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Cruise Styles: Luxury Cruising

A cruise taken on any of the 300 ships available today will provide a favourable experience when compared to a standard package holiday. The service, quality of food and facilities offered on cruises from a ‘budget’ cruise, sometimes referred to as three star, are exceptional and when the ship classification is luxury or five star the experience becomes even more memorable and unforgettable.

So what is Luxury cruising?

Firstly the level of personal service you can expect to receive will be fantastic, which would be comparable with any hotel on earth. You might like a private butler offering you a personal 24 hour service and this is possible on a luxury cruise.

Then you have the quality of the general services available, from the best spa treatments provided by the world’s leading spa companies to leading edge high technology gym facilities and, of course, the food and wine. All luxury cruise lines will have consulted some of the world’s most renowned chef’s to provide that exquisite dining experience and will serve the best quality foods and wines.

The accommodation will be tastefully decorated with plush furnishings and quality bed linen, along with modern entertainment equipment such as a TV, video and DVD player. The accommodation will be spacious with fantastic fixtures and fittings, a fully stocked bar of high quality brands. The best quality linens are used for that extra luxury you’d expect and you'll have exclusive use of your own private balcony. Plus many cruise lines offer personalised stationary, desk and writing equipment as standard in their cabins.

The quality of service is really out of this world on a luxury cruise. Most luxury cruise ships even ensure that all crew members address customers by name from as soon as they are on board the vessel and every need is catered for 24/7, with no task being too small (or too big).

The following seven cruise lines can all be catergorised as five and six star:

Crystal Cruise Lines, Cunard, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn Cruise Lines, Silversea Cruises, Oceania Cruises and Windstar Cruises.