Donna and Gordon Vaskey think small when they want a big time during their cruise vacations. Since 2006, the Denver, Colorado, couple has traveled the world with cruise ship line Windstar, visiting ...

I used to think cruising wasn’t for me. The thought of towering mega-ships and endless crowds made me hesitant to give it a try. But all that changed with one life-altering trip around the Adriatic.

Small ships may not have the variety of entertainment and activities found on larger ships, but that’s fine with Travel + Leisure readers, who praise this category of ships, which we define as those ...