Celebrate the holidays in style on board one of three Windstar Cruises’ luxury yachts exploring the hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world’s most sought- after destinations. Windstar provides the perfect winter holiday vacation in an elegant and relaxed atmosphere in the Caribbean or Costa Rica to rejoice with travel companions.

Wind Spirit’s 7-day holiday cruise features sparkling white sands, tropical fish and turquoise waters and departs from St. Thomas on December 20 visiting St. John, St. Martin, St. Barts, Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda. Cruise rates begin at $2,249 per person, double occupancy.

Already considered the finest onboard enrichment programme in the industry, Cunard Line’s intellectual pedigree will be further established this summer and autumn with a Cunard Insights line-up featuring history buffs, star gazers, bestselling authors and broadcast personalities aboard Queen Mary 2’s celebrated Transatlantic voyages and aboard QE2’s final Crossings. A special highlight will be the ships’ October tandem Crossings and the inclusion of renowned maritime historians and experts lecturing aboard QE2 during these historic voyages. Insights lecturers on these Crossings include:

QE2: October 10, Southampton-New York:

Cruise dining just gets better and better, season by season.

And how can it not, when Royal Caribbean invests million of dollars in creating the favorite recipes that we love to eat during our vacation on one of their popular ships. Well-known celebrity chefs develop the menus that keep us asking for second helpings during breakfast, lunch, dinner and every other snack time in between.

Cookbooks are always available for purchase on your cruise, but if you’ve missed the opportunity of buying one the last time you were on a Royal Caribbean ship, here are a couple that are available for purchase online.