Aug 18 2010
What Kind Of People Go On Cunard Cruises?
Being a photographer on various cruise boats for several years, I managed to meet a great variety of people. Something that not many people seem to understand is that living in a boat is very different to living in a flat or a house and it has a big impact on peoples social behaviour. New friendships can be developed, new love stories can take place, couples can divorce, babies may be conceived or even born and some may even pass away!
A luxury boat that is moving into the seven seas is like a small floating city. One factor many people overlook at is the fact that on board there arent just passengers and holiday-makers but also members of staff that have to stay on the boat for long periods of time. It is strictly forbidden for those people to develop social relationships with the passengers but sometimes it is inevitable.
A common person to find in a luxury boat is about 60 years of age, wealthy and usually retired. They all come from a wide range of different professions but with a few exceptions most of them were very successful professionally. Doctors, lawyers, publishers, editors, journalists, and civil engineers coexist with wealthy shop owners, entrepreneurs and tradesmen. That signifies that high education is not really one of the main factors, although a high income is.
Of course there is a small part of passengers who although they dont make enough to be afford a luxury, they are happy saving hard in order to make their dream come true cruise. Those are people who have read about those luxury cruises and are really curious to find out how the experience is like. Even though I gained most of my experiences on Silversea Cruises boats where I worked, other colleagues that used to work on Oceania Cruises and Cunard Cruises have had similar experiences.
When it comes to sports, golf is definitely the number one while cricket and polo are also popular. I would strongly encourage people to try a luxury cruise at least once in their life as it is definitely a unique experience worth the money spent.
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