On a cold January morning in New Jersey, we sat at the breakfast table looking out the window. "Maybe we should get away to someplace warm," said my husband. "See if you can find a ship that leaves New York so we wouldn't have to fly anywhere."
It didn't take long to find that Holland America's Noordam was leaving New York in just 4 weeks. And the stateroom category of our choice was not only available but on sale.
We signed on the dotted line.