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[jckvpa0]

I'm looking for some help from some experienced travelers.

 

We would like to take a cruise around the 20th of July but we have two requirements. We would love the cruise to depart out of Boston & we really would love to have a balcony.

 

Can someone suggest the quickest search engine I could use to find this information out, which cruise line really doesn't matter.

[LHT28]

I use this site to give me an idea of what cruises go where then I look at the cruiseline website.

http://www.cruiseserver.net/travelpage/search/default.asp

http://www.*****.com/

[jckvpa0]

I use this site to give me an idea of what cruises go where then I look at the cruiseline website.

http://www.cruiseserver.net/travelpage/search/default.asp

http://www.*****.com/

 

Thank You, I'll give them a try.

[jlp20]

Look at this site. just an example.

 

http://www.smartcruiser.com

 

Part of the search criteria is port of embarkation.

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[trish1c]

Any of the major on-line travel sites will let you search by the criteria you specified: date & port of departure. There are no real differences in the search engines.

 

There may be price differences between those big sites & the on-line or brick & mortar TAs.

[parody]

we really would love to have a balcony.

 

This is really a good question. I am not aware of an easy to use cruise search engine in which it is possible to specify a balcony as a criteria. That said, all new (or relatively new) ships will have balcony and/or suites available because of their popularity. However, there are some older ships that do not have balcony staterooms (although there may be a few suites with verandahs). Maybe others can suggest a more globally efficient way to determine this, but after specifying a date and port one may need to check the deck plans for alternative cruise lines to verify that a balcony is available. One way this can be accomplished is to go to http://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/Main/home1.htm

[Virga]

that vtg link that someone posted (it may disappear) lets you search by type (Inside, OV, Balcony, Suite) and it's about the handiest thing ever

[serene56]

For July 23rd and 30th Norweign Majesty is leaving from Boston.

No balconies are available.

 

Any online booking agency will let you do a search if you click on advance search-- then click on Boston as your departure port.