$199/pp FOR 6 NIGHTS, BAHAMAS
Who with? Carnival Sensation
Details, please: Port Canaveral (Fla.) to Freeport, Grand Bahama and Nassau
When? Sept. 9, 16, 23 or 30
Why? Are you or someone you love the father of Anna Nicole’s baby? Get thee to The Bahamas, ASAP, and find out. You’ll enjoy 77-percent savings (brochure price is $849)! (P.S. Port Canaveral is only 45 minutes out of Orlando, so bring the kids you’ve already got.)
Book: carnival.com
$709/pp FOR 7 NIGHTS, ALASKA
Who with? Holland Oosterdam
Details, please: Seattle to Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria (B.C.)
When? May 19, 26
Why? A chance glimpse of a polar bear, the totem poles, the kayaking – there are a million reasons to sail round our 50th state. The million-and-first? This same itinerary jumps upwards of $670 more in June and July!
Book: cruisesonly.com
$1,250/pp FOR 16 NIGHTS, TRANSATLANTIC
Who with? MSC Opera
Details, please: Fort Lauderdale to San Juan, Samana, Lisbon, Vigo, into Dover, England
When? April 12
Why? Take the scenic route across the pond with MSC Cruises – a proudly Italian line that doesn’t skimp on the flair. Interior rooms, once $2,300, are going for nearly half. And $2,600 oceanview rooms are going for $1,550. Are they ubatz?
Book: msccruisesusa.com
$579/pp FOR 6 NIGHTS, BERMUDA
Who with? Norwegian Majesty
Details, please: Boston to Bermuda
When? April 29
Why?Everyone goes on and on about the pink sand this, the pink sand that, but it’s Bermuda’s cooling Atlantic breezes that make it such a worthy opponent to the Caribbean.
Just go early: This roundtripper out of Beantown is twice the price if you leave in June or July.
Book: ncl.co
$399/pp FOR 8 NIGHTS, MEXICANRIVIERA
Who with? Carnival Spirit
Details, please: San Diego to Aca
When? March 7
Why? Hey, there are no runway delays on a boat! This JetBlue cruise deal is 81 percent off the brochure and a reason to to visit SoCal rolled into one. Feed your face with crab legs dipped in cactus salsa, then go horseback riding in the Sierra Madre Mountains. You can’t go wrong (unless you go later in the month when it’s $350 more.)
Book: cruises.jetblue.com
$1,149/pp FOR 12 NIGHTS, MEDITERRANEAN
Who with? Carnival Freedom
Details, please: Rome (Civitavecchia) to Naples, Istanbul, Rhodes, Athens
When? Aug. 29
Why? All the cool kids are cruising the Med. Give in to the peer pressure. But do something they aren’t: save $350 because you’re going in August. Now who’s the cool one?
Book: carnival.com
$1,299/pp FOR 6 NIGHTS, TRANSATLANTIC
Who with? Queen Mary 2
Details, please: New York to Southampton, England
When? April 18; April 30
Why? Twice the length of the Washington Monument and other insipid factoids aside, the QM2 is still the best way to sail the Atlantic. It’s $300/pp more in July.
Book: cunard.com
$1,094/pp FOR 10 DAYS, TAHITI
Who with? Tahitian Princess
Details, please: Papeete to Huahine, Cook Island, Raitea, Bora Bora, Moorea
When? March 17 or 27
Why?Sick of the Caribbean? There are other islands on Earth, ya know. This week-and-a-halfer takes you to what seems like most of them, while saving you $500.
Book: travelstoreusa.com
$899/pp FOR 9 NIGHTS, EASTERNCARIBBEAN
Who with? Crown Princess
Details, please: Brooklyn to Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas and Bermuda
When? May 21
Why? Besides a 22 percent brochure price amputation, this deal starts and ends in our own backyard. But even if you miss the May voyage, you can take the same trip (same price) in September.
Book: cruises.com
$5,397/pp FOR 14 DAYS, FAREAST
Who with? Silversea Silver Cloud
Details, please: Singapore to Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei
When? March 22
Why? So what’s a package tagged at five grand doing here? Because originally this awesome Southeast Asian sampler (on a luxury line, no less) was priced at $8,995. Price for value will not be ignored!
Book: silversea.com