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Unofficial Guide to Cruises

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"The Unofficial Guides"(registered) are the "Consumer Reports" of travel guides, offering candid evaluations of all the vital elements of your vacation, all rated and ranked by a team of unbiased inspectors so even the most compulsive planners can be sure they're spending their time and money wisely. Each guide addresses the needs of everyone from families to business travelers, with handy charts that demonstrate how each place stacks up against the competition. Plus, all the details are pulled out so they're extremely easy to scan. "The Unofficial Guide(registered) to Cruises" looks beyond the glossy cruise line brochures to rate and rank each cruise line and ship so you can find the one that's right for you. We give the inside scoop on cabins, itineraries, service, dining, entertainment, facilities, and shore excursions, and show you how to get the very best deal when you're ready to book your trip. It includes complete coverage of worldwide cruises, from the Caribbean and Alaska to Europe and Asia. The top 5 ways in "The Unofficial Guide(registered) to Cruises" can help you have the perfect cruise. It includes: more than 120 cruise lines and 350 ships reviewed and ranked for value and quality, plus tips on how to identify the ship that's right for you; Industry secrets for getting the lowest possible fare, plus extras like free vacation days; the inside story on who your fellow passengers will be; proven strategies for making hassle-free air connections; and tips on making the most of your time and money once you're on board.

Table of Contents:
List of Maps and Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction. About This Guide. Cruising: A Look back, a Look Ahead. Part One: Planning Your Cruise Vacation. Understanding Cruises. Shopping for and Booking Your Cruise. Preparing for Your Cruise. Time to Go. Settling In. Preparing for Time Ashore. At the End of Your Cruise. Part Two: Cruise Lines and Their Ships. The Heart of the Matter. American Canadian Caribbean Line. Carnival Cruise Lines. Celebrity Cruises. Clipper Cruise Line. Costa Cruise Lines. Cruise West. Crystal Cruises. Cunard Line, Ltd. Delta Queen Steamboat Company. Disney Cruise Line. Glacier Bay Cruiseline. Holland America Line/Westours, Inc. Norwegian Cruise Line/NCL America. Orient Lines. Princess Cruises. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises. Royal Caribbean International. Royal Olympia Cruises. Seabourn Cruise Line. Silversea Cruises. Star Clippers, Inc. Windstar Cruises. European and Smaller Cruise Lines. Abercrombie & Kent, Inc. American Cruise Lines. American Canadian Caribbean. American Safari Cruises. Classical Cruises. The Cruise Broker. Fred Olsen Lines (The Cruise Broker). Kristina Cruises (The Cruise Broker). Discovery World Cruises. First European Cruises. Global Quest Journeys. Hebridean Island Cruises. Lindblad Expeditions. MSC Italian Cruises. Oceania Cruises. P&O Cruises. Peter Deilmann Cruises. ResidenSea Ltd. SeaDream Yacht Club. Star Cruises. Swan Hellenic Cruises. Travel Dynamics International. Part Three: Cruising Alternatives. River and Barge Cruises. River and Barge Cruises in Europe. Yangtze River Cruises in China. Other Asian River Cruises. Nile River Cruises. U.S. and Canadian River Cruises. Amazon River Cruises. Adventure and Cultural Cruises. Norwegian Coastal Cruises and Other Cruise Ferries. Norwegian Coastal Voyage. European Cruise Ferries. Information and Reservations. Freighters. Introduction to Freighter Travel. Freighers: Defining the Breed. Planning Your Freighter Voyage. Freighter Travel Directory. Freighter Routing Directory. Sailing Ships. Cruise Ship Index. Itinerary Index. Destination Index. Subject Index. Reader Survey. List of Maps and Illustrations. Alaska. Mexico. Eastern Caribbean. Western Caribbean. South America. Australia and New Zealand. The Orient. Indian Ocean. Southeast Asia. Eastern Mediterranean. Western Mediterranean. Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Royal Caribbean International Rhapsody of the Seas Ship Layout. Cabin Configurations. Who's Who on the Cruise Ship.

About the Author :
Kay Showker has been a travel writer/photographer/lecturer for more than two decades. Following a ten year tenure at Travel Weekly, she became a freelance writer, authoring 13 guidebooks, appearing as a travel expert on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and The Travel Channel, and writing America On Line's "Cruise Critic/Caribbean Ports of Call." Bob Sehlinger is the creator of the Unofficial Guide series and the publisher of Menasha Ridge Press.

Review :
"...this unstuffy guide is bound to prove useful when trying to select your cruise ship..." (Lloyd's List, 13 February 2004)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780764539794
  • Publisher: Frommermedia
  • Publisher Imprint: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Width: 133 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0764539795
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jan 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 624 gr


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