It is incredible how much sightseeing and relaxation that tourists can pack into a single cruise holiday these days. Within the scope of just a few weeks, guests on-board one of the world's great cruise ships can venture to dozens of equally fascinating places and return home well and truly rested. From a UK consumer perspective the option of embarking and returning from the south of England is very often an attractive one and there are some top quality tours on which that is very much available. However, if you fly and then meet your cruise ship in mid-trip there are real bargains to be found and you can land right in the heart of some seriously exotic, not to say intoxicating regions of the world. So suddenly the likes of the Caribbean, Australasia and the Far East become much more affordable and realistic cruise holiday options.

There are fly cruise deals of almost every conceivable variety available to British consumers these days and the prices are often very enticing indeed. You might find flying to be a bit of a headache but if you are willing to go the extra mile you may well be rewarded with even more amazing holiday experiences than you had been hoping for. The trick to bagging the best deals in terms of value for money is to carry out some online research with the most outstanding offers only made available at close to the last minute.

Flying out to meet your cruise ship of choice en route can be the best way to make the most of your time on-board and it opens up a world of cruise and stay options as well. So you could for example fly out to meet your favourite cruise ship in the Caribbean, stay on board for a week or so and then settle in for another week or more on your favourite sun-soaked island. It surely can't get much more relaxing and idyllic than that.