Luxury Travel
The Next Big Thing in Luxury Cruising Is a Much Smaller Ship
Think of them as floating design hotels.
Source: Ecoventura
One of the biggest trends in high-end cruising is extremely small. It’s the opposite, in some ways, of everything you’d expect, even from a luxury cruise brand.
It’s all about tiny, independently owned ships, boats, and barges—floating boutique hotels, if you will. Unlike conventional small ships, which can carry as many as 1,000 guests, these consist of just a handful of rooms on water. And while the boats from large companies are often designed to rotate through a number of destinations, these are location-specific, giving them a sense of place that only land-bound counterparts can claim.