A shipload of cruise bargains for
fall travel—plan ahead and save
By Jason Cochran
July 24, —
With
kids back in school but hurricanes a
minor worry, Caribbean cruises that
cost $1,100 in July go for $500 by
October. Here’s our selection of
several outstanding autumn
bargains at sea, all from the cruise
brokers named for each offer (and
only from them), including
all port charges, per person double
occupancy in inside cabins (outside
cabins add about $100 more).
(
Editors note: among several listings
was this recommended cruise from
Cruise Direct Online )
$727
FOR SEVEN NIGHTS IN HAWAII
After
recent convulsions in the industry
(including the bankruptcy of
American Hawaii Cruises),
the big
Norwegian Cruise Lines makes Aloha
State cruises affordable again with
weeklong romps
on the Star through
the Hawaiian islands (the Big
Island,
Maui,
Kauai, and Oahu), plus a stop in
Kiribati and a day at sea. She’s the
largest cruise ship to sail Hawaii
thus far and does it every
Sunday in
November (that’s five departures)
from
Honolulu. Get this deal, which
mixes well with
a few days’ stay on
Waikiki Beach, from Cruise Direct
Online (800/365-1445,
www.cruisedirectonline.com)
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ARTHUR FROMMER'S
BUDGET TRAVEL MAGAZINE
December/January Edition — From the
cruise brokers named for each item
below come these
bonanzas in boating, all of them for
sailings in January, February, and
March.
Prices are per person, based on
double occupancy in inside cabins,
and unless
stated otherwise do not include
airfare.
Checklist! ( Jan/Feb
edition )
(
Editors note: among several listings
were these recommendations of Cruise
Direct Online )
FROM LOS ANGELES FOR $551
You enjoy a seven-night Mexican
sail for $78 a day,
plus $164 in
port charges and taxes, when you
buy this cruise from Cruise Direct
Online
(800/365-1445,
www.cruisedirectonline.com).
Your ship: Royal Caribbean’s
Vision of the Seas,
heading down
the Pacific Coast to Cabo San
Lucas, Mazatlán, and Puerto
Vallarta.
Departures are Sundays, January
through March 2.
FROM TAMPA FOR $595
Departing Saturdays, Holland
America’s Veendam sails to Key
West,
Belize City, Santo Tomás de
Castilla (Guatemala), and Cozumel,
and spends three more days
simply
at sea, for a total of seven
nights in the watery Tropics. Add
$80.26 in government fees
and port
charges of $119 to the $595 price,
which is valid for the sailings of
January 18, February 1,
March 1
and 29, and April 12. Cruise
Direct Online (800/365-1445,
www.cruisedirectonline.com)
gets
you
the $595 price.
FROM FORT LAUDERDALE FOR
$1271 Enjoy a seven-night
cruise of the eastern Caribbean
aboard
the Millennium, a recent
addition to the Celebrity Cruises
fleet, visiting San Juan, Casa de
Campo
(Dominican Republic), St.
Thomas, and Nassau. Sailing dates:
Sundays from January 5 to February
16
.Source of rate: Cruise Direct
Online (800/365-1445,
www.cruisedirectonline.com
). Add $30.65 in
government fees and port charges
of $139 to the discount price of
$1271.
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