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Wave season deals from Princess, Holland America, Celebrity

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Wave season deals are available for cruises to a wide range of destinations including the Bahamas
Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Celebrity Cruises unleashed a variety of wave season offers.

Princess brought back its 'Best. Sale. Ever,' offering five perks — drinks, Wi-Fi, gratuities, stateroom location upgrade and specialty dining. The perks represent a value of at least $695 on a seven-day cruise.

The sale is open to residents of the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Bermuda. It runs from Dec. 15 through March 2, and all cruises and cruise-tours are eligible.

The perks include a 'Premier Beverage Package' (ages 21 and up) or the 'Premier Coffee & Soda Package' (for those under 21). Other perks are unlimited MedallionNet Wi-Fi for all guests in a stateroom (up to four devices), crew tips and stateroom location upgrade (which applies in like-to-like stateroom types and is not available for suites). The specialty dining perk provides a meal at one restaurant for all guests in the stateroom.

Holland America Line upgrades

Holland America Line's 'The Ultimate Upgrade Event' gives a free stateroom upgrade, $75 fares for kids 17 and younger on Alaska cruises and 50% reduced deposits.

This applies to bookings for select summer 2022 through spring 2023 cruises when booked by Feb. 28, 2022. As a bonus, cruisers who book by Jan. 20, 2022, also receive up to $200 per stateroom on-board credit, depending on the cruise length.

The Ultimate Upgrade Event fares start at $799 per person, double occupancy, for Caribbean cruises and $849 for Alaska departures. Taxes, fees and port expenses are additional.

With HAL's 'Have It All' premium pricing package, shore excursions, beverages, specialty dining and Wi-Fi are included.

Three Celebrity deals

At Celebrity Cruises, travelers who make a booking Dec. 16-21 can receive up to $200 in on-board credit per stateroom to be used on any sailing Jan. 16 through Dec. 31, 2022.

And those who book by Feb. 28 can save up to $3,000 per stateroom for the first and second traveler. This applies to any 2022 itineraries, from the Italian Riviera to the Caribbean.

In addition, travelers can get 20% off Galápagos sailings in 2022 and 2023 aboard Celebrity Flora, Celebrity Xpedition or Celebrity Xploration when they book by Feb. 28. What’s more, they can claim free economy or business round-trip airfares from US or Canadian airports when booking via Flights With Celebrity.