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Have you found a bargain?

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If you find a good bargain for a cruise why not let others know about it by posting on this thread.

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One from my inbox this morning
Date: 25/02/2013
Ship: MSC Lirica
Itinerary: Caribbean to Med transatlantic
Flights: included
Single supplement: no
Cabin type: outside
Cost: £549

More info here

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Last July we went on a 13 night getaway priced cruise on Azura. We booked a balcony cabin and got one on A deck just off mid ships. The only downside was we had first sitting at dinner. We prefer freedom dining. We saved £2300. We were already booked on the next cruise to the Fjords so stayed on in Southampton. We did have to change cabins as our second cruise was on C deck. The stewards came along and moved all our clothes.
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Tbanks for the details for that bargain Ken, I had an email from a friend I made on my last cruise asking me to let her know if I come across any bargains I come across, especially for single passengers!

Now I just need to pass them on once I'm on the laptop along with details of this forum!!

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From WeCruise .... offers end 31/1/13

Transatlantic & Florida Cruise & Stay Package!
From £1299
FREE UPGRADES
13-Night Transatlantic Cruise on board Celebrity
2-Night 4* Florida Hotel
Includes Return Flights, Air Taxes & Transfers
Departs 18th April 2013
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PLUS $1300 DRINKS PACKAGE

Sharm El Sheikh Cruise & Stay Package!
From £799
7-Night Egypt Cruise on board MSC
7-Night 4* Falcon Neama Star Sharm Resort
Includes Return Flights, Air Taxes & Transfers
Departs Feb-April 2013
On board MSC Armonia
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Canaries & Barcelona Cruise & Stay Package!
From £749
9-Night Med Cruise on board Norwegian
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Other Specials!
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Today Azura 4th April,12 nights, inside £599. Good getaway deal
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I had an email from Readers' Offers this morning. Take a look at these:

http://www.readeroffers.travel/special- ... om-the-uk/

They look quite reasonable to me.
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From Webookanycruise.co.uk


7 nights Caribbean cruise from £1059 • 7 nights Med cruise from £719 • Panama Canal cruises from £1949

Holland America Cruises has an impressive fleet and continuously work to expand and renovate their ships ensuring that their key values of ‘a signature of excellence’ is felt throughout your trip. They combine fine dining with enriching activities, offering passengers a unique and worthwhile journey.

HAL Ryndam
Fjords 04 May 2013
7 nights $50 spend!
£499
Itinerary: Dover • Bergen • Flaam • Alesund • Eidfjord • Dover

HAL Nieuw Amsterdam
30 Apr
15 nights
£1179
Itinerary: Fort Lauderdale • Horta • Ponta Delgada • Cadiz • Malaga • Cartagena • Barcelona

HAL Noordam
Mediterranean 15 Aug 11 nights
£1399
Itinerary: Piraeus • Heraklion • Port Said • Alexandria • Rhodes • Kusadasi • Mykonos • Istanbul overnight •

HAL Ryndam
Europe 8 June
7 days
£549 FREE PARKING (with outside cabin)
Itinerary: Dover • Oslo • Kristiansund • Lysefjord • Stavanger • Hardangerfjord • Ulvik • Dover

HAL Rotterdam
Far & Middle East 1 March
38 nights
£2399
Itinerary: Singapore • Penang • Phuket • Colombo • Mumbai overnight • Muscat • Salalah • Aqaba • Sharm El Sheikh • Pireaus • Messina • Naples • Cittavecchia • Alicante • Almeria • Tangier • Cadiz • Lisbon • Southampton
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Check out the Princess offers in this weekends papers, example June 17 nt Southampton roundtrip to Venice has balconies starting at £1780 down from £2600 in their initial brochure. Similar P&O cruises are still at brochure levels even higher than Princess.
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A few more deals from deals@vivavoyage.co.uk

22 Feb 2013 Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Spirit
9-day Canary Islands From Barcelona
Bonus Offer:
Exclusive Offer $75 on-board money, e-coupons worth $300 and £30pp reduced deposit. Interior from
£394 Oceanview from
£509
Balcony from
£618 Suite from
£1400

3 Mar 2013 Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Spirit
9-day Canary Islands From Barcelona
Bonus Offer:
Exclusive Offer $75 on-board money, e-coupons worth $300 and £30pp reduced deposit. Interior from
£394 Oceanview from
£511
Balcony from
£696 Suite from
£1469

12 Mar 2013 Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Spirit
9-day Canary Islands From Barcelona
Bonus Offer:
Exclusive Offer $50 on-board money, bottle of sparkling wine, e-coupons worth $300 and £30pp reduced deposit. Interior from
£384 Oceanview from
£462
Suite from
£1772

21 Mar 2013 Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Spirit
9-day Canary Islands From Barcelona
Bonus Offer:
Exclusive Offer $50 on-board money, bottle of sparkling wine, e-coupons worth $300 and £30pp reduced deposit. Interior from
£394 Oceanview from
£492
Suite from
£1567

30 Mar 2013 Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Spirit
9-day Canary Islands From Barcelona
Bonus Offer:
Exclusive Offer $50 on-board money, bottle of sparkling wine, e-coupons worth $300 and £30pp reduced deposit. Interior from
£520 Oceanview from
£599
Suite from
£1772

8 Apr 2013 Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Spirit
9-day Canary Islands From Barcelona
Bonus Offer:
Exclusive Offer $50 on-board money, bottle of sparkling wine, e-coupons worth $300 and £30pp reduced deposit. Interior from
£520 Oceanview from
£657
Suite from
£1576
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Some great deals there

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I spotted this one on Cunard Queen Elizabeth

Inside cabin from £999, Balcony from £1299
The Fjords & Waterfalls
Departing on 26 May 2013
Departing from Southampton
End date 9 June 2013
Duration 14 days
Cruise number Q313
Ports of call Southampton, Stavanger, Flam, Alesund, Trondheim, Honningsvaag, North Cape, Tromso, Geiranger, Bergen, Southampton

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That sounds a great itinerary Foxy. Doing both Geiranger and Flam. All the 7 day cruises only do one or other (or neither!)

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It's a great price compared to what I am paying for the same trip.

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oldbluefox wrote:
It's a great price compared to what I am paying for the same trip.
OBF, Since they are both Carnival companies have you tried to persuade P&O to honour their Vantage price match offer? I am assuming you are booked with P&O.
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Sadly, townie, it's a Getaway fare so they would not match it. It's a better itinerary than ours though. Maybe it does pay to wait in some instances and this is one.

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Thanks to all who have posted thus far.

I think this is a great thread and one that I would like to see become a regular feature on this forum?

Box of chocolates to the person who seconds this motion :)

Keep them coming.

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I second it..... :thumbup:

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Hi AngieT

You’re fast becoming my favourite poster ever...but please don’t tell the others I’ve said that :lol:

Btw your choccies are en route :)

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Has this become a 'sticky'?

Good idea as long as once the cruise has sailed then those posts can be deleted or we will have pages and pages of them. Maybe even limit it to cruises sailing very soon, not months ahead???

Consider that thirded OL, awaiting my box of choccies. :)

Are they real or cyber choccies?

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Not sure if these truly fit with this thread, and they don't really seem bargains, but these are some very recent P&O offerings with comparison Vatange fares and Getaway deals, however most of these are within or very close to the 3 month payment point so both fares will require full payment on booking, the prices are for Inside cabins.

Azura 12 nt West Med 4th April - Getaway deal £599pp.....Vantage fare £869pp OBC £120 per cabin, therefore saving £210pp for Getaway fare.
Ventura 13nt Canaries 14th Apr - Getaway £799pp..... Vantage £899pp OBC £130 per cabin, saving £35pp for Getaway.
Ventura 14nt West Med 4th May - Getaway £799pp.....Vantage £1099pp OBC £140 per cabin, saving £230pp for Getaway.
Oriana 134nt West Med 27th May - Getaway £999pp....Vantage £1099pp OBC £139 per cabin, saving £35pp for Getaway.

Now I realise that Vantage fares offer price matching but, call me cynical, as there are already Getaway deals being offered does anyone think P&O are likely to offer reduced Vantage fares. The only Vantage fare which does not require immediate payment is the last one, and if anyone can find me a savings deal that will give me £35 interest on £999 for only 22 days then I will jump at the chance otherwise......
Now there was mention that Getaway deals would not receive Peninsular discount for on board spend, but I am ceratainly unlikely to spend £2000 plus on a 12-14nt cruise.

So does anyone understand P&O's marketing strategy in advertising these deals with comparative pricing, especially when the discounts being offered are so different?
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wolfie wrote:
Has this become a 'sticky'?

Good idea as long as once the cruise has sailed then those posts can be deleted or we will have pages and pages of them. Maybe even limit it to cruises sailing very soon, not months ahead???

Consider that thirded OL, awaiting my box of choccies. :)

Are they real or cyber choccies?

At least Cyber ones do not put an inch on your hip's !!

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Hi wolfie

“Are they real or cyber choccies?”

You must be joking!!...of course they’re real, you just need a bit of imagination to enjoy them :)

Btw I agree with you about deleting "past their sell by date" bargins.

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From ...... deals@vivavoyage.co.uk


30 Mar 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£449
Balcony from
£649 Suite from
£1689


20 Apr 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£539
Balcony from
£779 Suite from
£1409


11 May 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Balcony from
£849 Suite from
£1499


1 Jun 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£599 Oceanview from
£699
Balcony from
£899


15 Jun 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£599 Oceanview from
£699
Balcony from
£799 Suite from
£2029


22 Jun 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£799 Oceanview from
£899
Balcony from
£999 Suite from
£1749


6 Jul 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£749 Oceanview from
£849
Balcony from
£949 Suite from
£1909


13 Jul 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£749 Oceanview from
£849
Balcony from
£949 Suite from
£1909


20 Jul 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£749 Oceanview from
£849
Balcony from
£949 Suite from
£1909


3 Aug 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£749 Oceanview from
£849
Balcony from
£949 Suite from
£1909


21 Sep 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£399 Oceanview from
£499
Balcony from
£599 Suite from
£1749


5 Oct 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£649 Oceanview from
£749
Balcony from
£849 Suite from
£1449


12 Oct 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£449 Oceanview from
£549
Balcony from
£649 Suite from
£1409


19 Oct 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£449
Balcony from
£649 Suite from
£1409


26 Oct 2013 MSC Cruises
MSC Divina
7 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Bonus Offer:
Reduced Price Interior from
£449 Oceanview from
£549
Balcony from
£649 Suite from
£1409
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Some great offers here for MSC ( cruise only )

From ... Webookanycruise.com

MSC Armonia 23 March
7 nights
£319 cruise only price
Itinerary: Overnight Sharm-El-Sheikh •Safaga • Overnight Eilath • Aqaba • Sokhna Port • Overnight Sharm-El-Sheikh
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Fantasia 28 October
6 nights
£369 cruise only price
Itinerary: Bari • Katakolon • Santorini • Piraeus • Corfu • Dubrovnik • Venice
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Musica 16 November
14 nights
£350 cruise only price
Itinerary: Barcelona • Cadiz • Funchal • Bridgetown • Castries • Basseterre • Road Town • Santo Domingo
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Orchestra 24 April
7 nights
£399 cruise only price
Itinerary: Ibiza • Villefranche • Genoa • Civitavecchia • Palermo • La Goulette • Ibiza overnight
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Lirica 9 May
10 nights
£489 cruise only price
Itinerary: Civitavecchia • Istanbul • Yalta • Odessa • Piraeus • Sorrento • Genoa
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Opera 14 September
10 nights
£659
Itinerary: Southampton • Ijmuiden • St Peter Port • Vigo • Lisbon • Bilbao • Le Havre • Southampton
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Divina 30 November
7 nights
£339 cruise only price
Itinerary: Miami • Falmouth • Georgetown • Cozumel • Great Stirrup Cay • Miami
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

MSC Preziosa 24 March
5 nights
£249 cruise only price
Itinerary: Genoa • Naples • Messina • La Goulette • Barcelona
CALL FREE 0800 316 2251

TO VIEW MORE INCREDIBLE OFFERS PLEASE CLICK HERE OR CALL FREE 0800 316 2251
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