Deals of the Month

These are the deals for this month of August 2008

7 Night Carnival Western Caribbean Cruise from $449

7 Night NCL Bermuda Cruise from $549

7 Night Celebrity Alaska Cruise from $499

4 Night Royal Caribbean Bahamas Cruise from $199

7 Night NCL Mexican Riviera Cruise from $429

10 Night Holland America Canada/New England Cruise from $955

4 Night Carnival Western Caribbean Cruise from $279

7 Night Royal Caribbean Southern Caribbean Cruise $749

7 Night Princess Alaska Cruise from $469

7 Night NCL Mediterranean Cruise from $749

2010 Cruise Trends: Bargains and Big Ships

Sick ships: Cruises see rise in norovirus cases

The stomach bug caught up with Kenneth Thompson just a few days before the end of the cruise. He’d seen others getting sick and was hoping he would escape unscathed. But then his stomach started to feel queasy. Pretty soon he was vomiting every half hour. “I never had anything like this,” says the 71-year-old from Concord, S.C. “It just came out of me in streams, just gushes of it.”

More people sick on SC cruise ship that had virus

Passengers have again fallen ill with a stomach bug aboard a cruise ship hit by a virus last month on its previous trip from South Carolina.

Cruise travelers tell of deadly waves off Spain

The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling out for her husband.

Don’t let travel take a turn for the worse

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