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Santa Cruise Guide is a simple to use guide for locating cruises that
are leaving from West Coast ports. These Cruise adventures are quick and easy for folks
living in
Santa Cruz County and local areas to find and book. Some of the easier
cruises that we can book quickly are
for cruises leaving from San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and also San Diego
and Los
Angeles. Many of the cruises leaving from the
Port of Seattle,
Port of Vancouver and
the Port of San Francisco will be
traveling
to the North and Alaska. Alaska cruises are a really big deal now a days
and we were
able to experience an Alaska cruise a couple summers ago. It was really
much more than
I expected.
The majority of the cruises leaving from the
Port of Los Angeles and the
San Pedro Piers and
the Port of San Diego will probably be
heading
South to the Mexican Riviera or even much further south including South America
and/or
going through the Panama Canal on there way to the Caribbean and usually ports
and
destinations in Florida, like Port of Miami or Ft. Lauderdale.
The world of cruising is upon us and the statistics show that it is really a
growth industry.
More and more new cruise passengers are signing up each year and even with the
current
economic climate, the cruise ships are selling out. Although, now is one
of the best times I
have seen for finding a good cheap cruise. We have taken a European cruise
already this
year and are watching for another good cheap cruise.
The cruise lines that will be servicing the west coast ports will
include Carnival Cruises, Holland America Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean
Cruises or RCCL, Norwegian Cruise Lines or NCL, Celebrity Cruises,
Silversea Cruises, Princess Cruises, Crystal Cruise Lines, Regent Seven
Seas Cruise Line, P&O Cruises, Fred Olsen Cruise Line, Cruise West and a
few others.
Some of the tricks to finding a good cruise deal or cruise special has
to do with signing up with some of the websites that offer cruises and
let them email you when prices have dropped or discounts have occurred.
Some of the sailings this year have been discounted up to 75% or more to
fill last minute sailings. Not all the cruise lines or sailings
will offer those high of discounts, but, several are offering up to 65%
as this is being written.
Being flexible in your travel will also help. Let's say you want
to get a way in August or September, does it matter if you go to Alaska
or Mexico. If you want to find the best cruise discounts, look for
both destinations and then find the price and itinerary that can work
for you. If you have real ridged travel ideas, you may as well
book what you want, when you want and pay the price. I prefer to
save as much money as I can when taking a cruise holiday.
More and more people are taking cruises and finding out the advantages
of being on a cruise ship while on holiday. The pros of taking a
cruise far out way any cons of cruising. Depending on the cruise
line you take, will dictate if it is all-inclusive or not. If you
take a Carnival or Holland America cruise, expect to pay for on board
extras like bottle water, colas, alcohol, wine etc. When sailing
on Silversea or Seabourn, expect everything to be included including
gratuities and alcohol and wine. Premium wines will be extra even
on the luxury lines.
Living in Santa Cruz has many advantages and one of them is the access
to San Francisco. The City of San Francisco has so much great
things you could talk about, but, here I am only talking about leaving
San Francisco on a cruise ship. The other great part of living in
Santa Cruz is the 35 minute ride to San Jose Airport where you can then
fly to any of the other West Coast ports to catch a cruise ship going in
most any direction. Considering that I love to cruise, this has
been very rewarding living in the Santa Cruz area. If we want to
take a cruise to Alaska, Mexico, Panama Canal, South America, Hawaii,
Asia or even around the world cruise, we can do it all from our West
Coast ports of call.
So, this site will show you what cruise lines are leaving from what
ports on the West Coast. It will also give you some quick facts
and information about the ports of embarkation. And finally, we
will share with you some of the cruise deals and cruise specials that we
have been finding online lately. If you have never cruised, think
about your first. If you are like me and cruise often, then book
your next one.
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