| If something is worth doing, the old saying goes, it is | | | | planting people according to a seating plan. Every |
| worth doing correctly. If you are going to put your | | | | suite has a balcony, too, which means that every |
| time and money into something, there is no point | | | | passenger can have the truly mind-blowing |
| being half-hearted about it. Would you spend money | | | | experience of taking dinner on the outside as they |
| on the materials to build a house, and then just | | | | watch the miles being eaten up by the smooth |
| hammer in a few nails and hope it stayed up? Of | | | | motion of the ship. |
| course not. So, extrapolating wildly from that | | | | The benefits of paying the extra dollars to travel on |
| assertion, it is fair to say that if you are going to go | | | | a luxury cruise ship are clear. And while they are not |
| on a cruise ship holiday, you might as well go on a | | | | attainable to all, even to look and see what is |
| luxury cruise ship holiday. If the money is there for a | | | | offered makes you want to work that bit harder, |
| real luxury break, it is worth doing things in style, is it | | | | earn that bit more and do that bit extra to get |
| not? And there are companies out there who | | | | recognised so that one day you can travel in such |
| dedicate themselves specifically to offering just these | | | | style. Some luxury cruise liners actually offer butler |
| things - luxury and style. | | | | service in your suite - and again, this comes at a |
| One luxury line that comes with the ringing | | | | price, but to even imagine being waited on hand and |
| endorsement of no less an authority than Howard | | | | foot in such a manner is quite a mouth watering |
| Hillman is Regent Seven Seas Cruising. Its five-ship | | | | thought. The only risk is that you could find yourself |
| fleet has the Hillman seal of approval not only for its | | | | so enjoying butler service that you decide you want |
| undeniable touches of class, but for a relaxed | | | | it at home as well - and the truth is that although for |
| atmosphere aboard its ships which is very hard for a | | | | a short spell on a cruise ship butler service can be a |
| luxury cruise ship line to achieve. Its Voyager liner is | | | | delightful extravagance, to retain one full time is not |
| considered the line's standout performer, and with a | | | | a cheap option. |
| maximum occupancy of 700 passengers, all | | | | The luxury cruise ship experience is one that we all |
| accommodated in suites, you will have some idea of | | | | must hope is available to us one of these days - |
| just what a treat a journey on the Regent line can | | | | from the complimentary champagne to the shoe |
| be. The relaxed atmosphere of which Hillman speaks | | | | shine service offered by many luxury liners, it is |
| is achieved by, among other methods, an | | | | simply another world for most of us. But then again, |
| open-seating dining policy that at a stroke cuts away | | | | sometimes people get to visit other worlds. |
| the rather forced bonhomie that can be the result of | | | | |