May 1, 2008
A fourteen- or thirty-day cruise on a top quality ship costing under $100 a day per person, is a top bargain that deserves your attention
Now that cruise ships sailing between the islands of Hawaii have been reduced to one -- the Pride of America -- numerous other cruise lines have scheduled cruises leaving from California to and within Hawaii, of 14-days' duration and even 30 days' duration. And because a two-week or one-month cruise is hard to sell, they've priced cabins for most dates at below $100 per person per day. Note that these are not "re-positioning" cruises, but round-trip sailings from the same port (either San Diego or Los Angeles); you incur no airfare to return to your U.S. embarkation city. Still, the ships spend many days simply at sea, crossing the vast Pacific -- a maritime adventure for a very special traveler.
I think they're exciting opportunities for persons able to devote two to four weeks to a cruise, and have set forth the dates and essential details below:
Celebrity Mercury: 15 nights Hawaii, round-trip from San Diego
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I think they're exciting opportunities for persons able to devote two to four weeks to a cruise, and have set forth the dates and essential details below:
Celebrity Mercury: 15 nights Hawaii, round-trip from San Diego
- Oct. 22 from $1,729
- Nov. 6 from $1,599
- Dec. 19 from $1,849 (Christmas/New Years Cruise)
- Feb. 28, 2009 from $1,369
- Mar. 15, 2009 from $1,359
- Oct. 8 from $1,638
- Oct. 23, Nov. 7, and Nov. 22 from $1,371
- Dec. 7 from $1,282
- 2008 sailings from $1,545: Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Nov. 26, Dec. 10, and Dec. 24 (the last one from $1,945)
- 2009 sailings from $1,645: Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, Feb. 18, Mar. 4, Mar. 18, Apr.
- Sep. 25 from $2,999: This 30-day opportunity is especially appealing to me, priced at only $2,999 for an entire month of all-inclusive arrangements, on a top-quality ship.
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