I just took my first cruise in over 20 years, and I have to say, my expectations were exceeded! I hadn’t really considered taking cruises for a long time, but I’ve been fascinated by the recent trend of luxury hotel groups getting into the cruising industry (or at least licensing out their names for such concepts), and I couldn’t help but give one of these a try. This industry is getting crowded — while Ritz-Carlton was first among these, we’re seeing similar concepts launch shortly from Four Seasons, Orient Express, and Aman.
Anyway, I digress. We just sailed with Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Evrima, which is the company’s first and smallest ship (there are two more in the meantime, which are substantially bigger). We booked the shortest, cheapest cruise we could, and the goal was to “dip our toes” in the cruising world, so to speak.
I’ll be publishing a very detailed review soon, but would first like to provide some initial thoughts, in no particular order. For what it’s worth, we booked a three-night cruise from San Juan that had stops in St. John and St. Barts, and we paid $3,100 per person for an entry level suite.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
