Christmas gifts for cruisers

This year more Brits will have gone on a cruise holiday than ever before, with many of us sailing for the first time. And next year promises to be another record breaker for the UK cruise industry which is predicting that some 1.65 million people will be holidaying on the high seas.

Other than booking them another cruise holiday what might be the ideal present for someone smitten by the cruise bug?

Cruise news and reviews website, cruisecritic.co.uk has checked out what’s on offer for all levels of cruisers be they converts or connoisseurs.

Their guide to Christmas cruise gifts (cruisecritic.co.uk) is being updated weekly in the lead-up to Christmas and ranges from novelty items such as a cruise cash jar or a cruise countdown clock, to the more practical blow-up coat hanger or Christmas cruise apron to the more aesthetic ship’s paintings and golden age of cruise memorabilia.

Cruise Critic’s top three Christmas cruise reads are “QE2: Forty Years Famous” by Carol Thatcher, “Queen Mary 2: Birth of a Legend” by Philip Plisson and “Skinny Dip” by Carl Hiaasen.