| The Caribbean is one of the world's favorite cruise | | | | and relax, without having to worry about paying for |
| destinations and there is always a rush to book | | | | each and every thing. |
| suitable vacation packages. The most popular cruise | | | | Your all inclusive Caribbean cruises could be a |
| times are Christmas, just after Easter, and the | | | | Western Caribbean cruise starting from Ft. Lauderdale, |
| summertime. Planning a vacation several months | | | | Miami, Tampa, or Port Canaveral and going on to New |
| ahead and getting suitable bookings done early enough | | | | Orleans or Galveston, and sometimes Baltimore and |
| would be a wise move. Early bookings often get | | | | Charleston. Typical ports of call on this route are |
| competitive rates. | | | | Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Costa Maya, |
| It is always good to gather some general information | | | | Cancun (Calica), Belize, and Key West. |
| about a proposed vacation destination. Cruise liners | | | | The other route is an Eastern Caribbean route where |
| offer their best rates during the months of January, | | | | the ports of call would include San Juan, St. Thomas, |
| May, September, October, November and first two | | | | St. Maartin, Nassau, or Labadee. Many cruise lines |
| weeks of December. If you want a smooth sailing | | | | have access to private islands. These islands are used |
| experience, then June is the month to plan your | | | | for barbecues and water activities. An all inclusive |
| vacation in as the Caribbean sees the smoothest seas | | | | cruise would entitle you to the use of all on-board |
| in June. February is the month for the roughest seas | | | | amenities. |
| and is best avoided. The general forecast for the | | | | If the cruise is along a Southern Caribbean route then |
| Caribbean is that the most likely time for hurricanes is | | | | the ports of call would include Aruba, Curacao, |
| in the month of September. | | | | Barbados, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Johns (Antigua), St. |
| All inclusive Caribbean cruises are a wonderful way to | | | | Thomas, St. Maarten, Martinique, Caracas (Venezuela), |
| unwind and relax. All inclusive is a concept that refers | | | | Dominica, Guadeloupe, Catalina Island (Dominican |
| to all the expenses of the vacation paid in a lump sum | | | | Republic), Grenada, St. Croix, St. Barts, Tortola, and |
| usually upfront. Once this is done one can just sit back | | | | Virgin Gorda. |