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Your meals are included in your ticket on most cruise lines, but any alcoholic beverages are extra (and often much more expensive than at your local liquor store).  You can ask your steward to lock the bar fridge in your room and avoid the bars on the boat.  There is usually one day on the cruise (either the first day or the last day) when drinks are free for a captain's party—a cheap airline tickets in italy welcoming cheap airline tickets in italy celebration or a goodbye celebration.  Party there.
When you book your cruise vacation, the cruise ship company will offer to book shore excursions for you.  They usually offer a variety of options for what you can do in port.  However, many of these excursions are more expensive than if you booked them yourself.  Browse the options cheap airline tickets in italy on the cruise ship website, then do some research on your own.
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If you know what you want to do on shore and what you are willing to pay to do that, you may be able to barter for it, especially in places such as Mexico.  I found it hard to negotiate, coming from a North American attitude where prices are set and paid without question, but we were able to negotiate a cheap boat ride from Cabo San Lucas to the nearby beach.
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Repositioning cruises also offer cheaper prices for the cruise traveler.  These cruises happen when a cruise line is moving a boat between one location (such as Europe) to another location (such as North America) at the change of the cruise season.  This may also save you money on airfare because you only need to fly one-way.
Airfare is expensive, so the further you have to fly to start your cruise vacation, the more you'll have to pay.  If you live near a seaport such as Vancouver, Montreal, cheap airline tickets in italy Miami, Seattle, or Los Angeles, look for cruises departing from that port.  Many hotels offer cruise deals that include cheap airline tickets in italy parking while you are away and shuttle to and from the cruise terminal before and after your cruise.  You could also consider cheap airline tickets in italy other options for getting to the cruise port, such as bus or train.
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