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 Travel & Outdoors | August 2007 
Sail Away With Last-Minute Cruise Deals
 MarketWatch
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San Francisco, CA - Last-minute cruise travel can be spontaneous, exciting or relaxing, and even inexpensive. That's particularly true during the summer months, when cruise lines are eager to fill empty staterooms and prices dip.
Regions for the best deals in the summer usually include itineraries in the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii and sometimes Alaska. With a little flexibility in the planning process, last-minute cruisers can get great rates on an all-inclusive getaway.
Here's a roundup of just a few of the deals available for late summer and fall through your travel agent, online travel services or directly from the cruise lines. When considering a cruise to the Caribbean and Mexico before the end of the hurricane season, be sure to ask your travel agent about trip insurance.
Carnival Cruise Lines
Mexico: Carnival is offering discounts on its three- and four-day cruises from Los Angeles to Baja, Mexico aboard the Paradise, with starting fares ranging from $299 to $459 per person on selected sailings between Aug. 24 and Oct. 12. The Carnival Spirit sails to Mexico, eight days roundtrip from San Diego, with fares beginning at $629 per person on Oct. 29.
Caribbean: The Carnival Triumph sails a seven-day cruise out of Miami, with prices as low as $529 per person for the Dec. 8 sailing. Carnival Valor, also doing a seven-day roundtrip to the Caribbean from Miami, has prices starting at $549 per person for sailings in the first half of December.
Norwegian Cruise Lines
To Alaska: Norwegian Star, roundtrip from Seattle; fares from $699 per person on the Aug. 25 sailing. Aboard the Norwegian Sun, roundtrip from Vancouver; fares from $649 per person on the Sept. 2 sailing.
Hawaii: Pride of Aloha, roundtrip from Honolulu; fares from $699 per person for Aug. 26 sailing. Also, a 10-night Hawaii trip aboard the Norwegian Sun, from Honolulu to Ensenada, Mexico; fares from $499 per person on Sept. 29 sailing.
Canada and New England: Norwegian Spirit, roundtrip from New York; fares from 449 per person on Sept. 30 sailing.
Bermuda: Norwegian Crown, roundtrip from New York; fares from $529 per person on Sept. 23 sailing.
Royal Caribbean
Mexico: Vision of the Seas, roundtrip from Los Angeles; fares start at $459 per person for the Oct. 28 sailing.
Bermuda: Explorer of the Seas, five nights, roundtrip from Bayonne, N.J.; fares start at $599 per person for the Sept. 23 sailing.
Caribbean: Six- and seven-night itineraries out of ports in Florida and San Juan, aboard the Mariner of the Seas and Serenade of the Seas, for prices starting at $509 per person.
Canada and New England: Explorer of the Seas, roundtrip from Bayonne, N.J.; fares for nine-night cruises start at $799 per person for the Oct. 12 sailing. Grandeur of the Seas sails on Sept. 21 from Baltimore for nine nights in Canada and New England. Fares start at $799 a person. |
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