Question: what are the cheapest cruises departing NYC?
I have a week off starting March 20th. Tickets for miami are too expensive and its too late for me to go there, so NYC is the closest place to me that has cruises. I want a cruise that will leave from NYC and come back a couple days later or before the end of the week. If anyone can give me a website for the cheapest cruises for what I am asking that would be great.
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Best answer:

Answer by norf4
Right now, the BEST deals out of NYC are on NCL hands-down! Early and Late-season 7-night cruises to Bermuda are currently starting at less than $ 500.00pp, and Bahamas/Florida 9-night cruises are starting at less than $ 600.00pp on that line. Celebrity is also offering some good pricing out of the NY/NJ ports to Bermuda as well, but they are more limited on itineraries to that destination than NCL is. Finding a short 5-night or shorter cruise is impossible out of ANY northern port, so forget doing a cruise unless you are willing to fly down to Florida.

Vacationstogo.com is an excellent source for finding the best, cheapest and last-minute bargains, but a little-known site called “Cruise-Compete” (cruisecompete.com) is also fantastic for different reasons. It is a site that is funded by the Cruise-Agent industry. What you do is provide the site with all your specifics such as date, preferred port of departure, price, type of cabin, and any other details that can further-help agents find you a deal. From there, any participating agent on that site can get to work finding you the best deal around. This has independent agents competing for your business and in essence working for you, rather than some faceless cruise-line agent who works for the the cruise-line. I have used this resource previously with fairly-good results.

Lastly, if you are looking for a short (less than 7-nights) cruise, you are really eliminating yourself if you are unwilling to consider a cruise out of Port Canaveral (Orlando), Miami, Ft.Lauderdale, Tampa or Jacksonville. Flights out of Westchester, LaGuardia, JFK, or or Newark on JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Air-Tran or one of the big-boy airlines can still be had at less than $ 100.00 each-way including all fees and taxes, making a short 3, 4 or 5-night cruise a bargain if you hurry. As long as you have a MINIMUM of 7 days advance-notice, you should be able to find a flight out of one of those airports for the price I quoted above.