Caribbean Gettaway Cruise for the Working Professional
For the working professional a quick cruise getaway to the Caribbean is just the thing to relieve stress, stimulate creativity by evoking a spirit of adventure and fun and temporarily forgetting about work assignments. Airports along the eastern and southeastern seaboard offer easy, quick access to the ships that sail the beautiful Caribbean where you can experience snorkling and photographing exotic fish in the British Virgin Islands and duty-free shopping in Bermuda.
The major cruise lines offer a variety of cruise destinations in the eastern and western Caribbean. The minimum cruise is three days, five to seven an average. For a fun and relaxing sail, the three day cruise is ideal as most of the time will be spent on shipboard where there are so many activities to keep you occupied from food feasts all day long and midnight buffets, to exercise rooms and swim pool to keep in shape, cocktail lounges and gaming tables for socializing and enjoying a relaxing drink and conversation with friends and newly met acquaintances. Showrooms provide entertainment, and there are always quiet venues where books and movies are available.
Cruise lines and their ships are rated by past passengers so you might want to look at the number of stars a ship has, its type of accommodations, food service, and the year it first entered the cruise circuit. The more stars, and the newer the ship usually will mean the higher the price, however most of the cruise companies offer deals where you can hop on a luxury liner at a lower than normal price. Also the time of year will influence the price since summer is the most popular times, and the hurricane season often means lower prices. The lower the deck and inside location, the lower the price is a general rule. Cabins are based on two persons so if you have a companion you will save more than traveling alone. But many companies offer to cut the single supplement if you check the option to let them provide a cabin mate and they are unable to do so.
Check out the cruises to the Eastern Caribbean: Grand Turk, Tortola, US Virgin Islands, St Maarten and St. Martin, and Nassau; or the Western Caribbean: Grand Cayman, Jamaica, the Mexican Riviera and Cozumel. For the working professional in New York the northeastern ports of the United States offer many shorter 5-day cruises of theEasternCaribbean but for the working professional living where the southeastern ports of Florida, New Orleans and Texas are closer, theWesternCaribbean with its shorter distance to the Mexican Riviera and Yucatan, the 3-day cruise can be a good choice.
To look over the deals available to you there are many sites on Google where you find out whatever you need to know. But once your mind is made up about what you want to do and where to go, it is a good idea to sign up for several cruise newsletters from independent tour operators and also the cruise lines which will let you know of upcoming cruises which might interest you, and cruises on luxury ships which haven't been filled and are offering steep discounts in shipboard credits, cabin prices and sometimes airfare.
Do yourself a favor and treat yourself-you've earned it-to a relaxing, entertaining and enjoyable cruise on a ship that has everything you could possibly need at your fingertips and sail the beautiful warm, blue Caribbean.
