Honeymoon cruises are the most exciting way to celebrate your marriage, and they're becoming more and more popular as the word gets out.

Your 'typical' honeymoon involves a week or two in some out-of-the way bed & breakfast, drinking nice wine, eating good food, and doing the siteseeing thing in the local area. That's fine if you don't have high expectations for this special time that you spend together, but for those of you who want a wonderful memory to last a lifetime, you should seriously consider taking a honeymoon cruise instead.

A cruise has so many things going for it, compared to the alternatives.

For a start, you don't have to do any of the driving! Leave it all to the captain and his crew to get you safely and comfortably to and from your destination.

Next, you don't have to do any of the cooking. A cruise ship has their own galley and an exciting array of cooks and chefs, totally focussed on preparing delicious, healthy, yummy food for you, any time of the day and night. Also, you don't have to do the dishes or clean up afterwards, which is a nice bonus.

Thirdly, a honeymoon cruise is a relaxing, slow-paced adventure, where you can just take things easy while the ship slowly but steadily steams from one port to another. No rushing in and out of airports to move between holiday spots, and no cramped squishy airline seats to be stuck in for hours at a time.

If you want to swim while cruising from port to port, you can. If you prefer to watch a movie or eat a delicious freshly-prepared 3 course meal, or enjoy a fabulous cocktail at the bar, all of this is possible on a cruise ship. In comparison, air travel is way too cramped and stressful.

You don't even have to do your own laundry - on a honeymoon cruise, you just send your clothes to the cleaning service and they will wash, dry and iron your clothing to perfection!

A fifth positive for a honeymoon cruise is the ability to get to hard-to-reach points on the coast. Airlines don't fly to every holiday spot, so this usually means you have to fly to the nearest airport, then rent a car or catch a bus to get to your final destination.

Not much fun, especially when you've just been married and are keen to spend as much quality honeymoon time having fun together as possible.

One classic example of a fabulous honeymoon cruise destination is the Rowley Shoals - a magnificent series of 3 coral attols off the coast of north-west Western Australia.

This exquisite holiday destination would be an incredible honeymoon cruise experience for those with a taste for luxury and natural beauty.