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13-nights from New York to New Orleans


I am afraid that I cannot recommend a $30.50 per night cruise to you right now, not even a $34 per night. Sorry but with summer holidays around the corner for most kids, the travel business is gearing up for another hot retail summer. If you are set on going on a cruise in the next few months, look at getting on one of the 1,416 cruises leaving in July. 

Whatever you do, do not pay brochure prices for a cruise. If you do then don’t blame me when you find out that people in the next cabin had paid half of what you had paid. And do yourself a favor, if you are booked on a cruise then call your cruise line right up to the day before you leave. Ask for the price of your cabin. If it less than what you had paid for, ask for a credit. Most cruise lines will gladly refund you difference. Or if you don’t care for the money, ask if there is a cabin available on a higher deck at the same price.

Before I go, you might want to take a look at the sailing on October 18th with NCL on the Norwegian Spirit. For $799, you can get an inside cabin and sail from New York to New Orleans for 13 nights, stopping at ports such as Roatan, Belize, Aruba, Samana, St Thomas and Cozumel.  That’s only $62 per night, not bad for my standards.

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Cruise for only $30.50 per night


I thought $34 per night was cheap when I recommended the Royal Caribbean cruise on the Voyager of the Seas ship to Barcelona on April 27, 2008. But today, I noticed another cruise deal. This one is from NCL and it sails on April 13, 2008 from Valparaiso, Chile to Boston, Ma. The lowest price for an interior cabin on NCL’s Norwegian Dream is only $549 and this is not for 13 nights, but 18 nights.

 

The price is unreal. At only $549, the per night calculation is only $30.50. Remember for first-time cruisers, this includes your cabin accomodations, all-you-can-eat meals, entertainment and the ship’s amenities.

 

I haven’t been south of the equator, but this cruise visits two or three places in Chile first before visiting Peru. It then crosses the equator and sails through the Panama Canal before stopping in Costa Rica. It then continues north to Key West, Florida before it touching down in Boston.

 

If you’re interested in booking this cruise, be sure to visit us.