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Read INSIGHT GUIDES guidebooks first – before planning your next cruise! They are not connected with any cruise line, concession, supplier, travel agency or booking site. Totally independent, recognised and trusted world-wide, the books also make excellent presents.

INSIGHT GUIDES: CRUISING AND CRUISE SHIPS 2025

Author: Douglas Ward. Published November 2024 (print or e-book).

Over 70 cruise companies provide ocean-going cruise vacations to over 30 million ocean-going passengers annually (plus approximately one million river cruise passengers) and over 30 different operators. This book will help you choose the right ship, for the right reasons. ✅ 

INSIGHT GUIDES: RIVER CRUISING IN EUROPE AND THE USA (print or e-book).

Author: Douglas Ward. Published November 2021 (print and e-book).

Douglas Ward: “I have been in the cruise industry since 1965, testing cruise ships and riverships professionally since 1982 – a serious business.”

Douglas Ward is considered the world’s foremost independent authority on cruising and cruise ships. With over 6,400 days at sea on more than 1,120 cruises (including 159 transatlantic crossings), plus numerous visits to shipyards under his belt, he is a man of, in, on, and about, cruise ships and cruising.

Berlitz (Insight Guides): Cruising and Cruise Ships 2023 and Insight Guides: River Cruising in Europe and the USA are available from: www.amazon.com, or your favourite bookstore or online retailer.