11 Ways To Get Lower Cruise Fares
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Garry from Tips of Travelers provides a comprehensive guide on how to secure lower fares for future cruises. He identifies two primary booking windows: very early when new itineraries are launched with incentives, and very late, specifically within 90 to 60 days of sailing when lines slash prices to fill remaining capacity. A central theme of the presentation is flexibility, which the creator suggests applying to regions, travel dates, cruise lines, and cabin types through guaranteed cabin bookings. To avoid high demand, he recommends traveling during shoulder seasons rather than peak holiday periods. Additional strategies include signing up for cruise line and aggregator newsletters, monitoring prices after booking to negotiate upgrades, and choosing older ships or large departure ports. The creator also highlights the value of longer cruises, repositioning cruises, and organizing group bookings to potentially earn free cabins. Finally, he discusses the benefits of cruise loyalty programs and working with travel agents to match or beat found deals. He concludes by advising travelers to book once a reasonable price is found rather than searching indefinitely.
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tip number one there are two best times to book are either very early or very late
the second key thing to getting a great cruise deal is flexibility the more flexible you are the better the price you're going to pay
the secret is choose what's known as the shoulder season so that's the beginning and end of a season
focus on older ships now when new ships come along everybody wants to get on the new ship so what normally happens is the cruise lines start discounting
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