Beware of another widely touted cruise that takes you in one direction only. Alaska cruises of 5 or 6 days are typical of this. They sail out of Seattle or British Columbia and end in Ketchikan (sp) or some other Alaskan port. The rationale for this is that many people take a dual vacation, 1/2 by rail into (or out of) Alaska and the other leg via cruising.

The other type is more honest about what is happening, called a "repositioning cruise." A ship is traveling from, the Mediterranean to Florida and it will not return to the Mediterranean area for 7 or 8 months.

For all repositioning cruises you will be faced with one way air passage to two different destinations. Sometimes the one way air fare is more expensive than a round trip. Just things to keep in mind.