{"id":19474,"date":"2013-11-27T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=19474"},"modified":"2013-11-27T01:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T09:00:35","slug":"wednesday-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=19474","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday cruise deals often more than a day"},"content":{"rendered":"

It started with televisions and stereo systems going on sale at the crack of dawn, and it was known as the kick-off to the Christmas shopping season.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Black Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the day between Thanksgiving and Saturday, its naming roots go back more than 40 years, when pedestrian and vehicle traffic was so intense that it was a "dark day." The name came to be known as the day that enabled retailers to be profitable, or in the black.<\/span><\/p>\n

Black Friday still kicks off the shopping season for Christmas, still causes retailers to open when most people are sleeping, and still features televisions and stereos. Also phones, toys, clothes, jewelry…<\/span><\/p>\n

And yes, cruises.<\/span><\/p>\n

As foot soldiers in the army of people trying to find good deals for you, here is what some cruise lines have to offer customers on Black Friday:<\/span><\/p>\n

Norwegian<\/a> — Credits up to $250 per stateroom and air credits up to $1,000 in what is really "Black Friday Week" because it goes from today to next Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrity<\/a> — In keeping Black Friday shrouded in mystery, the sale starts one minute after midnight with three "incredible offers on over 400 sailings."<\/span><\/p>\n

Princess<\/a> — Savings of up to $600 per stateroom, plus an upgrade, a bottle of wine and a few pennies to spend on the cruise, in another Wednesday-to-Wednesday sale.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then there are the agents that sell cruises on behalf of the lines…like VacationsToGo<\/a>, and CruiseCritic<\/a> and Cruise.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, they're able to come up with the best deals of all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even on Black Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sapphire Princess<\/a>
\n\t4 nights<\/span>
\n\tJanuary 20, 2014<\/span>
\n\tLos Angeles<\/a> (return): <\/span>Catalina Island<\/a>, <\/span>Ensenada<\/a>
\n\tInside: $269<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $67<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It started with televisions and stereo systems going on sale at the crack of dawn, and it was known as the kick-off to the Christmas shopping season. Black Friday. As the day between Thanksgiving and Saturday, its naming roots go back more than 40 years, when pedestrian and vehicle traffic was so intense that it… Continue reading Black Friday cruise deals often more than a day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,36,15],"tags":[1469,138,912,427,72,843,1470,35,126,957,65,1471,441,1141],"class_list":["post-19474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-reviews","category-stories","tag-black-friday-sales","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-critic","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-sales","tag-cruise-com","tag-cruises","tag-norwegian","tag-princess-cruises","tag-sapphire-princess","tag-thanksgiving-day-sales","tag-vacations-to-go","tag-west-coast-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}