Category: Theme Cruises
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Medical Cruise Conferences: How to Find a Medical Conference on a Cruise
As we explained in a recent article about medical cruises, there are fundamentally two different types of medical cruises: there are cruises that focus on medical conferences, and there are cruises that focus on passenger health. In the present article we are concerned only with the former – medical cruise conferences. So, what exactly is a medical cruise conference? As implied, they are conferences that center on medical topics that take place on cruise ships. These cruise conferences are targeted at medical professionals, as opposed to, say, people who happen to have an interest in medicine. Medical cruise conferences are quite common, with about 20 or so leaving various ports around the world every month. What are some different types of medical cruise conferences, and how might you go about booking a medical cruise? Read more […] -
Medical Cruises
What is a medical cruise? There isn’t any formal definition of a “medical cruise,” so we suppose a medical cruise is just a cruise that involves medicine (or health in general) in one way or another. A cruise can be medical in nature in two ways: a cruise can focus on medical education, offering conferences and meetings about medical topics to professionals, or it can center on patient care, providing passengers some form of medical treatment. There are a fair number of each type of cruise, and both kinds will be covered in their own articles. This article will therefore focus only on the basics of both variety of medical cruises without covering any specific cruise options in depth. Read more […] -
A Prairie Home Companion Cruise
You might think of A Prairie Home Companion as a live radio show hosted by Garrison Keillor, and that’s because it is. What you might not know is that there is A Prairie Home Companion cruise that has set sail several times in years past, generally in the summer. There will be A Prairie Home Companion cruise in 2012, as Keillor and company – consisting of a group of historians, naturalists, and musicians, as well as the guests who care to join them – take an 11-day European cruise at the end of August, from the 18th to the 29th. Read more […] -
Cruise Specials
At any given point in the year, cruise specials are available. Indeed, not only are cruise specials always possible to find, you can likely uncover them by looking at a single cruise line. This is because cruise specials are extremely common, and in fact the very nature of the cruise industry ensures that this is the case. Ships need to be filled all year round to make voyages financially worthwhile for the cruise lines, and in order to fill their ships, it is often necessary for companies to offer cruise specials to potential passengers to lure them on board. (For more on why cruise lines offer cruise deals, check out our article on how to find cheap cruises.) Read more […] -
Christmas Cruise Deals
It is a relatively well-known fact, at least to those of us familiar with the world of cruises, that there exist special Christmas cruises that are offered by nearly every cruise line during the holiday season. For those who fancy the traditional Christmas experience, one that is filled with snow and caroling and other such merriment, it may seem strange that anyone would take a cruise around Christmas, but evidently many people do, often precisely to avoid the traditional Christmas experience (or at least certain components of it – in-laws and cold weather come to mind), and hence the abundance of Christmas cruises available. But what exactly is a Christmas cruise, and more relevantly for the present article, how do you go about finding a good Christmas cruise deal? Read more […] -
Best Cruise Lines for Family Reunions
If you’re interested in having your family reunion on a cruise ship, several cruise lines offer theme cruises year around. These include Crystal Cruises, Cruise West, Clipper Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Lines, and Disney Cruise Lines. Read more […]