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Message: [QUOTE="Arun Vajpey, post: 431860, member: 146608"] Even in 1912 there were variations in comfort and luxury. It might be a bit of figure of speech but there were comments that a ship like the [I]Titanic [/I]offered more amenities (if not luxury) to their Third Class passengers than what was available in Second Class in some contemporary transatlantic ships. I don't know if this is true or nor, but I understand the gist of it. For example, ships like the [I]Titanic[/I] & [I]Mauretania [/I]offered more in terms of comfort and luxury to its First Class passengers than did contemporary liners like [I]Carpathia[/I] or[I] Californian[/I]. But I am sure that came at a price. My sea experience is mainly on small diving liveaboard yachts, 23 times. I have not been on a 'traditional' large modern cruise liner. What I'd like to know is the "class difference" between ships a 100 years ago and now. On the [I]Titanic[/I] for example, there were significant differences in the amenities available between First and Second Class and then again Second and Third Class. Do such differences still exist? In fact, do modern liners even have 3 classes or just two? I'd be interested to know. [/QUOTE]