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Three years ago, with much fanfare, most of the major cruise lines announced that they would no longer permit travel agents or others to discount the price of their cruises.
This time, they said, they really meant it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. If agents or others got caught discounting a cruise price, they'd lose their right to sell cruises in the future.
Yet this fall, the discounting of cruise prices is more frequent and substantial than ever. I've never seen such bargains.
-- Cruises for $67 a day on an upscale ship: It isn't only the popularly priced cruise lines, like Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean, that are offering rates like $339 for a five-night cruise out of Miami ($67 a day). The same figure is now being quoted for upscale ships of upscale cruise lines, like Celebrity Cruises. On its five-night sailings from Miami, scheduled for Dec. 15 and Jan. 3, 2009, the Celebrity Century, a premium ship if there ever was one, is permitting cruise brokers to sell its inside cabins for $339 per person (the Dec. 15 sailing) and $359 (the Jan. 3 sailing). You can get those rates by calling America's Vacation Center at (888) 420-1035.
-- Cruises for $57 a day on more basic ships: The new bargain Web site Travel Themes and Dreams - www.travelthemesanddreams.com or (877) 870-7447 - recently started by travel veteran Larry Fishkin is offering those rates on no fewer than six Caribbean sailings in the autumn, on all the lowest-priced cruise lines (Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian): $399 per person in double-occupancy cabins. That's a price of approximately $57 a day, per person, lower than which you just can't go, and it's available for departures taking place (mainly from Florida) this month and in November and December.
-- Transatlantic airfare thrown in for free: For two....
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