Cruise Newsletter Dated March 21
Dear Vacations To Go Customer,
Today, I'd like to show you the
latest discounts and special
offers we've negotiated with
13 popular cruise lines. The
deeply discounted offers below may include free amenities or shipboard
credits, which are as good as cash on the ship and can be used for
onboard purchases, like spa treatments and shore excursions.
Holland America is offering our customers huge discounts of up to
68% and shipboard credits of up to $250 per cabin on a variety of
popular itineraries visiting Alaska, Mexico, the Panama Canal, the
Caribbean and more. Plus, on select sailings, receive all of the
following perks on cabins booked at eligible rates: 1) a signature
beverage package, including alcoholic drinks, for all guests in the
stateroom, 2) a specialty dining package that includes up to three meals
at select venues, 3) a free Wi-Fi package for two guests and 4) a shore
excursion credit of up to $600 per cabin
. Book by April 1.
See dates and prices.
Royal Caribbean is offering our customers huge new discounts --
save up to 87%. Also, receive exclusive new pricing on select
last-minute cruises, plus shipboard credits of up to $75 per cabin on
certain voyages. Children age 12 and under sail FREE on select
departures.
Book by April 2.
See dates and prices.
Seabourn has provided new exclusive pricing on last-minute
cruises and shipboard credits of up to $2,500 per cabin on select
departures. The upfront price of a six-star Seabourn vacation includes
gratuities, open bars and fine wines at lunch and dinner.
Book by
April 5.
See dates and prices.
MSC Cruises is offering huge discount to our customers -- save up
to 80%. Also, receive free drinks and free Wi-Fi on select sailings
booked at eligible rates.
See dates and prices.
Norwegian is offering our customers huge discounts of up to 87%.
Also, receive exclusive shipboard credits of up to $300 per cabin on
select sailings. Plus, receive all of the following perks on cabins
booked at eligible rates: 1) unlimited open bar for two, 2) a specialty
dining package that includes up to five meals for two guests at select
dining venues, 3) up to 250 minutes of internet, 4) a shore excursion
credit of $50 per cabin, per excursion and 5) friends and family sail
free as third/fourth passengers in the cabin on select departures (port
fees and taxes are additional.)
See dates and prices.
Oceania is offering Vacations To Go customers discounts of up to
78%, plus newly reduced rates and exclusive shipboard credits of up to
$800 per cabin on select sailings.
See dates and prices.
Regent has provided huge discounts to Vacations To Go customers
on a variety of sailings -- save up to 76%. In addition, get exclusive
pricing on select sailings and shipboard credits of up to $250 per
cabin.
See dates and prices.
Princess is offering Vacations To Go customers big discounts --
save up to 74%. Plus, receive exclusive pricing and shipboard credits of
up to $600 per cabin. Also, receive free drinks, Wi-Fi and gratuities on
select sailings booked at eligible rates.
See dates and prices.
Celebrity has reduced rates by up to 87%. Plus, get shipboard
credits of up to $850 per cabin on a variety of sailings visiting
Europe, Alaska and more, and receive all of the following perks on
select sailings booked at eligible rates: 1) prepaid gratuities, 2) a
free Classic beverage package and 3) unlimited internet access.
See dates and prices.
Virgin Voyages is offering our customers discounts of up to 30%.
Receive a free drinks package valued at $600 per cabin and a free $100
per cabin onboard credit on select suite categories. Plus, make full
payment at the time of booking to receive an exclusive discount of up to
10% off our advertised rates on select sailings. Prices include
gratuities, select non-alcoholic beverages and unlimited internet.
See dates and prices.
Carnival is offering our customers discounts of up to 87%. Plus,
pay a reduced deposit from $50 per person and get onboard credits of up
to $100 per cabin on select sailings.
Book by March 31.
See dates and prices.
Atlas Ocean Voyages is offering our customers savings of up to
84%! This premium yacht-style cruise line offers immersive expeditions
to the Arctic and Antarctica, as well as cruises to Europe, the
Caribbean and more. The upfront cruise fare includes one complimentary
cultural immersion on every voyage, unlimited alcoholic and
non-alcoholic beverages, a fully stocked in-room mini fridge, all
gratuities and Wi-Fi onboard.
See dates and prices.
Azamara is providing huge discounts to our customers -- save up
to 86%. In addition, receive exclusive pricing and shipboard credits of
up to $300 per cabin on select sailings. Rates include gratuities and
drinks.
See dates and prices.
Let Vacations To Go help you on your next cruise with
Disney Cruise
Line.
See dates and prices.
Plus, Vacations To Go can help plan an exciting stay at
Disney Parks
and Resorts.
See dates and prices.
Or, plan a family-friendly tour designed for all generations with
Adventures by Disney.
See dates and prices.
As always, these offers are for new bookings only and subject to
availability. Restrictions may apply, and some free amenities and
shipboard credits may apply only to eligible rates. Past guests of some
cruise lines may see better rates on select sailings.
In this business, I have met a lot of people who seem to cruise all the
time. They're barely off the ship when they call to book their next
departure, or better yet, book them two or three at a time.
They've sworn off land-based trips and pledged allegiance to the sea.
They've done the seven-day Caribbean, Alaska, maybe the Mediterranean,
and are hungry for something new and different ... a truly grand
voyage.
Cruise addicts, I feel your pain. For you, we created an exclusive list
of the world's most tempting
grand voyages. These are longer
sailings that visit more than one region or continent, and we scour the
itineraries of every cruise line as they are released, looking for
unique and irresistible possibilities.
Click here
to see this exclusive list now, with every available discount rolled
in.
The most coveted of all grand voyages are the
world cruises. Most
depart in the month of January. Currently there are 19 ships from 12
lines committed to 59 world cruise options between now and January
2026.
The upcoming world cruises are 92 to 274 nights long.
Among these options, the least expensive ones start at under $11,730 per
person.
(
Click here
for a list of all world cruises and world cruise segments.) For those
who still are reading, it's better to look at the
per-day price
and take into account all that is included.
The best deals for world cruises are always available well in advance
and come in the form of early booking discounts, past-passenger
discounts and additional discounts that apply only to the customers of
the largest sellers of cruises, like Vacations To Go.
If you're not in a position to spend months at sea circumnavigating the
globe, you may want to consider some of our other "grand voyage"
options.
For example, several ships in the Mediterranean offer enticing
back-to-back (or back-to-back-to-back) itineraries that make it possible
to sail for 12 to 35 nights with little or no port overlap. Some of
these cruises combine
Eastern and Western Mediterranean itineraries
or the
Mediterranean with the Greek Isles.
A few ships offer the possibility to combine
Mediterranean and Northern Europe sailings.
Or you can spend 14 to 28 nights exploring the tropical locales of the
Western and Eastern Caribbean.
I also like back-to-back sailings as a ship repositions from one region
to another, for the great variety in countries visited. I once booked a
family cruise on a Regent ship as it ended its season in Bermuda and
repositioned to Europe via New England, Canada and Iceland. We began our
vacation on warm, pink-sand beaches in Bermuda and ended by climbing an
ice wall on a glacier in Iceland. Only on a cruise could such an
adventure be so easy.
Some of the possibilities include
Alaska & Asia,
Transatlantic & Caribbean,
Transatlantic & Mediterranean
and
Transatlantic & Northern Europe.
Or, try
Antarctica & South America,
Australia/New Zealand & Asia/Far East
or
Hawaii & Tahiti.
Other intriguing combinations include
Transatlantic & South America,
Panama Canal & South America,
Alaska & Panama Canal
or
Caribbean & South America.
If you live near one of the departure ports for grand voyages, the list
of places you can visit on a cruise leaving locally may seem hard to
believe. For example, on November 22, passengers can board
Holland
America's Volendam in San Diego and cruise to ports in Hawaii, then
sail to eight ports along the Pacific coasts of Mexico before returning
back to San Diego (30 nights, starting price $2,239 per person, just $74
per day.
Click here
for details).
In August,
Cunard's Queen Elizabeth departs Vancouver and follows
a route through Alaska's Inside Passage visiting Glacier Bay National
Park and locales like Juneau and Ketchikan, then sails to ports along
the Pacific coasts of Mexico and Costa Rica before cruising through the
Panama Canal; wrap up the trip with a visit to Aruba before disembarking
in Fort Lauderdale (29 nights, starting price $3,089 per person, or $106
per day.
Click here
for details).
On November 12, you can join the
Caribbean Princess in Fort
Lauderdale for a round trip voyage to eight destinations in the Western
and Eastern Caribbean, like Princess Cays, Grand Turk, Amber Cove,
Cozumel and Roatan (14 nights, starting price $909 per person, or $64
per day.
Click here
for details).
Board the
Celebrity Apex on April 15, in Fort Lauderdale and
visit Caribbean destinations like Belize and Grand Cayman, before a
leisurely weeklong transatlantic crossing. After a day in Ireland,
you'll visit England, France and Belgium before disembarking in
Amsterdam (22 nights, starting price $2,521 per person, or $114 per day.
Click here
for details).
On November 28,
Oceania's Sirena departs Miami and sets a course
for the Caribbean destinations of St. Barts, Martinique and Trinidad.
Then it travels on to locales in Brazil, including an inland cruise to
Manaus in the heart of the Amazon rainforest (24 nights, starting price
$5,199 per person, or $216 per day.
Click here
for details).
Beyond what I've listed here, if you ever run across any other
back-to-back cruises you would like to combine, our cruise counselors
will be happy to check for additional discounts and help you plan your
own unforgettable grand voyage.
For those who have not heard, unvaccinated travelers of all ages are now
welcome on American Cruise Lines, American Queen Voyages, Atlas Ocean
Voyages, Azamara, Carnival, Celebrity, Cunard, Disney, Holland America,
MSC Cruises, Norwegian, Oceania, P&O Cruises, Princess, Regent, Royal
Caribbean, Seabourn, SeaDream, Silversea, Star Clippers, Virgin Voyages
and Windstar, and most of these cruise lines have eliminated testing
requirements.
A small number of countries still require visiting cruise passengers to
be vaccinated and/or tested and any voyages that visit these countries
must follow these requirements. We recommend that you verify the latest
rules with your Vacations To Go cruise counselor at the time of
booking.
To view all sailings that welcome unvaccinated travelers, click the
cruise line name below:
American Cruise Lines
American Queen Voyages
Atlas Ocean Voyages
Azamara
Carnival
Celebrity
Cunard
Disney
Holland America
MSC Cruises
Norwegian
Oceania
P&O Cruises
Princess
Regent
Royal Caribbean
Seabourn
SeaDream
Silversea
Star Clippers
Virgin Voyages
Windstar
To keep you abreast of all the latest cruise line policies,
we have
compiled a summary of pre-cruise testing and vaccination protocols
organized by cruise line. You can find them on our "Relaxed
Vaccination & Testing Rules" page
here.
Finally, if you're holding a future cruise credit (FCC) from a previous
cancellation, you can use it on any sailing offered by Vacations To Go
(on the same cruise line that issued the FCC) regardless of whether the
original cruise was booked through Vacations To Go.
We will keep you up-to-date as cruise line policies change over time.
Here are the best cruise deals in the next 90 days, organized by port of
departure.
Click below for best cruise deals departing US and Canada
ports:
Amelia Island, FL
Anchorage, AK
Baltimore, MD
Bayonne, NJ
Boston, MA
Charleston, SC
Chicago (Navy Pier), IL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Galveston, TX
Honolulu, Oahu, HI
Jacksonville, FL
Juneau, AK
Miami, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Montreal, QC, Canada
New Orleans, LA
Norfolk, VA
Port Canaveral, FL
Portland, ME
Providence, RI
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Seattle, WA
Sitka, AK
Tampa, FL
Toronto, ON, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Click below for best cruise deals departing major ports
worldwide:
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Amsterdam, Holland
Athens (Piraeus), Greece
Auckland, New Zealand
Barbados
Barcelona, Spain
Bari, Italy
Bergen, Norway
Bremerhaven, Germany
Brindisi, Italy
Brisbane, Australia
Broome, Australia
Cannes, France
Cape Town, South Africa
Copenhagen, Denmark
Darwin, Australia
Dover, England
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dublin, Ireland
Ephesus / Kusadasi, Turkey
Florence / Pisa (Livorno), Italy
Genoa, Italy
Haifa, Israel
Hamburg, Germany
Helsinki, Finland
Istanbul, Turkey
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kiel, Germany
Kirkenes, Norway
Kobe, Japan
La Goulette, Tunisia
Las Palmas, Grand Canary Island, Canary Islands
Lima (Callao), Peru
Limassol, Cyprus
Lisbon, Portugal
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway
Malaga, Spain
Marseille, France
Messina, Sicily, Italy
Monfalcone, Italy
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Naples, Italy
Nice, France
Osaka, Japan
Oslo, Norway
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Papeete, Tahiti
Paris (Le Havre), France
Ravenna, Italy
Reykjavik, Iceland
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy
Rotterdam, Holland
Sao Paulo (Santos), Brazil
Savona, Italy
Singapore
Siracusa, Sicily, Italy
Southampton, England
Split, Croatia
Stockholm, Sweden
Sydney, Australia
Taranto, Italy
Toulon, France
Trieste, Italy
Valencia, Spain
Valletta, Malta
Venice, Italy
Warnemunde, Germany
Here are today's
Top 10 Cruises, brand-new specials from the world's best cruise lines.
Click the FastDeal # for details.
1)
Alaska, 7 nights on Royal
Caribbean, departs Anchorage (Seward) May 26, starting at $269, save
76%,
FastDeal # 34687
2)
Caribbean, 7 nights on MSC
Cruises, departs Port Canaveral Apr 30, oceanview starting at $469, save
60%,
FastDeal # 34120
3)
Mexico & Central America, 7
nights on Carnival, departs Los Angeles (Long Beach) May 13, starting at
$499, save 80%,
FastDeal # 37919
4)
Eastern Canada & New
England, 7 nights on Holland America, departs Boston May 6,
starting at $499, save 41%,
FastDeal # 11017
5)
Transatlantic, 14 nights on
Princess, departs Fort Lauderdale Apr 16, starting at $649, save 67%,
FastDeal # 12251
6)
Caribbean, 9 nights on
Norwegian, departs Miami Apr 8, starting at $729, save 85%,
FastDeal # 16817
7)
Mediterranean, 7 nights on
Celebrity, departs Barcelona May 6, starting at $799, save 69%,
FastDeal # 30952
8)
Caribbean, 5 nights on
Virgin Voyages, departs Miami May 21, starting at $885, save 25%,
FastDeal # 39662
9)
Pacific U.S. & Mexico, 7
nights on Oceania Cruises, departs Los Angeles (San Pedro) May 11,
starting at $899, save 84%,
FastDeal # 24587
10)
Arctic, 11 nights on
Hurtigruten, departs Bergen Apr 14, oceanview starting at $2,919, save
31%,
FastDeal # 14481
To search for discounts of up to 82% on cruises, use our Find a Bargain tool.
Once you've found a FASTDEAL, call us at #Session.MainPhoneNum# (US and Canada) and a cruise counselor will attend to your needs. International customers, please email or call us at +1-713-974-2121.
Please email me your comments, suggestions and questions at alanfox@vacationstogo.com and I will respond the same day.
Sincerely,
Alan Fox
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Vacations To Go