The author has completed more than 5,000 days at sea, participating in more than 900 cruises, over 150 transatlantic crossings, and countless Panama Canal transits, shipyard visits, ship christenings, and numerous maiden voyages to help you choose the right ship, for the right reasons. The Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships is simply the most comprehensive source of information and independent rating of cruise ships in print today.

Read this book and you will leave for your cruise as well informed as most specialists in the industry. Indeed, most professional cruise sales agents use this guide as their trusted reference source (and also find it humorous and entertaining).

The first edition, published in 1985, introduced 120 cruise ships to people that had never considered cruising as an alternative to land-based vacations. There are 276 ocean-going cruise ships in the present edition. Welcome, then, to Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships 2007.

Now in its 22nd year of publication, the Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships 2007 contains more ships, more comparative charts and analytical data than any other guide.

With more than half a million words, the Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships 2007 is the definitive reference work for both novice and veteran passengers as well as for the cruise ship industry and travel agents. Its author, Douglas Ward, has spent over 5,300 days at sea, aboard more than 950 cruises, and his guide is respected for its strictly objective methodology.

The 2007 edition of the Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships is larger than ever - 696 pages long - containing critical and comprehensive reviews of 276 ships.

Buy it here for only £15.29 plus p&p - £2 less than the 2006 edition!.

Douglas Ward