It’s Labor Day and you want to make sure you make the best of summers’ last official “holiday,” right? Why not skip the barbecue or the parade and pay tribute to America’s workers by exploring the landscape and architectural wonders built by them.
Labor Day is always the first Monday in September. On this day, the nation pays tribute to the “creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.” In any given city, many suburbs, and even small towns, you can find a number of cruise options that cover architecture, history, nature, and other related themes. For example, in Chicago, a quick trip to the city’s famous Navy Pier (600 East Grand Avenue) offers access to dozens of dinner sightseeing cruises, narrated architecture cruises, river cruises with live music and lunch, as well as narrated speed boat cruises that cover museums, skyscrapers, and the like.
In cities such as New York, cruisers may hop aboard just about any Labor Day weekend cruise to sail around the harbor. Yacht cruises allow visitors to sail the harbor in style, while sightseeing cruises offer a more casual environment characterized by jeans, t-shirts, and American comfort foods. Guests can snap pictures of the famous New York skyline, the Statue of Liberty, and other historic aspects of a city built by America’s architects, engineers, construction workers, sheet metal workers, woodworkers, and more. There are literally dozens of cruise opportunities in New York, but a great start would be Circle Line Downtown cruises at Pier 16, South Street Seaport, New York.
California, Seattle, Texas, Florida, Maine, and many other states offer hundreds of opportunities to cruise on Labor Day. All you have to do is check with your local pier, port, harbor, or beach to find the best cruise for your budget and group size.
Labor Day Cruise Deals
If you have not booked a Labor Day cruise yet, don’t worry. You will know what to do next year. As for Labor Day cruise deals, you can catch a deal right now, today! Labor Day is one of the top holidays for special sales on all types of merchandise from A-Z and it is one of the best days to nab a deal on cruises ranging from an Alaska adventure cruise to a Caribbean Cruise to an exotic cruise to Thailand. You can search for Labor Day cruise deals on your own by visiting any of the discount search engines listed at the end of this article or you can contact your local cruise travel agent and let them do the searching for you.
Labor Day cruise deals may come in the form of advanced booking discounts of up to 50 percent off or last minute discounts that can average up to 75 percent off. You may also enjoy special family discounts, group discounts, and weekday discounts. These deals are always sweeter if you book on Labor Day. Labor Day cruise sales may start at as little as $199 per person depending on destination. If you want to seal a Labor Day cruise deal, please contact your cruise travel agent by midnight on Labor Day or start browsing the discount booking search engines listed below. Happy Labor Day!
Discount Cruise Deals
Kayak.com
Expedia.com
Orbitz.com
Travelocity.com
CheapTickets.com
Cruise411.com
Cruise.com
To find out more about discount cruise vacations, you can visit any number of cruise review websites to read reviews from real passengers, with real experiences. While there are many cruise review websites to choose from, some of the most popular (and reliable) cruise review websites include:
Cruisecritic.com
Cruisereviewsonline.com
Cruisereport.com
Cruisedirectonline.com
Cruisemates.com
Cruisecritic.com offers more than just reviews, this site has several search functions to help you find everything from bargains and discounts to theme cruises, and exotic itineraries. The site also includes features, news, planning tools, and a variety of cruise message boards where fellow cruisers can exchange stories and information.
Reviews, ratings, rankings, and popularity contests — at Cruisereviewsonline.com find out which cruise ships are at the top and which ones are not. Get other information on cruise lines, as well as information, ratings and rankings on embarkation ports, and ports-of-call.
Cruisereport.com offers the lowdown on cruise lines from A to Z. Unbiased reviews, cruise searches, quotes, and feature articles are just a few of the sites extras. You can also search for “the perfect cruise” and browse through news pieces about cruising. After checking out their ratings and reviews, you can also search for discounts and deals. With more than 50,000 visitors per month, Cruisereport.com has information on roughly 8,500 current sailings.
Cruisedirectonline.com relies on reader surveys to help keep reviews & ratings in check. In addition to cruise ship reviews and ratings, visitors to the site will find top ten and top thirty lists, as well as feature articles about the best of the best in the world of cruises. The site has other information about discounts, as well as information on roughly 12,000 sailings. Cruise Direct Online has been featured in Frommer’s Budget Travel Magazine, and on MSNBC, CNBC, MSN Money, and more.
Cruisemates.com offers short reviews and ratings. The two types of ratings include: star ratings and value ratings. Star ratings are based on one question — “how good is this ship?” One star is the worst, five stars is the best. Cruisemates.com takes everything from age and accommodations to food, service, and entertainment into account when rating the worlds cruise ships. Value ratings or “thumbs up” ratings are all about the “Bang for your Buck.” Five thumbs up means the ship is an excellent value while one thumb up means you won’t find much of anything that resembles a value here.
For more information about Labor Day and what this special holiday is really about, visit the official U.S. Department of Labor website at www.dol.gov.