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Thinking about your next cruise? Read INSIGHT GUIDES guidebooks first! The books have no sponsorship or advertising, and are not connected with any cruise line, concession, cruise supplier, or travel agency. Totally independent, recognised and trusted world-wide, they also make excellent presents.

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

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

INSIGHT GUIDES: CRUISING AND CRUISE SHIPS 2023

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

Over 70 cruise companies provide ocean-going cruise vacations to around 30 million ocean-going passengers annually (plus approximately one million river cruise passengers and over 30 different operators). It is important to choose the right ship, for the right reasons.

Douglas Ward: “I have been in the cruise industry since 1965, testing cruise ships and riverships professionally since 1982. It is 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.