From cheapest cheap to top luxury Christmas and New Years Eve cruises 2013 and 2014 – itineraries, sailing schedule (December Holidays cruise dates), prices to compare. Regardless expensive all-inclusive luxury or discounted / cheap, all Christmas and New Year cruise deals offer a perfect combination of the three most popular holiday travel vacation “best buys”. Christmas New Years cruise packages fully represent the “ultimate package” of the Xmas fun-time, the so very special end-of-the-year party time and the ship travel vacation as one of our super popular contemporary mini vacation ideas and the cheapest way to travel in style and luxury on voyages to top destinations, like Caribbean, Europe, Southeast Asia, South America and Antarctica, Australia-New Zealand.

Generally, combined Christmas and New Years Eve cruises are operated with longer and one-way itineraries. Depending on cruise lines and destinations, your Xmas and NYE cruise itinerary may vary as duration from 10 to up to 30 days, extending from early or mid-December through the early dates of January, and sometimes – to mid-January and beyond if you book a segment from an Around The World tour starting in December.

Christmas New Year mini cruise deals signify round-trip itineraries with duration 7-9 days, with departure dates very close to or on December 25 – very popular in Europe, and mostly with departures from UK. Fly cruise Christmas New Year deals are also in the category of affordable package holiday sailings. This option includes relatively cheap one-way flight tickets – mostly to Caribbean (Barbados, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, also to ports in Florida, USA) or to big Mediterranean ports in Spain, Italy or Egypt, and rarely to Asia and South America. The ship vacation part includes an usually longer itinerary, 2-week packages on round-trips being the most traded of all deals.

Caribbean cruise Christmas New Year itineraries include some of the region’s best vacation destinations and feature ports of call, the very short list of which includes Yucatan Mexico with Cozumel and Costa Maya, The Bahamas with Nassau and the lines’ private islands, Jamaica and Puerto Rico, also visited with round-trip departures or Caribbean fly cruise deals from UK.

Why to book Christmas New Year cruise deals?

• no better time to enjoy tropical climates than during the winter months traveling to sunny destinations, such as Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Southeast Asia.
• festivity – ships look totally festive during the December holiday season, with many special oofers and perks on these deals, like amazing decorations, themed parties, special menus, themed drinks, mini Xmas trees and gingerbread houses in cabins,
• family fun – holiday cruises as a rule cater to families with all kinds of events and activities suitable for guests of all ages.
• the main disadvantages of sailing on Xmas-NYE are the lower/limited availability and the higher prices. This is simply the most profitable time for cruise lines and they want to get most of it. Booking early is essential to secure your Holiday itinerary and the exact cabin (as category) that you want. Early Fall (October) is a good time – early booking savings plus this is the time when lines start promoting the holiday discount cruises.
• if you like to gamble, try your luck with the last minute Christmas/New Year’s cruise deals – highly discounted rates, limited choice of cabins, a very risky, fast and thrilling experience. It’s not such a bad idea to check with a travel agency for advice.

Our website offers segmented information by line, additionally you can compare destinations/itineraries, departure dates and  cruise prices by ship. Even only for the curiosity they provoke, cruises for Christmas and New Years Eve are some of the most popular topics regarding December Holidays specials, closely following the shopping frenzy (in general) and all the kids deals. We wish you the most merry and happy ship cruise over Christmas and/or New Year ever, and always safe, super fun and “best deal” cruises in all the years to come! Be very welcome to enjoy our site, if you like it you can show your “likeness” via the G+ and Facebook “I like” buttons. Do your best to be a happy person and enjoy your life – it’s a great time to be alive!