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Heidi Sarna

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Clearance Sails: Book Now for Big Savings on Routes Throughout the Year

We round-up the best deals from big-box discounters and take a closer look at sales for singles on Crystal, groups on Windjammer and a whole fleet of smaller vessels.

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$599 for a Week in the Caribbean? Save on Scores of Seven-Day Cruises

Here are some of the best deals a handful of major travel agencies are advertising this week.

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Practical and Field-Tested Tips for Cruising with the Kids

As we rack up our ocean odysseys, we learn a little more each time about works best for all of us.

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Think About Alaska Now? Well, the Early Bird Gets the Room

Now is the time to be thinking about a summertime vacation in Alaska. Summer will be here before you know it and soon enough you'll be dying to get out of the sweltering heat and head…

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Bargain Berths and Savings at Sea for a Whole Slew of Cruises

Book by Sunday for big savings on NCL, take $800 on French Country Waterways, swing to the beat and save on air wtih Crystal Cruises, plus our usual extensive round-up of the cheapest…

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Frommer's Line Review: Let SeaDream Lull you into Cruising Bliss

A small ship offers a small-town experience, where you know your neighbors and the pace is slow and easy.

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Peerage Cabins at Steerage Prices: Special Prices on Plenty of Cruises

Costa Cruises cuts costs on holiday itineraries to as low as $649 per person, Radisson offers two-for-one rates on Voyager, plus we list the rock-bottom offers from a fleet of discount…

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The Dawn of Cruising from New York

Giving more of a good thing, NCL will position a second ship, the Norwegian Spirit, out of New York next month to do similar year-round itineraries.

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Tipping Tips While on Those Ships

Cruise rates can be pretty darn appealing these days, especially if you're cruising during slow periods -- like right now, during the fall. But before you get too excited by $100 per…

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Falling for Autumn Cruises: Tour the Atlantic Seaboard While It's Swathed in Color

In September and October, a raft of ships big and small depart New York, Boston, Montreal, Quebec City and few other locales and hit the region's most picturesque places in just time…

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Whatever Floats Your Boat: Pick a Body of Water and Go Cruising with Outings Starting from Well Under $100 a Day

On top of our usual round-up of bargain basement prices, we've found several stand-up offers on European river cruises, free airfare specials, two-for-one deals and a marathon…

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The ABCs of Bringing The Whole Brood on Board

Kids are way more traveled than they used to be. Now cruises are one of the many must-do family vacations, along with trips to Orlando and jaunts to Europe.

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Prices Get Ship-Shape for Fall Cruises

We've found sales on transatlantic crossings, coastal Costa Rican outings, leaf-peeping tours through New England and Canada and just about every route imaginable.

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Repo Madness: When Ships Switch Bases, Jump Aboard for Extra Savings

To be in all of these places at the right time, ships reposition from one region to another, typically between seasons, during the months of September and October and April and May.…

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Sun of a Beach: These Strips of Caribbean Sand are Sizzling Hot

Here's a guide to a bunch of the best beaches, plus the best cruise itineraries to get you where you need to go. Once in port, you can generally hop in a taxi to hit the beach, or in…

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Sail the Mexican Rivieria from $70 a Day, the Caribbean from $60, Hawaii or Alaska from $100: You Decide

Christmas cruises, free upgrades, free airfare and the usual rock-bottom prices in this issue of our deals round-up!

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Around the World in 80 Days (More or Less): Circle the Globe by Ship

Long, leisurely and pricey, you can literally traverse the entire globe and never have to change planes, unpack twice or figure out where to have dinner.

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At Sea on Queen Mary 2, Wish You Were Here

Heidi Sarna sends this report shipside of the Queen Mary 2 en route to England.

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Nha Voyager: Cruise Itineraries Across Southeast Asia

Cruises here are anywhere from one to three weeks, plus many offer optional pre- and post-cruise land packages so you can go further inland to famed places like the Taj Mahal, the…

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SOS (Savings on Sails): Mark-Downs Big & Small on Many, Many Cruises

Silversea cuts prices on leisurely luxury voyages, AHI International discounts Saxony river cruises and Radisson reduces for the fall -- plus our usual roundup of truly cheap…

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Cruising: One Bite at a Time

Eating. We can't live without it (though lordy knows many of us try . . . have you seen pictures of Lindsay Lohan lately?)Food deprivation certainly isn't an issue on a cruise. As you…

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Advanced Cruising 101: How to Cruise Like You've Been Doing it Your Whole Life

By design, cruises are surpremely convenient. The ultimate antidote to our over-worked, stressed-out, uber-scheduled lives, a cruise is just plain easy. Unpack once. Ports come to you.…

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Clue in to Cheap Cruises from Sea to Shining Sea

Barge In with Good DealsRiverBarge Excursion Lines (tel. 888/462-2743; www.riverbarge.com), a company specializing in folksy trips along America's rivers, is offering deals on outings…

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Discounts on Cruises as Deep as the Deep Blue Sea

Pack Your Bags . . . NOW!If you've got nothing to do next week or the week after, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises (tel. 800/327- 2601; www.windjammer.com) is offering 5-night cruises…

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I Got the Blues So Bad, Feelin' Like I Wanna Music Cruise

Yeah I got the blues so bad, feelin' like I wanna cruise. My baby he done left me, so now it's time to drink some booze.Oh, sorry, where was I? Oh, right, talking about cruises. But…