Tell us how you like to travel.
A real specialist calls you. We ask about pace, cabins, dining, mobility, who you are travelling with and what you never want to do again.
Celebrating 25 years | Australian owned and operated since 2001
Cruise and Rail Holidays, Planned Properly.
Speak to a CLIA accredited Cruise Master who has sailed the ship, walked the port and knows exactly which cabin to book. No offshore call centres. No guesswork. No surprises at the gangway.
Why travellers choose Cruise Express
Established 200125 Years Australian Owned
Recognised expertiseMulti-Award Winning Agency
Cruise specialistsCLIA Cruise Master Accredited
Travel with confidenceAFTA and CLIA Member
Local supportSydney, Central Coast and Perth
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The real cost of getting it wrong
Booking a cruise online takes ten minutes. Fixing one takes a holiday.
A cabin under the nightclub. A balcony that looks at a lifeboat. Flights that land two hours after the ship has sailed. A visa nobody mentioned. A solo supplement that doubles the fare. And when it goes wrong at 11pm in a foreign port, the booking site you used is a web form and a forty minute hold queue.
You are not buying a cabin. You are buying the twenty years of judgement that goes into choosing it.
One person. One plan. Every detail.
The Cruise Express Way
We design the holiday around you.
Ship, cabin grade, itinerary, flights, transfers, pre and post stays, insurance and visas. One plan, one price, one point of contact.
We stay with you until you are home.
Documents checked, check-in handled, and an Australian team you can actually reach while you are away.
Experience you can rely on
Why Australians Have Been Booking With Us Since 2001
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Australian Owned and Operated
Twenty five years, three Australian offices and a team you can meet face to face in Sydney, on the Central Coast or in Perth.
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CLIA Cruise Master Accredited
Our specialists hold the highest cruise industry accreditation in the country, and most have been here a decade or more. You get the same person every time.
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Exclusive Escorted Voyages
Departures you cannot book anywhere else, including Soul of the Mekong aboard the Mekong Princess, exclusive to Cruise Express.
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Rail and Sail, Designed In House
Heritage rail journeys paired with ocean voyages, planned and hosted by us. Our Holiday Coast Rail and Sail sold out entirely.
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Genuine Solo Traveller Support
Our Solo Zone finds the departures and cabin grades that work for solo travellers, without the assumption that you want to be paired with a stranger.
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Multi-Award Winning and Accredited
Proud members of AFTA, CLIA and the Travel Agents Co-op. Your money and your holiday are protected by people who are accountable in Australia.
Hand-picked departures
A Sample Of What We Have Sailing And Rolling
SILVER ANNIVERSARYJourney 0119 November 2026
Voyage to the Vineyards
Aboard Celebrity Edge
A Silver Anniversary departure through Australia and New Zealand wine country.
EXCLUSIVEJourney 026 April 2027
Soul of the Mekong
Aboard Mekong Princess
Fully escorted and exclusive to Cruise Express.
NEW RELEASEJourney 039 October 2027
Grand Southern Rail and Sail Adventure
Rail and sail
Our biggest rail and sail adventure yet.
YOUR WAYJourney 04Flexible departures
Canada and Alaska, Your Way
Land, rail, cruise and expedition
Combined your way.
Escorted departures are capacity controlled and small by design. Our March 2027 Holiday Coast Rail and Sail is already sold out.
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Ready when you are
Let us turn the ideas into one clear plan.
Tell us what interests you. A local specialist will call to understand what a great holiday looks like for you.
No obligation. No pressure. Australian support.
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Looked after from start to finish
What “Fully Escorted” Actually Means
- Item 1: A Cruise Express host travelling with you, not meeting you there.
- Item 2: Return flights, transfers and pre or post hotel stays arranged.
- Item 3: Cabin grade matched to how you actually travel.
- Item 4: Shore excursions and touring pre-booked.
- Item 5: Travel insurance through nib arranged at deposit.
- Item 6: Visas and Electronic Travel Authorisations sorted for you.
- Item 7: Every document checked before you leave.
- Item 8: One itemised price in Australian dollars.
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Travelling Solo? You Are In Good Company.
Our Solo Zone exists because a large share of our travellers book on their own, and they deserve better than a fifty per cent surcharge and a table for one. We find the departures with fair solo pricing, the ships with a genuine solo community, and the escorted tours where you will know half the group by day three.
In their own words
Twenty Five Years Of Happy Australians
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Real people, first-hand knowledge
You Will Be Looked After By One Of These People
Meg Hill has been here since 2001. Hardy Schneider since 2001. Tina Wheelock since 2015. Noni Lawson since 2017. Most of our team hold CLIA Cruise Master accreditation, and all of them are travellers first. Ask them about Antarctica, the Kimberley or the Ghan and you will get a first-hand answer, not a brochure.
Australian basedFirst-hand advice
Clear answers, before you decide
The Questions Everyone Asks First
11 / YOUR HOLIDAY PLAN
Tell Us Where You Would Like To Go. We Will Do The Rest.
Free, personalised and no obligation. Our escorted departures are small and they do sell out, so the earlier we talk the more choice you have.
Prefer to talk? Call 1300 766 537, Monday to Friday.