How do you find a cheap cruise?

evian99

Last year went on an AI med cruise with excellent cabins for under £800. This year similar cruise nearer £1000. Any advice about how to get costs down? Not fussy on great cabin but even with lowest grade the cruise still comes in over £900.

luci

Where did you get last year's cruise?

getmore4less

More info needed on what you got and what you are looking for.

Basicaly you have to keep looking every day everywhere get every email from every cruise line and TA

Be flexable and ready to go.

There have been a load of great deals over the last month 6-8 weeks

daveyjp

AI suggests a Silversea or Regent Seven Seas cruise. If you managed this for £800 a week and can still get one for £1,000 please tell us where from. They usually start at about £3,000 a week.

luci

daveyjp wrote: »

AI suggests a Silversea or Regent Seven Seas cruise. If you managed this for £800 a week and can still get one for £1,000 please tell us where from. They usually start at about £3,000 a week.

Or Thomsons...............

daveyjp

Thomsons are far from AI.

getmore4less

daveyjp wrote: »

AI suggests a Silversea or Regent Seven Seas cruise. If you managed this for £800 a week and can still get one for £1,000 please tell us where from. They usually start at about £3,000 a week.

Inbetween are Azamara or Oceania these have had some deals

what about Seabourn there have been some good deals in the £1k-£1.5k range


when a brit talks about cheap AI they usualy mean Thomson deal(where just some alcohol is AI)

travellerboy

Royal Caribbean have a WOW sale starting today, two ship Independance and Jewel of the Seas cruising out of the UK . Canary Cruise starting at £664 for 12 days - 12 Jan. Another, not so cheap - Harwick to Russia on the Jewel of the Seas.

I saw them via www.vivavoyage.com

PompeyPete

getmore4less wrote: »

when a brit talks about cheap AI they usualy mean Thomson deal(where just some alcohol is AI)

Going on Thomson Celebration on 30 Nov for a week AI. There's enough choice of decent drinks to not have to pay any extra. And my mission is not to pay any extra!
I paid £834 each for 14 nights AI. The 2nd week is at the Louis Pathaen Hotel in Paphos (excellent reviews on TA).
Price included returns flights LGW-Paphos.
All transfers.
Gratuities.
Ports-of-call are Alanya, Alexandria, Port Said, and Ashdod.
I booked the cheapest cabin, but it'll still be a lot better than I was used to when I was cruising on Her Majesty's grey Funnel Line for 23 years.

travellerboy

£834 for a thomson cruise.........you have been ripped-off. You would need to pay me to cruise with them again.

PompeyPete

travellerboy wrote: »

£834 for a thomson cruise.........you have been ripped-off. You would need to pay me to cruise with them again.

If you're so clever, how come they caught you out once?;)