Solo Cruising

The one solo cruise I’ve done was a short Caribbean sailing on a Celebrity Edge class ship, and the part I underestimated beforehand wasn’t the dinners or the evenings onboard, it was the port days. Everything about a ship is built for you to be around people whether you want it or not. A port […]

My one solo cruise wasn’t really about meeting people. I kept mostly to myself, enjoyed the veranda, and treated the trip more like a quiet reset than a social one. So this isn’t me telling you what worked for me, it’s what I’ve learned digging into how solo cruisers who do want company actually go

I need to be upfront about something before this one starts. On my one solo cruise, I skipped the main dining room entirely, I preferred grabbing a quick dinner on my own schedule over committing to a multi-course pace each night. So I can’t tell you what it’s actually like from my own table for

The first time I looked into a solo trip years ago, before I understood how any of this worked, I nearly closed the browser tab over the price. A cabin that should have cost $700 per person was suddenly $1,400 for one person. No second passenger, same bill as two. That’s the single supplement, and

I’ve cruised for twenty years, almost always with my wife or a big group of family. I’ve only sailed solo once, a short Caribbean trip on a Celebrity Edge class ship. Short answer: worth it, mostly because of one thing. The solo cabin is the whole pitch Celebrity builds actual cabins for solo travelers instead