Repositioning cruises are a terrific value this spring.
For travel companies, 2009 will go down as the most disappointing year in recent memory. But for travelers, 2009 may well be remembered as the year of the deal. Many hotels, vacation packages, and cruises were selling at 50% discounts – and more – all year long.
This year is shaping up to be just as good. And repositioning cruises are especially good value, with fares discounted up to 65%.
If you’re not familiar with repositioning cruises, they’re often some of the biggest cruise bargains. Cruise ships sail in areas where the weather is nice, which changes with the seasons. So a ship that sails in Alaska during the summer, will reposition at the end of the season to spend the winter in the Caribbean.
These cruises, in which the ship does a one-way trip from one part of the world to another, are called repositioning cruises. And because they often have many days at sea, and because you typically have to fly into one port and home from another, they are often less on a per-day basis than round-trip cruises.
Repositioning cruises are a good choice for travelers who enjoy life at sea, like to make the most of all the amenities their ship has to offer, and just want to relax in a deck chair.