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Cruises to nowhere, and other short cruises provide the perfect opportunity for people with limited time to get away from it all. Over only a few days, you'll get to experience and enjoy all that a cruise has to offer. From the various restaurants onboard, the entertainment, and of course the service. It also gives many travellers a chance to try cruising if they haven’t done so before, offering a terrific opportunity to trial cruising and see for yourself why it’s one of the most popular forms of travel around the world.
Australians LOVE to cruise. In 2018, over 1.3 million of us chose to go on a cruise holiday. Because of the popularity of cruising down under, we have a large selection of cruise lines and ships to choose from. We are definitely not short on choice in our market. Short cruises therefore offer you an opportunity to try a new cruise line and see what their onboard experience is like, without committing to a longer voyage.
In recent years, the variety of available short cruises has grown dramatically. Most of these voyages are between 2 and 5 nights long. Some really are cruises to nowhere where the ship departs port, sails to open sea and spends several days meandering through the ocean, giving you the complete at-sea cruise experience.
Often times, these cruises to nowhere will be themed, and P&O Australia in particular offer a range of cruises like Comedy Cruises, Food and Wine Cruises and Music Festival Cruises. There are also voyages that are themed around a major event, such as the Melbourne Cup and the Australian Open tennis tournament. These event-specific voyages will often provide you with an exclusive experience onboard the ship, and then transfers and entry to the main event being held on shore.
There are also short cruises that take in various ports of call close to their departure point. For example, from Sydney there are cruises that head south to the port of Eden, or north to Moreton Island off the coast of Brisbane, before returning to Sydney. If you haven’t cruised before, these short options with a port of call give you the chance to experience the complete benefit of cruising, which is being able to enjoy ports of call and have your floating hotel nearby, ready to take you to the next destination in complete luxury, comfort and style.
In some cases, short cruises may actually be small segments of larger cruise itineraries. Princess Cruises often sells these segments on world cruises and other long voyages. For example, you might board in Sydney and spend two nights at sea and get off in Brisbane, while other guests remain onboard and complete a 35 night itinerary that takes them across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, Tahiti and other idyllic places. Short cruises like this will require you to fly to the departure point or finish point, depending on where you live. For this reason, it’s not uncommon to find some really fantastic deals on short segments that start and end in different locations.
Cruises to nowhere and short cruises in general are really so much more than their name suggests! Have you sailed on a short cruise or a cruise to nowhere? What did you think about it? Let me know in the comments below and thanks for reading!
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