One way cruise

[Lady D.]

Hi! My family and I are not new to cruising whatsoever, but would like to change things up, we wondering of there is such a thing a one way cruise? Example: We would like to fly to Jamaica stay in a resort for a few days and cruise back to the U.S.

If anyone has experience with this please share.

 

Thank you very much. 

#18cruisesbutwhoscouting

[1025cruise]

I don't think such a cruise exists.

[gooch47]

Sorry.  Wrong thread.

Edited January 9, 2019 by gooch47

[Flatbush Flyer]

26 minutes ago, Lady D. said:

Hi! My family and I are not new to cruising whatsoever, but would like to change things up, we wondering of there is such a thing a one way cruise? Example: We would like to fly to Jamaica stay in a resort for a few days and cruise back to the U.S.

If anyone has experience with this please share.

 

Thank you very much. 

#18cruisesbutwhoscouting

Of course there's "such a thing" as a one way cruise. And it's pretty much all that we do (e.g., Sydney to L.A., Lisbon to Rome, Valpo to Papeete, San Francisco to New York, etc).

 

With a very few exceptions, all our cruises are preceded by several days in/near the embarkation port and finish with several days in a different disembarkation port. This strategy makes for very diverse and interesting vacations that also have the added benefit of maximizing the value of your airfare.

"One way" cruising (often between tropical and/or exotic locations permitting extended stays) is yet another reason why we prefer Oceania - so many itineraries beyond RT Miami (or RT anywhere).

Gotta run: need to get ready for a Rio to Lima cruise!

Edited January 9, 2019 by Flatbush Flyer

[payitforward]

There are trans-Atlantic and Panama Canal cruises.

[navybankerteacher]

There is not sufficient demand for one way cruises of the sort OP wants.  The mass market cruise lines have two thousand - and- up bunks to fill on each of hundreds of monthly  sailings.Additionally, the WHTI,  on which those lines depend, supports the concept of closed loop (as opposed to one way) sailings which budget-minded, non-passport holding cruisers prefer.

 

Yes, there are lots of one way cruises:  trans-Atlantic’s, West Coast to East Coast, Canada to West Coast, Canada to East Coast, (in 2017 we enjoyed several days in Quebec and then sailed down the Canadian and New England coasts)    etc.  - but the Bahamas and  Caribbean market is saturated with closed loop itineraries.

[lenquixote66]

I could be wrong but I seem to recall friends of ours flying to San Juan ,touring the area and then cruising to several Caribbean islands and sailing to NY.

[George C]

We did a Hawaii cruise that started there and ended in Vancouver. You maybe able to find one going from San Juan but this is not common.

[wheezedr]

There are one way cruises all over the world.  With respect to the US it is a bit more of a challenge due to the PVSA.  You can one way from a foriegn port to a US port or vice versa, think Vancouver to Alaska or Quebec to a US port. However you can only one way from one US port to another if you also stop at a distant foriegn port, such as Columbia or the ABC islands.   In the rest of the world there are one ways all over the Med as well as TA’s, Australia to New Zealand, etc.   Has never been much market from US to a specific Caribbean island, because cruise line would then need to originate another cruise at that point either back to the US or to some third point

[MicCanberra]

There are one way cruises or relocation cruises but not necessarily out of Jamaica.

[Essiesmom]

There are one way cruises within the Caribbean but they go among the islands, not to the US.  EM

[Essiesmom]

1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said:

I could be wrong but I seem to recall friends of ours flying to San Juan ,touring the area and then cruising to several Caribbean islands and sailing to NY.

 

And I have taken a cruise from NYC that ended in San Juan.  But it was repo cruise, Celebrith Summit repositioning from Bayonne to San Juan for her winter season.  Likely your friends were doing the spring repo back to NYC.  EM

[paul929207]

I would suggest talking to a good travel agent to find out what is available.

[shipgeeks]

If you have a cruise travel agency website that allows you to customize your search, you can look up "Repositioning" cruises.  They are rare, but occasionally a ship will move from, for example, NY to San Juan, or vice versa, to start a cruising season in the new port.

[Flatbush Flyer]

19 minutes ago, shipgeeks said:

If you have a cruise travel agency website that allows you to customize your search, you can look up "Repositioning" cruises.  They are rare, but occasionally a ship will move from, for example, NY to San Juan, or vice versa, to start a cruising season in the new port.

A better bet for different start/end ports at attractive cost/day are "transoceanic" repositioning cruises, which are plentiful. For example: https://www.oceaniacruises.com/cruise-finder/#destinations=transoceanic

[bob brown]

"Repositioning Cruises", are those where a ship will make a seasonal migration to its summer or winter homeport.  Usually done in the Spring or Fall.   I love these cruises, and they are often a huge bargain on a per day basis....

Also there are several world or "grand" voyages, where it may be broken up into shorter "segments" that one can book...

Edited January 9, 2019 by bob brown

[Zach1213]

12 hours ago, Essiesmom said:

There are one way cruises within the Caribbean but they go among the islands, not to the US.  EM

 

Not to be pedantic, but some of the islands in the Caribbean are the US...Puerto Rico, St Croix, and St Thomas for example.

[MCC retired]

In addition to the 1 way Repositioning Cruises , Canada New England as well as Alaska North/South can be booked 1 way.

 

[shipgeeks]

1 hour ago, MCC retired said:

In addition to the 1 way Repositioning Cruises , Canada New England as well as Alaska North/South can be booked 1 way.

 

We did Fort Lauderdale to Montreal last spring; the reverse might be done in the fall.

[MicCanberra]

 A cruise time table (one word) site might help locate something that would suit.

[Essiesmom]

there is no problem posting https://www.cruisetimetables.com/#home.  They are not a travel agency.  EM

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, Essiesmom said:

there is no problem posting https://www.cruisetimetables.com/#home.  They are not a travel agency.  EM

cheers, I find it a very useful site.

[NantahalaCruiser]

The only cruise  I could find departing from Jamaica was a Transatlantic to London.

[MicCanberra]

I have found these.

From Sun 10 Mar 2019 or Sat 16 Mar 2019
(To Wed 3 Apr 2019)
Ship AIDAluna

Cruise Schedule: Montego Bay, Jamaica (10 Mar d2200); Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos (12 Mar 0800-1900); Amber Cove, Dominican Republic (13 Mar 0700-1800); Ocho Rios, Jamaica (15 Mar 0800-2200); Montego Bay, Jamaica (16 Mar 0600-2200); Samana, Dominican Republic (18 Mar 0900-1600); Tortola, British Virgin Islands (19 Mar 1000-1900); Philipsburg, St. Maarten (20 Mar 0800-1800); Ponta Delgada, Azores (26 Mar 0800-1800); La Coruna, Spain (29 Mar 0800-1800); Le Havre (Paris), France (31 Mar 0800-1900); Dover, England (01 Apr 0800-1900); Hamburg, Germany (03 Apr a0800).

 

From Fri 15 Mar 2019
(To Wed 3 Apr 2019)
Ship Magellan

Cruise Schedule: Montego Bay, Jamaica (15 Mar d1900); La Romana, Dominican Republic (17 Mar 0700-1700); Tortola, British Virgin Islands (18 Mar 1300-2100); Philipsburg, St. Maarten (19 Mar 0800-2200); St Johns, Antigua (20 Mar 0800-1330); Bridgetown, Barbados (21 Mar 0900-2000); Horta, Azores (28 Mar 0800-2000); Ponta Delgada, Azores (29 Mar 0800-2000); London, England (03 Apr a0700)

 

From Sun 17 Mar 2019
(To Fri 5 Apr 2019)
Ship AIDAdiva

Cruise Schedule: Montego Bay, Jamaica (17 Mar d2100); Puerto Limon, Costa Rica (19 Mar 0800-1700); Colon, Panama (20 Mar 0600-1700); Cartagena, Colombia (21 Mar 1100-1800); La Romana, Dominican Republic (23 Mar 0800-2200); Tortola, British Virgin Islands (25 Mar 0700-1800); Basseterre, St. Kitts (26 Mar 0800-2300); Philipsburg, St. Maarten (27 Mar 0700-1600); Ponta Delgada, Azores (02 Apr 0900-1700); Tenerife, Canary Islands (04 Apr 1100-2300); Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (05 Apr a0500)

[MicCanberra]

From Mon 8 Apr 2019
(To Wed 24 Apr 2019)
Ship Mein Schiff 6

Cruise Schedule: Montego Bay, Jamaica (08 Apr d2200); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (10 Apr 0800-1800); Philipsburg, St. Maarten (12 Apr 0730-1900); Funchal, Madeira (19 Apr 0700-1800); Gibraltar, UK (21 Apr 0800-1800); Barcelona, Spain (23 Apr 0800-1800); Palma De Mallorca, Spain (24 Apr a0800)

 

From Tue 23 Apr 2019

(To Sat 11 May 2019)
Ship Marella Discovery 2

Cruise Schedule: Montego Bay, Jamaica (23 Apr d2000); Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos (25 Apr 0800-1900); Kings Wharf, Bermuda (27 Apr 0800-2300); Horta, Azores (03 May 0800-1800); Ponta Delgada, Azores (04 May 0800-1700); Porto, Portugal (06 May 1100-1900); Lisbon, Portugal (07 May 0800-1700); Cadiz, Spain (08 May 1000-2200); Gibraltar, UK (09 May 0700-1700); Cartagena, Spain (10 May 0800-1600); Palma De Mallorca, Spain (11 May a0600)