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Staying in touch with home or business on cruise ships has become much easier over the years. Cabin televisions will probably have BBC World or CNN by satellite alongside onboard channels and some ships prepare a daily news summary in different languages - this can usually be found in the Library or Internet Café. You can make phone calls and send e-mails from most ships, although it's usually cheaper to do both from the ports.

Telephone Calls
Mobile phones

• Your mobile will function while you are in port or close to land but remember that the US has a different system and your phone will not work there unless you have made special arrangements.
• To make communications even easier some new ships are introducing mini transmission towers so mobiles can be used at sea.
• While using your mobile will cost much less than the ship's phones, roaming rates are not cheap.

Ship Phones
You will have a phone in your cabin from which you can make international calls but it is extremely expensive.

Land phones
The cheapest way of phoning home is to use the public phones in port and to buy a local phone card. Howevere those close to the ship are likely to be popular with both passengers and crew.

Internet access & Emails

• Most ships now offer internet and e-mail access but there are exceptions so check before booking if this is important to you.
• Internet charges vary by cruise line and a minute can cost from 25p to £1 per minute. On many lines you can buy a package of minutes at a more economic rate.
• Check if you can access your email from overseas and if not consider setting up a free hotmail.com account that you can use while away.
• Some cruise lines offer personal onboard e-mail addresses so you can receive and send emails but these can be more expensive than using hotmail or your normal account.
• It is still cheaper to use internet cafes in ports of call and you may find facilities in the cruise terminal.
• Cruise lines are starting to offer internet access direct from cabins some through interactive television.