| Why a Golf
Vacation?
GolfAhoy golf vacation cruises.
Many dual career couples have a quandary when it comes to
golf vacation planning. One of the best things about golf
vacation cruising is that it has something for couples of
all ages. Traveling companions can golf vacation together
on a GolfAhoy golf holiday cruise without spending ALL of
their time together.
For the golf vacationer, you don't
have to worry about losing your edge when going off on
a cruise for a week or
more.
Most selected GolfAhoy cruise ships offer driving cages and
putting "greens" to help keep your skills sharp.
You can bring your own clubs or rent them onboard during
your golf cruise vacation.
Golf is played world-wide, and golf cruising has become
a world-wide golf vacation opportunity. You can play
ashore on almost every continent. If you are traveling to
the
Caribbean,
Mexico, the British Isles, Bahamas, or Bermuda, golf
is usually a GolfAhoy shore excursion option at least one
day on the
cruise. New Zealand, Australia, and the South Seas' itineraries
also sometimes include a golf vacation cruise package.
Some cruises porting in Spain offer an opportunity to
play
at
Valderrama, one of the world's top 50 golf courses.
Silversea Cruises offers the opportunity to play 5 courses
in Africa as a part of its Silver Links Golf Cruise
program available through www.GolfAhoy.com
Carnival Cruises has expanded its golf vacations cruise
program which can be booked through GolfAhoy.com
to include some
marvelous golf courses world wide. In addition, the
cruise line has an arrangement with Calloway Golf
to use their
clubs in their equipment rental packages.
GolfAhoy cruise golf vacation packages also offer
onboard instruction for golf vacationing passengers.
You can cruise the rivers and canals of England,
Scotland, Ireland, and France on a GolfAhoy golf
vacation river
barge golf cruise. On one of the barge cruises,
you can even
play at Royal St. Georges in England, one of
the courses used
by the British Open on a rotating basis.
Golf courses around the world are now open for
play to the cruising golf vacation enthusiast
through golf cruise
vacation
specialists GolfAhoy.com
Imagine golfing Mexico's Cabo del Sol, which
debuted on Golf Magazine's list of Top100 Courses
in the
World. Teeing
off
in Aruba at Tierra del Sol. Looking down the
fairway at Mauna Lani, built over a prehistoric
lava flow
on the big
island
of Hawaii. Best of all, unpack once and discover
a new destination each morning. Taking your
clubs on
a golf
cruise vacation
is easy.
Back on the ship, you can take advantage of
state-of-the-art teaching computers, video
lessons, and professional
advice (often from PGA Professionals) to improve
your game.
The possibilities of adding a little fairway
time to your golf cruise vacation are endless.
Between
visiting
the
Roman Coliseum and climbing the spiral staircases
at La Segrada
Familia in Barcelona, you may want to take
in a round at Valderrama in Spain. This is
considered
the number
one
golf course in mainland Europe by Golf World
for
golf vacationers. While cruising the British
Isles, why
not earn bragging
rights
as the first kid on your block to golf the
legendary St. Andrews Golf Club in Scotland?
If the exotic is more your style, a golf
vacation cruise to the South Pacific can
take you from
the world-famous
Sydney Opera House across the Java Sea
for a visit to the Grand
Mosque in Semerang, Indonesia. You continue
on your golf cruise to Singapore for a
round of
golf at the
tight-and-tricky
Raffles Country Club.
The Caribbean is a favorite destination
for many of us and there are plenty of
golf courses
to
play. While
you
meander
through the Caribbean Sea, visiting the
quaint islands rich with history, culture,
and incredible
weather,
you can also
play some fabulous courses. Grand Cayman
Island offers The Links at Safe Haven.
This course
is reminiscent
of old Scottish
coastal courses, while the famed Mahogany
Run on the island of St. Thomas claims
#14 (Par
3 - 173
yards)
and is one
of the most picturesque holes to play
anywhere in the world while on a GolfAhoy golf vacation.
After your day on the links, you can
return to your floating resort for
some 19th-hole
refreshments.
Follow this with
a gourmet dinner and your choice of
live music, Broadway-style
entertainment, casino action, or simply
polishing the clubs for the next day's
adventure at
a brand new golf
vacation
destination.
The best part is that, with all your
golf vacation details taken care
of, you can
concentrate on the really important
things like shaving a couple of strokes
off your
game.
As an inveterate cruiser and ever
hopeful self-improver, I've learned many things while at
sea, including the secret
of successful romance novels (which I'm afraid I can't tell
you). But somehow, on sea or land, I never learned to play
golf. I would watch golfers drive balls off the stern of
the ship into the ocean, but my only thought was, "I
can hit into the water without lessons, thank you very much."
Still, my father had been an avid golfer, and, because
most of my family plays the game, I wanted to learn the fundamentals.
A little searching turned up information about a golf-instruction
program offered by GolfAhoy on Carnival and Princess ships.
No more drives off the stern, though GolfAhoy golf vacation
cruise packages provides state-of-the-art golf simulators
that enable golfers to virtually play world-championship
courses. It works like this: The ball is put on a special
tee about 15 feet from a screen depicting a fairway. Drive
into the screen, and a virtual ball sails on from where
the
real ball hits it.
The GolfAhoy golf lessons are about the same price as you'd
pay on land.
A GolfAhoy dream golf vacation come true with the Silversea
Silver Links program offers golf vacation enthusiasts the
chance to combine their love of luxury travel with their
passion for golf on 15 diverse itineraries aboard Silver
Shadow and Silver Whisper, featuring over 45 challenging
courses in more than 25 countries and islands throughout
Europe, the Caribbean and Mexico.
On each of these voyages rich in golf destinations, guests
will also have the opportunity to improve their game aboard
ship with the help of the line's onboard PGA-classed golf
professional, who will organize lessons, contests and clinics.
In addition, the GolfAhoy and Silver Links golf vacations
offer optional golfing excursions arranged and escorted
by the ship's golf pro. From the gently rolling fairways
at
the elegant Fairmont Pierre Marques Golf Club on Acapulco's
Revocadero Beach, to the hairpin turns and swirling mountain
winds of Montego Bay's White Witch Golf Club, to the
ancient dunes and pine groves at Zeebrugge's Royal Zoute
Golf Club,
guests will have a chance to perfect their game at some
of the world's most challenging and revered courses.
Our GolfAhoy golf vacation cruises are perfectly tuned
to the passions and tastes of the high-end luxury traveler
looking
to score a perfect round on the finest international
links and fairways.
For affluent globe-trekkers looking for an extraordinary
golf vacation where they can polish their game in
style, Silver Links GolfAhoy voyages offer privileged access
to some of the world's most beautiful and celebrated
courses,
combined with the pleasure of traveling in pampering
six-star luxury.
The escorted, optional golfing excursions vary in
price from course to course and include all transfers
to
and from the
select golf courses, pull or power-drive carts, green
and any applicable caddy fees.
Golf vacationers have the option to further improve
their game aboard ship with private swing analysis
utilizing
the most advanced V1 digital coaching system, the
same system
selected by PGA.com as their preferred instructional
technology.
Silversea Cruises is famous for its all-inclusive luxurious
cruises, and now the cruise line has two companion golf programs
worthy of its name.
GolfAhoy Silver Links Golf Program aboard Silversea includes:
- Green fees for scheduled rounds of golf;
- All transportation
between the ship and the course;
- Power drive carts (where
available), caddies, or pull carts;
- Tips for caddies and golf
bag handlers;
- Afternoon meals and beverages;
- Refreshments at the "19th" hole;
- Golf competitions
and prizes;
- Onboard storage of clubs;
- Course descriptions and maps;
- Golf towels, balls, and tees;
- English speaking guides (as
needed)
A true once-in-a-lifetime experience
for the golf connoisseur, Crystal Cruises' golf vacation
themed cruise aboard the luxury
line's Crystal Symphony offers
guests the chance to play at Scotland's fabled St. Andrews Golf Club and
some of the most challenging and scenic courses throughout
Ireland.
The only British Isles cruise on Crystal's schedule, the
11-day voyage departs from London and offers guests optional
play at St. Andrews' Jubilee Course
(Edinburgh) - considered by many the toughest course at St. Andrews, as
well as a number of the oldest and finest courses in Ireland
including The K Club
(Dublin), The Harbour Point Golf Club (Cork) and Royal Belfast Golf Club
(Belfast). Each excursion features the chance to play 18-holes of championship
golf.
"A Crystal golf cruise offers the ease of play at many
premier courses on a single trip and the luxury of unpacking
just once," says John Stoll, Crystal
Cruises' director, land programs. "In addition, with our wide array
of onboard activities and shore side adventures, golfers and non-golfers
can travel
together while pursuing different interests."
The golf-themed
British Isles golf vacation cruise sails round-trip from
London and features an overnight call in Edinburgh, Scotland
and
calls
in Invergordon,
Scotland; Dublin, Belfast, Waterford, and Cork, Ireland; and Guernsey/St.
Peter Port, England.
The luxury line maintains an alliance with Taylor Made,
the No. 1 driver on the PGA tour. Crystal also features right
and left-handed Taylor
Made clubs
available for men and women, a putting green, and golf driving ranges
aboard each ship.
The Crystal Difference.
Crystal Cruises enjoys an unparalleled
reputation for excellence, anchored in 11 consecutive years
of "World's Best Large-Ship Cruise Line" awards
by the readers of Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler
magazines - the only cruise line, resort or hotel to have achieved
such distinction. For additional information, please contact GolfAhoy
Central Reservations 1-780-415-5442 or www.GolfAhoy.com
 
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