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Luxury travel, whether it be on a cruise ship or a tour, offers an enhanced level of services, such as first class food and culinary experiences. Since luxury cruise ships carry fewer passengers than mainline ships, this allows for a very high degree of personal service. Luxury tours also operate with smaller groups than traditional tours.
Luxury cruises and tours feature better, and in most cases outstanding, stateroom or lodging facilities. In the case of tours, luxury tour escorts are the best of the best. In today’s economy, you will find luxury cruises available at prices comparable to what you would pay for a mini-suite or suite on a mainline cruise ship.
Questions and Answers:
Who are some of the luxury tour operators?
The top three luxury tour operators are Abercrombe and Kent, Tauck Tours, and Travcoa Tours. There are some other luxury tour operators that specialize in a certain geographical region, such as Cox & Kings, Kerr & Downey. All luxury tour operators operate with small groups, which is an essential for a true luxury travel experience. There are also a number of luxury rail tour companies.
How about luxury cruise lines?
The luxury cruise lines would be Silversea, Seabourn, Crystal, SeaDream, Regent and Cunard’s QM-2’s suite level categories with Silversea, Seabourn and SeaDream carrying the smallest number of passengers. While they don’t have as many amenities as the luxury cruise lines some of the small ships cruise lines fall in the luxury category also.
What do you mean by premium cruise lines?
Premium cruise line’s don’t quite come up to the level of service and culinary excellence that the luxury lines offer, but they are a step above the quality that traditional cruises offer, plus the two major premium cruise lines, Oceania and Azamura carry only 600 plus passengers.
What do you mean by “luxury is in the experience?”
Luxury can also mean unique sightseeing or cultural experiences in a unique setting with a small group of passengers or a special shore excursion event offered by a luxury cruise line that isn’t offered to the general public.
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