In a sign that cruisers are desperate to sail again, a world voyage costing upwards of £38,000 ($52,000) a person has sold out in just one day. The 2023 odyssey on Oceania Cruises ship Insignia will take 180 days to circumnavigate the globe from San Francisco, visiting 96 destinations in 33 countries across four continents, including Antarctica. A fifth of guests even extended the mammoth voyage to 218 days. During the nearly six-month cruise, Insignia will cross 24 time zones, visit 27 islands, cruise three oceans and 14 seas, and pass over the equator four times. As a premium line, Oceania normally attracts a lot of repeat passengers, but a third of the bookings for the world cruise came from people who had never sailed with the brand before.

Source: Daily Mail February 09, 2021 13:50 UTC