Your first stop is to the cruise lines industry organization, Cruise Lines International Association, Inc. or CLIA. CLIA brings travel agents together with the 23 major cruise lines and helps promote industry safety and regulatory policy. You can link directly to the cruise lines websites by using the Cruise Lines tab at the top of the page, or search for cruises by destination using a drop-down box on the right. CLIA provides cruise accreditation training to travel agents, and you can search for an accredited cruise specialist near you from the website.
CruiseLines.us offers a larger list of links, and includes more diverse cruise lines. You can link to the big lines, but also some you won’t find on the travel consolidator websites like Orbitz and Travelocity. You can research clipper ship cruises on smaller lines like Windjammer, Star Clippers or Windstar Cruises. You can also find Australia or Europe-only cruises, and look up Chinese and European river cruises. If you are really in the chips, you can see about a cruise on the Sea Cloud, which originally was Marjorie Merriweather Post’s private luxury yacht (pictured above).
Cybercruises.com has a very extensive list of cruise lines arranged by type, such as river cruises, sailing ships, and freighter cruises. If you are interested in cruising in Antarctica, up the Nile River, or along the coast of Scotland, this is the place to begin your search.
Finally, Raynorshyn.com offers a bare-bones alphabetical list of links to major and minor cruise lines. It is pretty extensive, and links to some obscure lines and even ferry lines. A neat feature is a list of links to ship webcams. Right now I can see that the Norwegian Majesty is at sea, and the P&O Oceana is in port in Barbados. How cool is that?
I hope these links help you plan your next trip. Happy cruising!
Written by Twincapes
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