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How can you try a cruise without giving up the beach? Sky Travel's editor tells how a Cruise & Stay holiday is the best of both worlds.
You've always loved the beach, and you and your partner have been making the annual pilgrimage for years.
It's a very comfortable choice, too, you know what to except and you have your favourite spots, your favourite things to do. You even know you'll have a wealth of conversational points to share when you get back.
But, perhaps you're also starting to hear about cruises, seen a bit about it on the TV, have a friend or two who have done a cruise.
Are you willing to give up your beach holiday, though? Despite what your friends might be saying about cruising, how can you know if you'll like it - if it's really for you?
A Cruise and Stay holiday may well be the answer. You can try out a cruise without giving up the beach, because it's part of the same holiday package. It's much cheaper than doing both separately, so it's a much less ominous decision to give it a go.
A popular choice
Cruise and Stay holidays are a very popular way for people to get into cruising, probably because the familiarity of a beach holiday is still there.
Generally, Cruise and Stay holidays involve a weeklong cruise followed by a weeklong stay, somewhere around the ship's home port. So, for example, if the ship departs from Majorca, you'll be offered a choice of hotels in Majorca as part of the package.
The cruise itself can include any number of itineraries, whether that's the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, or even Caribbean. These are proper cruises, too, not some pale imitation reserved for first-timers, so you'll get a true idea of what cruising is like.
A cruise ship docked at St Croix in the Caribbean
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