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Hotwire introduces timely cruise offering
Hotwire.com announced their first ever Cruise Savings Indicator. An extension of their already popular Travel Savings Indicator, the Cruise Savings Indicator features the top five cruise destinations where prices have dropped the most.
“The guide is aimed to help cruisers score some of the best deals during wave season, which runs from December through March and is prime booking time as cruise lines are competing to fill cabins far ahead of embarkations,” the company says.
Repositioning cruises also offer relaxing and budget-friendly getaways, the company adds.
Hotwire says cruisers can “score great savings” on cruises to Hawaii, the Caribbean, the Pacific coastal region and Australia/New Zealand.
There are various reasons for the lower prices.
Hawaiian cruises, for example,” have seen more than a 20 percent rise in sailings in the upcoming year, resulting in some fantastic deal opportunities,” Hotwire says.
Prices for interior and oceanview cabins on Celebrity Cruises have fallen 25-30 percent for sailings in 2012 as compared to this year.
In the Caribbean, Hotwire says, travelers can find average daily rates are down 25 percent compared to last year on lines such as Norwegian Cruise lines.
Pacific Coastal cruises are becoming increasingly popular, ferrying cruisers from the sandy shores of Southern California to ports in Canada.
“On Celebrity Cruises,” passengers “can find double digit savings on most cabins, and the average daily rates for 2012 have dropped 20 percent compared to 2011, according to Hotwire.
Repositioning cruises make the price drop list because travelers can book this type of cruise while getting some of the biggest discounts of the year, says Hotwire.
For 2012, Princess Cruises is offering double-digit savings on all cabin types and average daily rates are down more than 35 percent versus last year.
By David Wilkening
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