Cruise Newsletter

Dear Vacations To Go Customer,

Cruises are not only the easiest way to see the world but they also offer more value for the dollar than any other international vacation option.

After all, where else can you unpack once and wake up every morning in a fascinating new destination? And where else can you spend as little as $45 to $50 per person, per day, and receive comfortable, well-maintained accommodations with twice-daily maid service, 3+ meals, a full slate of shipboard activities and nightly entertainment?

This unmatched value is magnified during economic slowdowns, like the one we find ourselves in now.

With the cruise lines' price-to-fill model, weakened demand translates instantly into lower prices, and this year we continue to see prices at all-time lows in cruise markets around the world. In turn, the cruise passenger's bang-for-the-buck is at an all-time high.

Here are a few examples of the extraordinary values in the marketplace right now:

A 4-night Bahamas cruise starting from $39.75 per person, per day (FastDeal # 13978)

An 11-night Canada/New England cruise starting from $45.36 per person, per day (FastDeal # 21682)

A 14-night Trans-Atlantic cruise starting from $46.36 per person, per day (FastDeal # 22584)

A 23-night South America cruise starting from $47.78 per person, per day (FastDeal # 12531)

A 17-night Panama Canal cruise starting from $52.88 per person, per day (FastDeal # 18894)

A 7-night Mexico/Central America cruise starting from $57 per person, per day (FastDeal # 20301)

A 7-night Caribbean cruise starting from $58.43 per person, per day (FastDeal # 11635)

A 7-night Mexico cruise starting from $62.71 per person, per day (FastDeal # 26518)

A 13-night Asia cruise starting from $65.31 per person, per day (FastDeal # 23011)

A 6-night Mediterranean cruise starting from $100 per person, per day (FastDeal # 10081)

Cruise lines provide such outstanding value because of the efficiency with which they deliver their service.

For example, the typical cruise ship has teams of room stewards, chefs and waiters working 7 days a week to clean 1,000 cabins per day and prepare and serve three or four meals a day to 2,000 passengers. When the ship sails from the port of departure, the Hotel Director knows exactly how many meals will be served for the entire cruise and the ship has been provisioned accordingly. Every cabin, table and employee is fully utilized, every day.

That's much more efficient and less wasteful than the system land-based hotels and restaurants must employ to serve a much smaller group of customers who vary in number daily.

As ships have gotten larger and cruise lines have grown into billion-dollar enterprises, feeding and transporting millions of passengers every year, the cruise lines' huge buying power has reduced their costs for everything consumed on the ship. Plus, larger ships and show lounges spread the cost of entertainers, the captain, officers and cruise director over more people.

And unlike airlines and hotels that accept empty seats and rooms during slow periods, cruise lines will do whatever it takes to sail full. All lines except the four 6-star cruise lines will slash prices as low as they need to in order to fill every cabin, even in a recession.

They do this for two reasons. First, on most lines, a significant percentage of the crews' compensation comes from gratuities -- and there are no gratuities from empty cabins.

Second, venues such as casinos, spas, boutiques, photography studios and excursion desks are completely dependent on onboard purchases, which of course are directly related to the number of people onboard.

All of this has resulted in the best bargains ever for people cruising today, and as of now, prices holding steady at historically low levels.

Vacations To Go has become the biggest seller of cruises in the world by being the best there is at finding and offering the lowest discounts in the industry, frequently selling them out before other agencies are even aware they exist.

For a look at more of the incredible cruise deals available during the next 90 days, click here.

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Here are all the best cruise deals worldwide in the next 90 days, organized by region:

Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Asia Cruise Tours
Australia/New Zealand
Australia/New Zealand Cruise Tours
Bahamas
Baltic
Bermuda
Black Sea
Canada/New England
Canary Islands
Caribbean
Disney World & Bahamas Cruises
Europe Cruise Tours
Galapagos
Greek Islands
Hawaii
Mediterranean
Mexico/Central America
Middle East
Northern Europe
Norway
Pacific Northwest
Panama Canal
Repositioning
River Cruises
South America
South America Cruise Tours
Tahiti/French Polynesia
TransAtlantic

Here are all the best cruise deals worldwide in the next 90 days, organized by cruise line:

Azamara Club Cruises
Carnival
Celebrity
Costa
Crystal
Cunard
Disney
Fred. Olsen Cruise Line
Holland America
Hurtigruten
MSC Cruises
Norwegian
Oceania Cruises
P&O Cruises
Princess
Regent (Radisson)
Royal Caribbean
Seabourn
SeaDream
Silversea
Star Clippers
Uniworld
Viking River Cruises
Voyages of Discovery
Windstar

Here are today's Top 10 Cruises, brand new specials from the world's best cruise lines. Click the FastDeal # for details.

1) Caribbean, 7 nights on Norwegian, departs Port Canaveral Oct 23, starting at $429, save 64%, FastDeal # 20411

2) Bahamas, 7 nights on Carnival, departs Baltimore Dec 12, starting at $439, save 75%, FastDeal # 11255

3) Caribbean, 7 nights on Princess, departs San Juan Oct 31, starting at $399, save 43%, FastDeal # 24549

4) Mexico, 7 nights on Carnival, departs Long Beach Nov 28, starting at $459, save 72%, FastDeal # 26509

5) Transatlantic, 14 nights on Celebrity, departs Barcelona Nov 6, starting at $1059, FastDeal # 21897 (Celebrity does not provide brochure rates for this cruise, so we are unable to show a savings percentage.)

6) Mediterranean, 7 nights on Norwegian, departs Barcelona Oct 24, starting at $499, save 63%, FastDeal # 18644

7) Caribbean, 7 nights on Royal Caribbean, departs Miami Oct 10, starting at $479, FastDeal # 25982 (Royal Caribbean does not provide brochure rates for this cruise, so we are unable to show a savings percentage.)

8) Bermuda, 7 nights on Holland America, departs New York Sep 19, starting at $699, save 56%, FastDeal # 18580

9) Canada/New England, 11 nights on Crystal, departs Montreal Oct 22, oceanview starting at $3775, save 56%, FastDeal # 16373

10) Asia, 8 nights on Silversea, departs Bangkok Oct 29, suite starting at $4858, save 55%, FastDeal # 22025

For the best last-minute cruise specials in the next 90 days, click here.
To search for discounts on cruises departing more than 90 days from now, click here.
For escorted tours worldwide, or air/hotel packages to London or Paris, click here.
For hotels in the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Bermuda or the Bahamas, click here.
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Once you've found a FASTDEAL, call us toll free at 800-338-4962 (US and Canada) and a cruise counselor will attend to your needs. Customers from the UK, please call toll free 0800 279 8084. All other international customers, please e-mail or call us at +1-713-974-2121.

Please e-mail me your comments, suggestions and questions at alanfox@vacationstogo.com and I will respond the same day.

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Sincerely,

Alan Fox
Chairman & CEO
Vacations To Go