Silversea | three deals in one

Three deals in one on Silversea, a truly luxury, all-inclusive cruise line, for selected 2018 sailings.

Deal # 1 — Last Minute Savings Offer on an all-inclusive, all-suite Silversea luxury cruise. This includes:

• one-category suite upgrade. If the upgrade is not available, you'll receive a $500 onboard credit instead.
• an onboard credit of $1000 per suite — use for shore excursions, spa treatments, specialty restaurants, and more

Deal # 2 — 5% discount off the brochure prices for the Silversea Last Minute Savings offer

Deal # 3 — round-trip transfers for the next 5 cabins sold by Brownell travel advisors for 2018 cruises

A few selected cruises... 

6OCT (7 days) — Galapagos cruise, from $7,100 pp
26OCT (10 days) — Montreal to New York, from $4,000 pp
31OCT (10 days) — Fort Lauderdale to Barbados, from $4,200 pp
13NOV (11 days) — Hong Kong to Singapore, from $6,100 pp

Your exclusive Brownell 5% discount scores you an additional $400 to $710 off these fares (and free round-trip transfers for the next 5 cabins sold). Get in touch with us!

copyright (c) 2018 by Ourisman Travel LLC. All rights reserved. We provide Virtuoso and other Preferred Partner amenities as an affiliate of Brownell, a Virtuoso® Member. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.

Silversea luxury cruises | exclusive promotion

50 selected voyages

5% savings - pay in full by 31JUL

$1,000 shipboard credit

one category suite upgrade

Virtuoso Voyages amenities

Those are the headlines ... I've looked through the fifty selected cruises, and here are details from two interesting itineraries.

October 16 — New York to Montreal (10 days)
Begin your vacation in the Big Apple, then board the Silver Spirit for a trip that takes full advantage of the autumn colors as you sail up the Atlantic coast and into Canada's St. Lawrence River. Vista Suites begin at $4900 per guest.

New York
Newport, Rhode Island
Portland, Maine
Bar Harbor, Maine
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Saguenay, Quebec
Quebec City
Trois-Rivieres
Montreal

Virtuoso Voyages amenity — your choice of Nova Scotia Wine & Culinary Experience, $175 credit per person toward purchase of a Virtuoso product, $150 shipboard credit per person


November 13 — Hong Kong to Singapore (11 days)
The cruise begins in Hong Kong, easy to reach from the U.S. and well worth visiting for a few days before you board the Silver Shadow. Your cruise takes you down the coast of Vietnam — 28 hours in Ha Long Bay (convenient to Hanoi) and 54 hours in Ho Chi Minh City. Vista Suites begin at $6100 per guest.

Hong Kong
(Day at Sea)
Ha Long Bay — 1 night in port
Chan May
Da Nang
(Day at Sea)
Ho Chi Minh City — 2 nights in port
(Day at Sea)
Singapore

Virtuoso Voyages amenity — your choice of a "highlights of Hoi An" excursion, $175 credit per person toward purchase of a Virtuoso product, $150 shipboard credit per person

Silversea is a true luxury cruise line, all ocean-view suites, all with butler service, and most with private verandas. Guests enjoy all-inclusive 24-hour dining, complimentary beverages including champagne, select wines and spirits, complimentary transportation in most ports, and free WiFi. Gratuities always included.

Click here to begin planning your Silversea Cruise!

copyright (c) 2018 by Ourisman Travel LLC. All rights reserved. We provide Virtuoso and other Preferred Partner amenities as an affiliate of Brownell, a Virtuoso® Member. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.

why luxury cruises are the best value

Nobody likes watching their wallet, but that's exactly what happens with a typical cruise. The ads headline a super-low fare, but by the time you inspect your bill at the end of the cruise, you've paid as much or more for "incidentals" as you did for the cruise itself. You've shelled out significant amounts of money for cocktails, wine at meals, soft drinks, bottled water, gratuities, etc.

That's why luxury cruises are the best value. Virtually everything is included in the price of the cruise, with some cruise lines even offering complimentary shore excursions. For instance, I just received an email blast from Seabourn advertising "unlimited luxuries for one simple fare."

• intimate ships with just 104 or 225 suites
• all-suite accommodations with ocean views
• fine wines poured at lunch and dinner
• open bars throughout the ship
• all dining venues are complimentary

Seabourn is advertising savings up to 65%*. Here are three great itineraries:

• Caribbean Hideways from $2,199 (7 days)
Visit St. Thomas, St. Martin, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua, St. Barths, St. Kitts, Prickly Pear Island


• Lisbon, Portugal to Istanbul, Turkey from $2,999 (12 days)
Explore Malaga and Alicante, Spain; Corsica; Rome; Malta; and Ephesus, Turkey.


• Thailand and Vietnam from $3,199 (12 days)
Visit Bangkok and Ko Kood (beach resort), Saigon, Danang, Hanoi, and Hong Kong.

Get to Europe in Super First Class. You get more than a sleeper seat. You get your own suite, a regular bed, and gourmet meals along the way, and you arrive with no jet lag!

• Fort Lauderdale to Lisbon, Portugal on March 18 from $2,149 (12 days)
• Fort Lauderdale to Malaga, Spain on March 21, from $2,249 (13 days)

For information on these sailings, or any luxury cruise, send us an email ... and ask about an additional $100 shipboard credit.


luxury cruises (search here on Google)

copyright (c) 2011 by David Ourisman LLC. All rights reserved. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
.


*Fares are in U.S. dollars, for new bookings only, per guest, double occupancy and subject to availability. Some suite categories may not be available. Fares are not combinable with any other offer, may vary by sailing date, are capacity controlled, subject to change without notice, and are only available to residents of the Americas. Government fees of $32.58 to $498.66 per person are additional. Seabourn reserves the right to charge a fuel supplement for all guests, without prior notice, if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70.00USD per barrel, and may collect such a supplement even if the cruise fare has been paid in full.

the true value of a luxury cruise

Do luxury cruise lines seem too expensive? Consider Silversea's 12 day London to London cruise next August. The fare for two voyagers, including port charges and fees, starts at $18,722 in a Vista Suite ($1,560 per day).

While that is a substantial sum, the true value of a luxury cruise comes to light once you calculate the cost of a land-based vacation in 5 star luxury hotels. Compare these room-only rates:

• The Dorcester (London) - $930 per night
  
• Hotel Cipriani (Venice) - $1,565 per night
  
• Four Seasons George V (Paris) - $1,120 per night

Silversea's all-inclusive fare includes all of the following...

• Accommodations
• All meals
• All beverages including wine and liquor
• Shipboard entertainment
• Gratuities
• Transportation from city to city

Silversea's London to London tour offers an exceptional itinerary. A total of three nights in London, docked at Tower Bridge. St. Peter Port in Guernsey. Cork. Dublin. Belfast. Stornoway in the Hebrides Isles, Scotland. Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands. Invergordon and Edinburgh in Scotland. And a final night back in London. This is an itinerary created with the history buff in mind.

No inside cabins on Silversea, each accommodation provides an ocean view, and 80% feature a private teak veranda. Everything onboard is complimentary: wines, champagne, spirits, a complimentary beverage cabinet in your suite. All gratuities are provided. All dining is open-seating. 24-hour room service is available with no charge and no tipping. Complimentary transportation is provided from the pier to the heart of town in many ports of call.

Consider a luxury cruise for your next vacation. Luxury cruise lines such as Silversea, Crystal, Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas, and SeaDream offer exciting itineraries ... and true value for the discerning traveler.

luxury cruise (Search here on Google)


copyright (c) 2007 by David J. Ourisman. All rights reserved. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
.