{"id":55902,"date":"2020-01-13T11:14:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/?p=55902"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:41:09","slug":"get-the-best-2020-wave-season-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2020\/01\/13\/get-the-best-2020-wave-season-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave Season &#8211; What is it?  How to Get the Best 2020 Wave Season Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The holidays are over and winter has arrived with snow, ice, and cold temperatures in much of the world, and people are looking for a warm getaway. The first three months of the year are known as the &#8220;wave season&#8221; in the cruising industry. What is wave season? It&#8217;s a great opportunity for you to grab a bargain, and it doesn&#8217;t matter if you are a first-time cruiser or a veteran.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Wave Season?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wave season is an approximately three-month long \u201cBlack Friday\u201d for cruise lines. From January 1st through March 31st, travelers start planning and booking their cruise vacations for the year. The cruise lines want your business and zealously lure cruisers with great prices, excellent perks, onboard spending credits, and some even offer free excursions. These three months are when the cruise lines roll out their best promotions for the year. During this time, you may be able to find free drink and dining packages, free WiFi, cabin upgrades, free onboard credit, and more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cruise lines are anxious to fill as many staterooms as they can to prevent the need to drop prices 30 to 60 days before sailing. Their goal is to get you to book early and with such great deals available, you can understand why it&#8217;s a great time to score a bargain.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Highlighted 2020 Wave Season Specials<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Take a look at this very small sampling of the many amazing 2020 wave season specials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windstar Cruises wave season promotion is named &#8220;Pick Your Perk&#8221; and starts January 7, 2020. Perks include $1,000 onboard spending, $300 airfare credit, unlimited WiFi-access (up to $70.00 a day), additional perks for Premium Suite guests and much more. In order to qualify for &#8220;Pick Your Perk&#8221; guests must book by February 28, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Princess Cruises is offering their Best.Sale.Ever. promotion, which includes free beverage packages, WiFi Internet access, and gratuities on select itineraries. Eligible voyages include: Select Princess Cruises itineraries departing on or after March 26, 2020, across a wide array of destinations. Cruises must be booked by February 29, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Holland America Line is once again offering their very popular &#8220;View and Verandah&#8221; sale. Early booking before January 17, 2020 earns a bonus $50 beverage card. Guests booking select voyages can receive a stateroom upgrade, onboard credits of up to $500, free or reduced children&#8217;s fares, 50-percent reduced deposits, a 10-percent savings on select excursions, and guests booking suites receive prepaid gratuities. These are valid on new bookings made by February 28, 2020 on Select Holland America Line cruises and Alaska Land+Sea Journeys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many more &#8220;Wave Season&#8221; specials being offered on dozens of cruises. Check out more information about Wave Season and all the current deals here. (link to Cornerstone page).<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Find the Right Wave Season Deal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Call us at 1.888.804.CRUISE (2784) to take advantage of wave season and book your dream cruise. As with every cruise we book, we&#8217;ll get you the very best deals and discounts available with no charge ever for our services. We can answer all your questions, book plane flights (when needed), hotels, your cruise, excursions, and more. Our job is to lesson your workload, save you money and time, eliminate guesswork, and give you more time to enjoy your amazing cruise. We can help you with all your cruise-related questions, and we love doing it. Visit our webpage at <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/\">CruiseExperts.com<\/a><\/u>, and check out our <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cruiseexperts.ie\/\">Facebook page<\/a><\/u> and join the InnerCircle for exclusive offers. The new Resource Center gives you all the &#8220;expert&#8221; knowledge you&#8217;ll need for your next cruise or cruise tour!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The holidays are over and winter has arrived with snow, ice, and cold temperatures in much of the world, and people are looking for a warm getaway. The first three months of the year are known as the &#8220;wave season&#8221; in the cruising industry. What is wave season? It&#8217;s a great opportunity for you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2020\/01\/13\/get-the-best-2020-wave-season-deals\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Wave Season &#8211; What is it?  How to Get the Best 2020 Wave Season Deals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,36,30],"tags":[2133,763,1791,180,2132,1114],"class_list":["post-55902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-deals","category-general","category-informative","tag-2020-cruise-deals","tag-best-cruise-deals","tag-how-to-find-the-best-cruise-deals","tag-wave-season","tag-wave-season-2020","tag-what-is-wave-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}