Cruise holidays have moved beyond retirees, screaming kids and newly weds. Chic ships, short trips and cruises are the new travel cool

Seaborne Crusies Spirit day horizontal at sea 

 

HAVING wiped the memory of a horrible, smelly schlep around the Greek islands on a now defunct cruise line years ago, I still considered myself a cruise virgin. 

Until recently.
See, it’s not just grey nomads, newlyweds or footy players who are hitting the high seas in search of places that, to be honest, are just too darn difficult and pricey to get to on your own.

Most of us are so time poor, the more places we can fit into a limited a space of time (without having to unpack and repack) the better!

When I was invited to experience a ‘tasting plate’of cruising, a smorgasbord of destinations that, if visited on your own, would probably take at least four times as much time as it did to see, I was ready to really pop my cruise cherry.

I mean, are you ever going to do your own dash on the FIRST Olympic Games track in Olympus, unless you’re down there yourself?