| The way we take our summer vacation has changed | | | | stuffy reputation that they had but now much of this |
| greatly over the past few years from when we used | | | | has changed and the cruises and ships are more |
| to take a two week beach or pool vacation every | | | | family orientated with the emphasis on entertainment |
| year to now trying different types of vacation such as | | | | rather than relaxation although you can still choose to |
| camping, a adventure vacation or taking a cruise | | | | take it easy if you like. More and more families are |
| holiday. The cruise holiday has been the largest growth | | | | taking the chance to go on a floating holiday to the |
| sector in the holiday industry for the past 5 years with | | | | Caribbean to stop off and visit such places as |
| many of the cruise companies enjoying the best times | | | | Barbados, Jamaica, Tobago and St Lucia, ordinarily if |
| that the industry has ever had. The main reason for | | | | you chose to go on holiday to the Caribbean you |
| this great increase in the amount of people taking | | | | would only get the chance to stop at one of these |
| cruise holidays has been the massive variation of | | | | destinations, the beauty of a cruise holiday for many |
| cruise holidays available as well as the increase in the | | | | people is that you get the chance to experience the |
| amount of entertainment that is now available onboard | | | | flavour of many different destinations on the one |
| the huge cruise ships. It is now possible to choose | | | | holiday |
| from such a huge variety of different cruise holidays | | | | On the other end of the scale whale watching cruises |
| that suit all budgets that many families are trying a | | | | are growing in popularity, the cruise ships are still as |
| cruise holiday for the first time and most are finding the | | | | opulent as the Caribbean cruise ships but the emphasis |
| experience to be a great one. | | | | is on the whale watching rather than on the |
| It is now virtually possible to take a cruise holiday to | | | | entertainment, although there is always plenty to do if |
| almost anywhere in the world and for almost any | | | | you want to. On a whale watching cruise you sail out |
| length of time. If you wanted to it is possible to take | | | | to either the Galapagos Islands or the Arctic with the |
| three months or more to go on an around the world | | | | sole intention of seeing whales that live in the waters |
| cruise or you might prefer to take your partner on a | | | | of these regions. This may sound a bit dull but it is not |
| weekend river cruise, either way whatever you fancy | | | | every day that you get the opportunity to see the |
| doing the option is probably there. | | | | largest animal in the world in its natural habitat. |
| The ever popular cruise destinations to the Caribbean | | | | If you are looking at taking a holiday that is totally |
| islands are also growing in popularity with people but | | | | different from anything that you may have done |
| the type of people who are choosing to take a | | | | before and still want all of the creature comforts that |
| Caribbean cruise are different from those of the past. | | | | a cruise ship can give then maybe a whale watching |
| In the past people were put off going on a cruise | | | | cruise is the holiday for you. |
| because of the very formal atmosphere and the | | | | |