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  Cruises from the United States are known for sailing to the islands in the Caribbean, including Jamaica and the Bahamas. They also sail to nearby islands like Bermuda, or go on transatlantic voyages from New York or Florida, to destinations like London or Barcelona. Other popular cruises include ones to Alaska, Mexico and Hawaii. It is possible to sail to Europe straight from the U.S., like on a transatlantic trip, but many times, you'll have to fly to your cruise ship departure port. A truly, well-priced cruise includes airfare in the total offer price, but those are few and far between, so we have to make do with other cruise perks, like onboard credit or shore excursion discounts.
  
  

Royal Caribbean

• Royal Caribbean is a cruise ship company whose fleet sails to all the usual suspects on cruise ship itineraries, which includes Europe. As of April 2010, you can find European cruises starting from as little as $272 for four nights, sailing between the ports of Oslo and Amsterdam. The Royal Caribbean online cruise database is easy to navigate and has two sections labeled, "Hot Deals" and "Limited-Time Offers," which feature various promotions. Individual cruises feature good savings too.
  
  Royal Caribbean
  Corporate Guest Relations
  1050 Caribbean Way
  Miami, FL 33132
  866-562-7625
  royalcaribbean.com
  
  

Cruise.com

• Cruise.com claims to be "One of the Internet's Largest Cruise Specialists." Cruise.com is not a single cruise line fleet, but a collection of different cruises featured by various cruise lines. In April 2010, its websit catalogs a round-trip, five-night voyage between Oslo and Amsterdam, for $459, as the cheapest European cruise available. Cruise.com, just like any other cruise vendor, allows customers to search by specific European destination, number of nights and even which cruise line they want to sail with. Oftentimes the site features huge blow-out sales.
  
  800-300-4804
  cruise.com
  
  

Vacations To Go

• Vacations To Go is one of the best cruise outlets. If you want to go on a European cruise, this site has it, and probably at a fairly cheap price. Perks include hundreds of dollars off on small groups, interesting cruise itineraries and famous cruise ships. You have to create a log in to see the deals, but that's free and easy to do. You can choose your port, organize by destination, and view the savings, which total more than 50 percent most of the time. Current (April 2010) deals indicate a fantastic price of $599 for a seven-night cruise between Italy, Greece and Croatia, which includes a free upgrade and a kids-sail-free special.
  
  Vacations To Go
  5851 San Felipe, Suite 500
  Houston, TX 77057
  888-338-4962
  vacationstogo.com
  
  

CruisesOnly

• CruisesOnly is very similar to the other two vacation outlets. The pickings between these may vary though, along with the different offers each cruise line wants to advertise with separate cruise compilers or retailers. The April 2010 line-up starts with Royal Caribbean's, four-night Scandinavian cruise between Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Sweden for only $249. CruisesOnly allows customers to search departure date, length of cruise, cruise line and destination. It always has exceptional offers like reduced deposit or hundreds of dollars of cruise credit, or even inviting your third and fourth guests on board free of charge.
  
  100 Fordham Road, Bldg. C, 2nd Floor
  Wilmington, MA 01887
  800-278-4737
  cruisesonly.com