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This is our essential guide to packing for a Caribbean cruise, complete with all the items you’ll need to enjoy a wonderful cruise vacation both onboard and during your shore excursions.

When you take a cruise to Antarctica, you’ll have to deal with the Drake Passage, a notoriously rough stretch of seas off the southern tip of South America. These are our best tips and tricks for how to prepare so that you can have the best Antarctica cruise experience.

Antarctica continues as a popular bucket-list travel destination, best reached by a cruise ship. This is our guide to the types of cruise ships — from large cruise ships to small expedition vessels — that offer cruises to Antarctica so you can have an idea of what’s available and figure out what appeals to you for your ultimate Antarctica cruise vacation.

Atlas Ocean Voyages’ new 2027 Arctic cruises go to the Canadian Arctic, Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. These trips showcase these remote polar regions at their most majestic while sailing aboard Atlas Ocean Voyages’ comfy and stylish expedition yachts.

VIVA Cruises’ 2027 cruise program is the most comprehensive in the luxury cruise line’s history, featuring new destinations, new ships and cruises available all year long.

Swan Hellenic is offering four new cruises, its first expedition voyages to Southeast Asia, visiting places like Japan and the Philippines.

Celebrity Cruises is building two innovative new river ships for Rhine River and Danube River cruises. Also, longtime expedition cruise leader National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has partnered with Transcend Cruises to offer river cruise expeditions in Europe.  

Riverside Luxury Cruises has launched its exciting new beer-themed Hops & Heritage cruises in Europe. This is the ideal trip for beer lovers who want to learn more about the history of beer making and try new flavors from around the world.

Victory I offers all-inclusive cruises on a variety of Great Lakes itineraries. We joined the 202-passenger cruise ship for a wonderful 10-day Great Lakes cruise that visited all five Great Lakes.