have dropped prices dramatically and are offering upgrades and amenities for next to nothing to attract travelers on a tight budget. For about $100 a day you can cruise. The added value of meals, entertainment and transportation make this an exception opportunity to cruise at deeply discounted rates.
"It's the best time in years to book a vacation; the deals are outstanding," said Genevieve Shaw Brown, in an interview with CNN . Brown is the senior editor at Travelocity.
Cruise vacations that cost almost $4,000 last year are being sold for about $1,500 this year.
Many resorts are offering free nights to entice travelers hunting for discout travel deals. Smaller cities are experiencing an explosion in travel as vacationers are staying closer to home. Fort myers, Fla. And Charleston, S.C. have more than doubled their growth based on American Express Travel Bookings. Discount airfares and cheap hotel rates are alluring the fearful to seize travel bargains that have not been seen in years.
Vacations to The caribean and Mexico are the hottest buys right now. An All-inclusive vacation to a 4 star resort with round trip airfare from St. Louis to Cozumel sold for $600 yesturday. This is a 4 night/5 day vacation package. Airfares are being sold for as little as $99 from coast to coast.
This is the perfect market to take that dream vacation if you can afford to. Shorter trips that are closer to home are been sold at huge discounts everywhere online. If you can go, you should go in 2009!
