic world of luxury cruising!
There are many cruise lines who call themselves luxury and it’s a bit of a subjective name. It really depends what luxury means to you.
A lot of higher end brands who kind of bridge the gap between mainstream cruising the top end, such as Azamara, Oceana and Viking. We also see some of the mainstream cruise lines offer luxury accommodation and exclusive facilities such as MCS Yacht Club and Norwegian’s Haven Complex.
However, in this episode we are going to focus on 4 lines and give you a taste of what you can expect on each.
First off, let’s look at:
What makes luxury cruising different?
The main things you will nice is the service. The staff to passenger ratio is way different to mainstream cruising.
Another noticeable difference is the space. Bigger cabins, a lot of them are all suites and all balcony.
Given that most of them are smaller ships you will notice that the itineraries are quite different to the mass market cruise lines as they can get to remote ports.
Although the prices are high there are a lot of inclusions.
In this episode we delve into 4 luxury cruise lines and talk about what makes them different: