If a cruise is on your bucket list, now is the time to book one at a bargain.Princess Cruises has just announced deep discounts as part of its Black Friday/Cyber Monday special. Between now and Thursday November 20, prices will be 50 percent off. The special offer includes all fare types even packages such as Princess Plus and Princess Premiere, which come with amenities like WiFi, beverages, desserts, fitness classes, crew gratuities, and more.In addition to the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals, the cruise line is also offering a limited-time offer that will last until December 12 through which travelers get 50 percent off cruise fares and 50 percent off deposits on voyages of 45 days or less.Princess Cruises sails to a long list of popular destinations including the Mediterranean, Alaska, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexico, Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti, California Coast, Northern Europe, British Isles, Greenland, South America. Princess also offers World Cruises.Here are the key details to know if you hope to score a Princess Cruise at a discount:
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Destinations that can only be reached by sea are among the most world's most brag-worthy. There’s something alluring about the cachet associated with arriving at a destination the “old-fashioned way”—stepping onto the pier (or alighting off a tender) knowing that you’ve shifted from the microcosm of a ship to that of a remote destination. Your two community bubbles will mingle for a few hours and then part, much the way calls at remote ports have always been, dating back to the days of sail.
Some cruise lines—mainly those of expedition ships—call at ports that are otherwise inaccessible (or largely inaccessible) by any other means; some may only have flights once a week, while others may not have airports at all. And once there, you can bet that a call at one of these ports means passengers disembark into rarefied territory, becoming one of a relative handful of travelers to visit these secluded locations.
Cruise line: Aranui Cruises
In the remote Marquesas Islands there are a handful of islands with airports, but Fatu Hiva isn’t home to any of them—it's remote even compared to the neighboring islands. Aranui, the combination cargo-cruise ship is the island’s true lifeline, carrying supplies in on pallets, and picking up copra and coconut oil for the return journey. While the cargo is unloaded, passengers hike spectacular cliffs or watch local women demonstrate how to pound mulberry tree bark into tapa cloth, which is adorned with the distinctive designs of the island. Aranui Cruises will sail 14 day itineraries from Tahiti that include calls at Fatu Hiva throughout 2024.
Cruise line: Ponant
The only other way to get to Tasiilaq is by helicopter—and Ponant’s icebreaking ship Le Commandant Charcot is a much more comfortable way to see the snow-capped peaks, rugged fjords, and icebergs floating off the coast on several 10-day itineraries from Iceland in the Spring of 2024. Guests can visit the town and discover village customs such as hunting by dogsled on the ice floes, or learn some of the Inuktitut language. Kayak or take a zodiac boat among the icebergs, trek overland and camp out overnight on the ice, try ice fishing, or simply sit back and take it all in from the ship’s sun deck.
Cruise line: Silversea
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