My husband and I are avid luxury travelers. We prefer five star hotels, first class travel, etc. We had been on previous cruises with Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. This was a milestone birthday for me (the big 40) and I wanted a different type of cruise to celebrate. I found Silversea on cruise travel sites and did some researching. They are on Conde Nast Top Lists for small luxury cruises.

Though much more expensive than the traditional large cruise lines, we chose Silversea. We cruised on the Silver Shadow to Alaska. We had ~350 passengers and 300 crew. From the moment we checked in at the port, we were waited on for all of our needs before we even knew we had a need. Pure luxury all the way! As we took our first step on the ship, hot towels were handed to us along with champagne on a silver platter. Without asking our carry-on bags were quickly taken by crew members as they walked side by side with us all the way to our cabin.

Champagne on ice was waiting for us in our room. Our butler was there within a couple of minutes to greet us and introduce himself. He described everyting in the room, took our beverage orders, stored our large suitcases during the entire cruise, etc. Read more