Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. I'm going to
do a travel episode. It's been a while, there's some less travelling going on,
but I want to talk about cruise ships. I have being on one, I'm contemplating
going on another and I have many people asking me and I see a lot of videos
also going on about well, the extroverted people will want to do all the
partying and the introverted people, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
and generally not covering the information that you want about cruises. What I
will say is that most cruise lines do what is called sort of traditional
dining, where you are sat at the same table every night with random humans.
If that is not something that you are into for various
reasons. I recommend NCL because you can eat at any time and anywhere and or
virgin except for the Korean barbecue place because you can go and eat when you
want. Where you want and you are not forced to sit and socialise with complete
strangers who you may or may not like for the duration of your cruise. One
thing I will say about cruise ships is there a lot of hidden nooks and crannies
where you can just sit and read a book and no one will bother you or just watch
the water go by.
People may games rooms are extremely popular, definitely
made friends in the games rooms. If you are a solo cruiser, there is a lot of
cruise ships that do solo supplement. There are quite a few that now aren't and
are definitely creating environments that are really good for solo.
I've got solo surfers in my mind and I know that's not the
right word for solo travellers. And one thing that would be great if you just
want to get away and have some peace and quiet, there's definitely the spa
option within a lot of the cruise ships so you can get a day pass and you just
go and you go from hot tub to sauna to steam room to just lounging around and
that's a great recharge thing to do. And there's generally no children allowed
in those areas as well. If you are into trying different types of cocktails,
that is one huge plus point for maybe all inclusive places, but also on cruise
ships because you've already possibly bought a beverage package. You can go and
try things that you wouldn't normally try or you're not sure about or any of
the above and you can go and sit and have a cocktail or a beverage or try
something in any way that you want or take it back to your room and enjoy the
water.
I highly recommend getting a balcony just because when you
want to recharge, you get to go and you still get to enjoy being outside
without necessarily being outside with a bunch of people. Having said that,
most cruise ships are large enough that there are little nooks and crannies
where you can sit and watch the water and not interact with other humans if you
don't need to. But you also have the option of interacting with humans in a way
that you have control over, which is incredibly nice. But being able to try all
sorts of food, being able to drink all sorts of drinks and there's games,
there's arcades, there's all sorts of things to do when you want to recharge
and be by yourself and there's lots of things to do with other humans. It's
kind of like a staycation, but a floating staycation.
I've probably talked about staycations before, where you
would go and stay at a hotel, maybe in the town that you live in or maybe the
next town over if you want to get some work done or you just want to recharge
or you just want to treat yourself. And so this is a different version of that
that just happens to be floating and maybe you get to travel to a couple of
different islands while you are at it, even if you are travelling with another
human being or with a group of people. The great thing is that as long as you
have your own room, you all can do things together and then you can separate
and come back and do things in your room or somewhere else and then agree at a
time to meet, to then have dinner or lunch or games or whatever it might be. It
is great for groups of friends as well. I am definitely looking forward to I
think I'm probably going to book another one and to see how that goes.
A lot of cruise ships have a big central area that tends to
be very, very noisy. However, the Virgin Cruises, apart from being out, only
have lots of different smaller areas within one big area, how they've described
it as a yachtlike experience, but on a cruise ship. So I'm curious how that
works out. That's just a little bit of random information about cruising if you
are an introvert and or a solo travelling. So thank you for listening.
This is Janice@thecareerintrovert.com, helping you build your
brand and get hired and recharge. Have a great rest of your week.
