How to Pick a Great Cruise

How to Pick a Great Cruise

How to Pick a Great Cruise

Increasingly more travellers are opting for cruise holidays, as airport strikes and company liquidation makes the long-established package-holiday too risky.

An increasing figure of people are deciding on cruise holidays after a dreadful year for the airline trade renders flying too unpredictable, with the danger of airport closures or bankrupt travel companies making travellers anxious about booking.

Figures from the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) demonstrate that 1.65 million Brits are likely to choose cruising in 2010 - 50 percent more than the figure recorded in 2000.

Operators, have noticed an growth in reservations owing to the peace of mind offered by cruise holidays.

And even though cruising departure can appear more secure it is also vital to remember to {book with an ATOL protected agent, like Cruises Direct, in order to guarantee no money is lost should a travel supplier go bust.

An growing number of alternatives in Cruises travel have also helped boost the upsurge in reservations, as the companies of cruise holidays currently present a extensive variety of options for cruise holidays departing from UK ports such as Southampton, Dover, Portsmouth, Newcastle and Liverpool. There are now 19 cruise travel ships leaving direct from British ports this summer time, allowing travellers anxious about schedule changes or cancellations to steer clear of airports altogether.

This should serve as a warning to air travel companies to obtain ATOL protection so as to stay in business in the midst of the new wave of fans of cruise holidays.Large companies like Barrhead Travel, Thompson Cruises and Cruise Direct have long been ATOL protected for all services - as well as package holidays and cruising holidays, but subsequent to the failure of Sun4U, which left 1,200 stuck abroad, and Goldtrail, which affected the holiday plans of 50,000 people, many are uncertain of who to book with.

And the battle between air and cruising is set to intensify as cruising companies present vacations to numerous well-liked package holiday places, with the most booked cruising destination being the Mediteranean.

An appetite for luxury cruising toward northern Europe also points to a shift in the financial system because extra people seem to have funds to use on luxurious cruising.

The boost in reservations might imply that the latest curiosity in cruising may well be here to stay, because information from The Cruise Review indicate that sixty percent of passengers take more than one cruise a year which they think is down to brilliant service and the wide variety of amenities obtainable while cruising. This possibly will indicate that now that holiday-makers have experienced the benefits, they could begin to overlook package vacation deals in preference for cruise holidays.

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