Why would you swear off cruises where you can breathe the freshest air with very high oxygen levels from the plankton in ocean, never have to do dishes or shop for food or cook, see live stage entertainment every evening, and have he bed made two times every day?
On the other hand during a flight, you are confined in a not so comfortable seat, food even on international flights is mediocre, and you are breathing in re-circulated air? On a non-stop flight from London to San Francisco I had such a sore butt, it took 2 weeks to recover. Whereas the 14 day Mediterranean cruise from London was the best ever.
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We usually drive to the beach.
Or, for our fave beach....HI....it is an 8 hour n/s flight.
We do NOT do well with the thought of being a floating petri dish....for days. We also don’t like being limited to just the ship’s food choices.
We can handle the 8 hr flight....knowing we’ll be on the ground, in HI, for a couple of weeks. Exploring on our own time and dining at different places that we love.
Since HI is still on crazy lock down, for the most part, we’ve avoided. FL beaches would be our first choice, now. Not a bad drive, at all.
Just a matter of personal preference, I guess.