European Cruise - Never A Waste Of Money
A cruise along the European coastline, wouldn't that be just a
dream come true? If only you had the time and money to go on
board a cruise ship and visit all those ports in the
Mediterranean, to then go around the Iberian Peninsula to the
North Sea up, up, and away almost to Siberia. It's a dream,
isn't it? Wrong! If you are planning on traveling to Europe and
you think cruising is the most expensive way, you are making a
serious mistake.
There are many ways of getting to know Europe. You can go on
your own, stay at a Bed & Breakfast, rent a car, have lunch at
diners, and really spend serious money on overpriced European
goods. Traveling on your own apparently seems less expensive,
but if you write down everything you spend, you might be alarmed
at the expenses. Let's say you're walking around London and you
feel thirsty, wouldn't it be terrible to pay for bottled water
at a price three times what you pay at home? Paying a local tour
guide is almost always more expensive and not always do they
have understandable English. The best option for land traveling
is going on a package deal if you want to save on a travel guide
but that is about it. If you are going on a package deal you
might as well go on a cruise!
Think about the advantages of a European cruise. All your food
and drink is already paid for, so you won't pay European prices
on food and drink, you will pay what you would pay at home. When
the cruise arrives at a city, you have a tour guide with good
English. The only downside to cruises is the time limit for
exploring the cities ashore, but the advantages totally
overshadow this. If you take the total expense for cruising and
divide it by the total number of days you will be traveling, the
outcome might be much less expensive than land traveling.
So you should stop thinking that cruises are just for rich
people because they are not. It is just a question of class and
self-allowance. If you believe you can go on a cruise, you will
because it turns out less expensive than land traveling.
There are two main routes on European cruises. You can take the
cold Northern route, which is the Baltic Sea (Scandinavia and
Russia), Norwegian fjords, the Arctic Circle, and British Isles.
Make sure you take plenty of winter clothes, because out at sea
is much colder than on land. It is a beautiful cruise, although
it is more indoors. You can also take the Mediterranean course,
which is probably more appealing. You get to know Barcelona,
Southern France, Italy, and Greece. It is warm and pleasant
there and you can go to the pool on the cruise ship and enjoy
the outdoors. There are also possibilities of making a
connection between both courses and get to know the entire
European coastline.
It is just a matter of being wise with your money and knowing
how to save up. It is not impossible to go on a European cruise,
it is wor