| The sun-kissed sands, the turquoise blue waters, | | | | The seven-night packages are a popular lot. But if you |
| greenery all around, vast areas of virgin land waiting to | | | | can, opt for the weekend getaway of three nights, or |
| be explored and a vibrant culture-that is the Caribbean | | | | the longer duration ten-eleven night and even |
| for you. Cruising the Caribbean is such an exciting | | | | fourteen-night tours. The best aspect of such cruises |
| prospect, for at each turn lies the joy of discovering, | | | | is that there's one to suit every pocket. You have the |
| the joy of experiencing unsurpassed beauty. When | | | | very luxurious and very expensive Royal Caribbean |
| you're cruising the Caribbean, you will be touring the | | | | cruises. Royal Caribbean International has some of the |
| little islands and countries that dot the Caribbean Sea. | | | | world's finest luxury liners in its fleet. Their ships, like the |
| They cover an area from the southeastern fringes of | | | | Empress of the Seas and Rhapsody of the Seas, are |
| Mexico to the northwestern part of Venezuela. | | | | known for their evening entertainment choices. |
| Usually the cruises are undertaken in two kinds of | | | | On the other hand you have the budget tours such as |
| packages: one tour that covers the eastern Caribbean | | | | those offered by the online travel agents like and The |
| and another that covers the southern Caribbean. | | | | budget tours may not be exactly rolling in luxury, but |
| Generally, the eastern Caribbean packages will have | | | | they are definitely worth the money, in that they cover |
| the British and the American Virgin Islands, Bahamas, | | | | the same places as the luxury liners do. |
| Puerto Rico, St. Martin and St. Maarten on their tour | | | | Given the choice of cruises, the choice of destinations |
| schedule. The southern Caribbean cruises will cover | | | | and the different budget options available, the |
| tropical paradises like Aruba, Antigua, Barbados, | | | | Caribbean cruises surely gives one the feeling of |
| Dominica, Grenada and St. Kitts. | | | | "cruise control". |