Spring Break Cruises for College Students

Cruise ships offer make the traveling part of the vacation.

A cruise can be a luxurious way to reach your destination--as well as a way to visit multiple locales while enjoying the trip and cruise lines offer students specials during spring break months to major Caribbean hot spots.

Get to the Bahamas

This cruise includes the return trip, meals, unlimited soda and alcohol and hotel accommodates for five days and four nights at one of the 13 resorts on the island . At least one passenger per room must be a minimum of 18 years old, and all passengers under the age of 18 must have a legal, notarized document with their parent's permission to board the ship. All-inclusive packages are available. Activities on the island include scuba diving, snorkeling, parasailing, jet skiing, Pirates of the Bahamas theme park, and Garden of Groves national park, among others. According Bahamasun.com, this cruise and island stay sells out early due to the price, which in 2010 was $189 per person. Choose Club Fortuna for an all-inclusive package with a base price of $587 per person. Drinks, rooms, meals and some activities are included.

Appalachia Travel
3200 Calloway Circle
Lenoir City,TN 37772
800-867-5018
[e-mail]
Bahamasun.com

Western Caribbean

Carnival Cruises offers a four- or seven-night spring break cruises to the western Caribbean designed for college students .Travelers must be over 21 on first day of travel or accompanied by a parent or guardian 25 years or older. The four-day tour leaves from Miami, Florida, during March and April and the seven-day cruise departs from Galveston, Texas. Proper documentation is necessary and varies per country on the itinerary. Travelers will need a passport, other form of picture I.D. and/or a birth certificate for proof of U.S. citizenship. All rooms on this tour include a double bed, and the price of the tour varies depending on the reservation of an interior room or an ocean view room. The four day tour departs from Miami and goes to Key West, Florida, Cozumel, Mexico, and returns to Miami. The seven-day tour travels to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Grand Canyon, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. The base prices in 2010 range from $269 for four days to $519 for seven days.

Carnival Cruise Line
3655 NW 87th Ave.
Miami, FL 33178
800-929-6400
Carnival.com

Eastern Caribbean

Royal Caribbean hosts a seven-day cruise in the eastern Caribbean with departure dates in February through April. Travelers under the age of 21 must be in a connecting room with someone 21 years or older that expresses responsibility for the underage passenger. The price of the cruise varies depending on whether the guest chooses an interior, outside, balcony or suite room. Ports of call include Port Canaveral, Florida (departure port), Cococay, Bahamas, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Philipsburg and St. Maarten. The cruise returns to Port Canavera. Prices in 2010 started at $699.

Royal Caribbean
Corporate Guest Relations
1050 Caribbean Way
Miami, FL 33132
[phone]
Royalcaribbean.com

References

• Bahama Sun
• Carnival
• Royal Caribbean