Our favorite quilt shop in Deland FL has a quilting cruise to Alaska next month and a cruise of the Hawaiian Islands next year that I hope to go on. You have classes/demos and kits to work on on the sea days. They furnish all the sewing machines - kits - everything - you don't have to take anything. You can usually meet someone else who is looking for a "roomie". Go to lunch together or something to meet, if you are not comfortable rooming with a 'stranger'. I went to the Holy Lands with a group and roomed with a lady I didn't know and we had a great time and we go to lunch and shop a few times a year since.