Deep discounts are afloat for Caribbean itineraries

Always dreamed of a Caribbean cruise? This is the year. Cruise lines have slashed prices for 2007 voyages to rarely seen levels, as low as $399 a week for February sailings, in an aggressive effort to jump-start sagging sales as the busiest booking period of the year begins. The strategy for the make-or-break “wave season,” which continues through March, seems to be to “lower prices now, fill up inventory with bargain hunters and then raise rates back to traditional levels,” says Mike Driscoll of Cruise Week newsletter.

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