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Cruise:

Cruise are one of the best kept secrets. You would think, cruises cost a lot of money. The reality is totally opposite. Infact on a per day cost basis, you can find cruises for < $100/day, which is cheaper than lodging, food and transportation cost of visiting any other place.

There are 3 big Cruise Companies in US => Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise. Link below shows their revenues and how these cruise companies exploit poor countries:

Economy of Cruise ships => https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-economics-of-cruise-ships

Cruise are a great way to go to ports in Mexiso, Bahamas, etc. If you fly to these places, it will cost a ton of money. Cruises are lot cheaper with all your lodging, food and transportation taken care of.

For a cruise, you need to find out a port of departure and the port which you want to visit. Most cruises going to neighboring countries are round trip cruise. There are also 1 way cruise which take you to Europe. Those are lot more expensive, and you have to fly back on your own expense. I would adive to stick with round trip cruise. Below are top US Cruise ports of Departure

These are the top 15 cities which have cruise ports from where you can get cruises to places outside of USA => https://www.bts.gov/content/top-15-cruise-ship-ports-port-departure

The more busy a cruise port is, the more discounts you are going to find. Ports in Florida usually offer you the cheapest cruises. Top 3 spots are all taken by Florida ports (Fort Lauderdale/Miami and Port Canaveral) and account for > 50% of all cruise traffic in the US. Texas has Galveston as the only cruise port, while California has 4 ports (LA/Long Beach, San Diego and San Francisco). Lone port in NY, Seattle and New Orleans round up the top 10. I would suggest that you take a cruise from a port that you can drive too. That way you save money on plane tickets. Also, cruise trip itself is exhausting, so you don't want to get on a plane ride right after the cruise trip is done.

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