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Cruise Vacation Guides
Each year, over 50 million people take a cruise vacation. Cruising has become one of the fastest growing vacation alternatives in the 21st century. Whether you desire an intimate sail on one of many small ships plying the waters around small islands and out-of-the-way destinations, or a grand cruising experience on a giant city-at-sea, the cruise industry offers something for everyone.
Surprisingly, there are few good guide books for people contemplating their first-or 25th-cruise. We've taken a look and assembled a brief list of what we believe are the best books for both prospective and experienced cruisers.
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Our Featured Title:
Happy
Sails: The Carefree Cruiser's Handbook by Pam Kane
If you're a new cruiser--or even an "old salt"--Pam Kane's book will help you plan and have fun on the high seas. She'll tell you how to have great manners afloat, what and how to pack, the cruise diet (try all that great food, without gaining all the pounds!), tips for differently-abled cruisers, great shopping ideas and much, much more!
100
Best Cruise Vacations: The Top Cruises Throughout the World for All
Interests and Budgets by Theodore W. Scull
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| Alaska
by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising Alaska by
Anne Vipond
Other Guides by Vipond: Hawaii By Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising Hawaii Mediterranean by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Mediterranean Cruising Panama
Canal by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising the Panama
Canal |
| Alaska
& Canada's Inside Passage Cruise Tour Guide: City Maps, History,
Native Culture Plus a 6-Foot Fold-Out Map by George King and
Karen Hesselberg
The map is worth the price
of the book! |
| Berlitz
Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships 2005 by Douglas Ward |
Cruise
Vacations for Mature Travelers by Kerry Smith
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Cruising
Alaska: A Traveler's Guide to Cruising Alaskan Waters &
Discovering the Interior by Larry H. Ludmer
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| Cruise
Chooser : Buyer's Guide to Cruise Bargains, Discounts & Deals
by Mary Fallon Miller
Save money and dump your
travel agent! |
Cruising
the Eastern Caribbean: A Passenger's Guide to the Ports of Call by
Laura and Diane Rapp
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| European
Menu Translator by Anne and Whitney Galbraith
Eventually, you'll get off the ship on your European tour. Maybe you'll even skip the tour and venture out on your own. If you do, you'll want this handy little guide! Never order the sheep's brains by mistake, the eggplant your allergic to or the salt encrusted anything your doctor begged you not to--or try a fabulous dish you never even imagined! All because this pocket-sized book demystifies those strange menu terms. French, Italian, Spanish and German.
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| Eyewitness Travel Guide
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Fodor's
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Frommer's
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| Italy,
Instructions for Use: The Personal, On-Site Assistant for the
Enthusiastic but Inexperienced Traveler by Nan McElroy
If you're on your own in
Italy, this pocket-sized guide is a must! Written by a personal
travel guide who has worked in Italy for a decade, this charming
book gives you the straight talk on everything from car rentals to
toiletry buying--and includes key Italian phrases. |
| Insight Guides
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Passporters'
Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line: The Take-Along Travel Guide
and Planner by Jennifer Watson and Dave Marx
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| Stern's
Guide to the Cruise Vacation 2005 by Stephen B. Stern
A ship by ship evaluation
of all the cruise ships afloat. |
| The
Single Parent Travel Handbook by Brenda Elwell
While aimed at domestic
travel, this unbelievably handy guide gives great tips on avoiding
the single supplement (which is charged even if you stay with your
under-12 child), ways to keep kids amused, fun travel games and much
more! |
| Travel
With Others--Without Wishing They'd Stayed Home by Nadine
Nardi Davidson
Ever roomed with the
former-pal-from-hell? Travel agent Davidson gives you the tips and
tricks to traveling with everyone from cranky teens, amorous bosses,
grumpy spouses and friends you THOUGHT you knew. |
Total
Traveler Guide to Worldwide Cruising by Ethel Blum
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The
Unofficial Guide to Cruises by Kay Showker
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