Cruise lines are eager to get in on the upcoming Black Friday shopping frenzy by tempting future guests with a range of fare discounts, onboard credits, and free perks and services.
The incentives are typically offered not just on Black Friday, as most sales take effect before the big sale day and continue into early December.
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Azamara
Azamara introduced its Black Friday Flash Sale on three 2025 voyages to South America, Asia, and the Mediterranean. The offer includes a discount of up to $4,000 (USD) on the stateroom cost. For non-USD bookings, the value of the savings offer will be converted to the guest’s currency.
The flash sale can be combined with another, existing offer, called the November Brand Offer, providing up to a $750 per stateroom onboard credit. The amount of the credit is based on sailing length.
The flash sale is valid for bookings made from November 19, 2024 to December 4, 2024 on three voyages. They include a 25-night Carnival Rio & Amazon Voyage, departing February 25, 2025; a 20-night Treasure of Asia Voyage, departing March 14, 2025; and a 12-night Spring Mediterranean & Grand Prix Voyage, departing on May 20, 2025.
Hurtigruten
Hurtigruten’s Black Friday sale runs from November 15, 2024 to December 2, 2024, although travel agents can start booking the special fares on November 13, 2024. Guests must book the sale fares by calling the cruise line or using its web site.
The line, an expedition-style brand that offers Norway and Arctic Circle voyages, is discounting fares up to 50% on certain sailings.
Fare reductions of up to 50% are available on some Coastal Express departures until September 2025. Coastal Express voyages explore the Norwegian coast and call at 34 ports. Guests can choose northbound or southbound routes, or combine both into a roundtrip option.
Discounts of up to 25% are offered on two of the line’s signature cruises — the Svalbard Line and the North Cape Line. The Svalbard journey operates in summer and includes the Norwegian coast and the Svalbard archipelago, while the North Cape cruise is a winter season voyage with a focus on the Northern Lights.
Margaritaville at Sea
The small cruise line that currently operates two ships is also getting in on the Black Friday action with its biggest-ever sale! Margaritaville at Seas is providing 60% off sailings that depart through 2026, 3rd and 4th guests sail free, and up to $300 of onboard credit! There’s also 10% off a number of different packages, including drinks and dining.
MSC Cruises
From November 13, 2024 to November 18, 2024, MSC Cruises is offering multiple perks to guests booking a sailing on any of its ships, including its newest ship, MSC World America, set to enter service in April 2025 from PortMiami.
The deal is for up to 35% off cruise fares, onboard credits up to $400, and free drinks and WiFi. The offer reflects savings of about $700 on 4-night cruises and about $1,000 on 7-night sailings.
MSC World America, under construction at a French shipyard, will offer seven districts, 13 dining venues, and thrill rides such as the Over-Water Swing Ride.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Guests can take advantage of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Black Friday offering, which includes a massive 50% off all cruises plus an option from a number of Free at Sea options such as unlimited open bar, free airfare and more.
Virgin Voyages
Virgin Voyages is combining fare discounts with bar tab credits on all cruises operating through 2026 that are booked between November 13, 2024 and December 3, 2024.
Under the offer, guests buy one cruise fare at a regular price and get 80% off the second guest’s fare. The bar tab credits are based on cruise length. A $100 bar credit is valid on cruises of 4 to 5 nights, $200 on cruises of 6 to 8 nights, and $300 on sailings of 9 or more nights.
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The offer includes sailings on the line’s newest ship, Brilliant Lady, set to debut in September 2025. The new ship will offer departures from New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle in 2025. All Virgin Voyages fares include crew gratuities, WiFi, and other onboard services.
Oceania Cruises
Oceania Cruises launched its “Best-Ever Black Friday Sale” with a major cabin upgrade and the choice of another substantial perk.
The boutique line is offering an up-to-four-category stateroom upgrade plus a choice of a premium drink package, a shipboard credit of up to $1,000, or free or reduced air fare. Base cruise fares already include all specialty dining, WiFi, crew tips, and other services.
The Black Friday deal applies to bookings made between November 15 and December 10, 2024 on 90-plus voyages with departure dates in 2025 and 2026.
HX
HX, formerly known as Hurtigruten Expeditions, launched cruise fare discounts of up to 50% on certain voyages in 2024 and 2025 when booked by December 9, 2024.
The discount rate varies by destination. The Grand Greenland: Mythical Lands of the North voyages offer savings up to 44%.
On Highlights of Antarctica cruises; Galápagos – In Darwin’s Footsteps sailings; and Alaska’s Inside Passage and Aleutian Islands voyages, guests can save up to 48%.
Discounts up to 50% are offered on Svalbard in Spring: Return of the Sun cruises as well as the Antarctica & Falklands Expedition voyage.
Seabourn
Luxury line Seabourn is getting in on the action with its “Black Friday Sail,” offered on bookings made between November 14 and December 3, 2024.
The promotion features a two-category veranda suite upgrade on certain voyages in 2025 and 2026, and a 15% reduced deposit on some itineraries. The deal is offered on 300-plus cruises across the globe on all Seabourn ships including its expedition ships, Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit.
Royal Caribbean
Multiple discounts are on offer under Royal Caribbean’s Black Friday sale. First, guests who book a cruise between November 8 and December 9, 2024 will receive 60% off the cruise fare for the second person in the cabin and 30% off the fare for the third and fourth guests on voyages departing after November 9, 2024.
Also, children under 12 sail free on cruises of three nights or longer under the same booking and sailing window as above. Many voyages are excluded from this offer, such as holiday sailings and Alaska cruise-tours.
Royal Caribbean’s “Black Friday Early Access Extension Sale” has a booking window of November 19 to 21, 2024 on cruises departing on or after November 16, 2024. This sale offers up to $750 in savings.
Windstar Cruises
Upmarket line Windstar Cruises rolled out a “Pick Your Perk” offer valid not only through the Black Friday/Cyber Monday timeline but continuing through March 31, 2025. The deals are offered on sailings through June 2026.
Guests can select one free pre- or post-cruise hotel night or an onboard credit up to $1,000. Guests booking premium suites also receive a third option of an upgrade to the line’s All-Inclusive Fare. The fare, a $99 per day value, covers all drinks, gratuities, and WiFi.
Those who book between November 18 and December 2, 2024 will pay reduced deposits of $300 per guest.
