{"id":15062,"date":"2009-01-26T02:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/freighter-cruises-cruising-with-a-difference-2\/"},"modified":"2009-01-26T02:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T02:44:00","slug":"freighter-cruises-cruising-with-a-difference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/01\/freighter-cruises-cruising-with-a-difference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Freighter Cruises: Cruising with a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/189863.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/189863.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Freighter Cruises, a division of the Concierge Travel Group, is now taking bookings for the 2009 &#038; 2010 cruising season.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s only \u2018freighter cargo\u2019 ship agency, Freighter Cruises, specialises in six routes \u2013 \u201cAround the World\u201d, Asia, Pacific Islands, Europe, North America and South America.<\/p>\n<p>Freighter Cruises\u2019 qualified Cruise Master, Julie Richards, is Australia\u2019s foremost expert in freighter cruising, and has been with the company since its inception over 20 years ago. Equipped with her extraordinary depth of knowledge in this area of maritime voyages, Julie has unparalleled access to all the shipping lines around the world that continue to take fare paying passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very specialised and unique area of travel that has gained its popularity among semi-retirees and the retired, who have the time to travel in the leisurely manner required by a freighter trip,\u201d says Julie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experience is not so much the port destinations, but largely the sea voyage itself. Passengers travel in a very \u2018dressed-down\u2019 manner, getting to know their captain and crew members; dining with them, playing cards with them and also utilising the same facilities onboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an alternative to the \u2018glitz and glam\u2019 of mainstream cruises that the majority of cruise-goers tend to prefer as the level of luxury and comfort is different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are only five companies departing Australia that allow passengers on their cargo ships; we have very close relationships with them after having worked together over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBookings are usually taken at least a year in advance to ensure spots as there are only 3 cabins per cargo ship and timing of connecting services need to be very carefully planned, so we are now booking for the 2009 season,\u201d says Julie.<\/p>\n<p>Due to insurance and safety policies, Freighter Cruises can only book such cruises for clients under the age of 80 at the time of travel.<\/p>\n<p>Freighter Cruises<br \/>(02) 8270 4899<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freightercruises.com.au\/\">www.freightercruises.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freighter Cruises, a division of the Concierge Travel Group, is now taking bookings for the 2009 &#038; 2010 cruising season. Australia\u2019s only \u2018freighter cargo\u2019 ship agency, Freighter Cruises, specialises in six routes \u2013 \u201cAround the World\u201d, Asia, Pacific Islands, Europe, North America and South America. Freighter Cruises\u2019 qualified Cruise Master, Julie Richards, is Australia\u2019s foremost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-15062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-freighter-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}