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."

Golfers taking part in the optional GolfAhoy golf vacation cruise excursions will enjoy 45-minute warm-up sessions where available, a Hole-in-One competition, exclusive golfers-only parties on board, and the option of pre-reserving all of their golf excursions online at www.GolfAhoy.com

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