Cruise Slump = Cruise Deals

Some new cruise deals are hard to pass up. A few even include free airfare and kids sail free. It’s important to note that the following fares are starting prices, which means they are for inside cabins. it will cost you more for an outside cabin.

Carnival Cruise Lines the Freedom:
12-night sailings on the Carnival Freedom sailing from Civitavecchia (Rome) from June through August are selling for less than some 7-night Caribbean sailings. Prices that formerly fetched $4,969 per person are now going for $2,579 a real deal since it includes free airfare from select U.S. gateways (cruise-only is $1,199).

You’ll get to visit the best of Europe that includes Western Mediterranean or Greece and Turkey itineraries. Cruises stop in Naples (Italy), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Venice (Italy), Messina (Sicily), Barcelona (Spain), Livorno (Florence/Pisa, Italy), Cannes (France), Marmaris (Turkey), Izmir (Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey), Athens (Greece), Katakolon (Greece).

MSC Cruises MSC Poesia:
MSC’s newest ship offers amazing seven-day itineraries from Venice (Italy) with stops in Bari (Italy), Katakolon (Greece), Izmir (Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey), and Dubrovnik (Croatia). Prices that formerly started at $3,300 per person now are a bargain at $1,949, and that includes roundtrip airfare from select U.S. gateways ($899 cruise-only fare). Better yet, kids 17 years old or younger sailing as the third or fourth passenger in a stateroom sail free.

Celebrity Summit:
August and September are great months to save on premium line Celebrity. The Summit is offering 12-night Western Mediterranean sailings from Barcelona and Venice with stops in Villefranche (Nice, France), Livorno (Florence/Pisa, Italy), Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples (Italy), Santorini (Greece), Athens (Greece), and Dubrovnik (Croatia). Prices that formerly started at $4,999 per person now are a bargain, from $2,499 that includes roundtrip airfare from select U.S. gateways.

Norwegian Cruise Lines Norwegian Gem:
This summer you can cruise on Norwegian’s newest ship on 7-day Western Mediterranean sailings from Barcelona that stop in Valletta (Malta), Naples (Italy), Civitavecchia (Rome, Italy), Livorno (Pisa/Florance, Italy), and Villefrance (Nice, France). Prices that formerly started at $1,599 per person now are a bargain, from $799.

Alaska deals Holland America Line’s Oosterdam or Westerdam.
June and July offer great Alaska savings from Seattle onboard premium line Holland America. Itineraries are 7-night sailings with stops in Juneau (Alaska), cruising the Hubbard Glacier, Sitka (Alaska), Ketchikan (Alaska), and Victoria (Canada). Starting prices have been cut from $1,629 per person to $699.

Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky.
On July 14, Norwegian Cruise Line will reassign Pride of Aloha, formerly part of the line’s Hawaii-based fleet, to Miami. The ship will be re-named Norwegian Sky, which ironically was its original name. The Sky will become the only Miami-based ship to offer three and four night sailings to the Bahamas with stops in Nassau, Freeport and Norwegian’s private island, Great Stirrup Cay. Fares that were formerly priced from $799 per person can now be had for as little as $229 (past passengers can cruise from $189). Best of all kids 17 years old or younger sailing as the third or fourth passenger in a stateroom sail free.