~ * Cruise Question of the Day * ~

[mercedes]

We take port pictures and if we like them (that rarely happens) we will buy them.

[Chucksta63]

Question of the Day!

Why do you cruise vs. some other type of vacation? What makes you want to cruise?

[SmooCruise]

Value<]....you can't take the same level of service vacation on a land based for the same amount of money.

Relaxation<]....you get on board and once that ship sails away, all worries are gone. I don't have to drive. I don't have to find a restaurant. I can choose to do lots of stuff all day, or nothing all day.

[CanadianCruiser]

Price !

Especially now since the Canadian dollar is so strong....

[mercedes]

It’s a great way to see a lot of places in a short time. If there is a particular place I really like I always go back on a land vacation.

[TheSkipper]

As others have said cruising is far less hassle. Almost everytime we do a land vacation at some point one of us says "we should have taken a cruise."

We spend a precruise week in Orlando this past spring and it cost us far more than the cruise which followed.

[JoeyandDavid]

convenience ... many ports............ one unpacking

[Joanandjoe]

All of the above. The feeling of being pampered is hard to beat.

There's one problem with the idea of "if we like a port on a cruise, we'll go back on a land trip". After 10 cruises, we haven't yet had a land vacation at a single port we've visited, and we've visited some beauties: Nice, Barcelona, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Mallorca, Bermuda, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Cozumel, various Caribbean islands and Alaska ports, Vancouver, etc. Nice theory about land trips, and maybe one day it will actually happen.

[sailingrose]

I agree too with all of the above reasons and I'll add one more. When we started cruising with our kids it was a great way to have a family vacation. My kids have gotten a great education on different cultures, different religions, different countries etc. They loved the kids programs and us adults got some down time without them. Win Win

[Chucksta63]

Great Answers guys!

Question of the day...

Why do you pick, the time of year to cruise, that you do?