The Ultimate Girls Getaway on a Cruise

There are few things more fun in life than going on holiday with girlfriends. Getting away from the daily grind with a few good friends is the perfect escape, but deciding where to go on said holiday can sometimes be tricky. However, choose a cruise, and you can usually please everyone in the groups as far as destinations go, as well as all you want in the way of food and drink and entertainment on board.

Whether it’s the warm sun and coconut cocktails of Caribbean cruises or a lazy afternoon spent in the luxury on-board spa of a Baltic cruise ship, here are just a few reasons to book a cruise for your next girls getaway…

Slumber Parties

You thought the days of bunking in with your best friends were gone? Cruises can accommodate several people in all types of accommodation from chic staterooms with private balconies to run of the mill basic rooms where you canstay in bunk beds like you’re at summer camp. Regardless of the digs, sharing a room (or even a bed) with your best pals is likely to make for lots of giggles and late night heart to hearts.

Spa Days

Most of you will have scoped out the spa situation long before setting foot on a cruise ship. Indulging in on-board pampering is one of the absolute best ways to spend a sea-day. While husbands or partners may feel neglected at the prospect of being abandoned for a day at the spa, girlfriends will be next in line for the massage table. Spend the day chatting between facials or sweating it out in the sauna with your best pals and emerge feeling more relaxed and refreshed than ever.

Avoid Conflict with All Inclusive Options

Even the best of friends can get a bit testy when it comes to making a group decision. When one friend may want sushi, the others want falafel and it’s hard to make everyone happy. The best way to avoid such a muddle? Choices! Cruises offer every fathomable food and drink option from Italian to Japanese, ice cream bars to Michelin-starred cuisine and everything in between.

And when it’s time to go ashore, instead of collectively pouring over a map, deciding what to do – sign up for an excursion in which everything is taken care of from the moment you step off the boat until you return that evening. There’s no better way to bond than to take the guess work out of a girls trip.

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