Last minute cruises

So I live in Florida and plan on picking a week in January for a Any Caribbean cruise with any line. Hoping to get a great deal. Currently I am seeing great deals last minute to December. When is the latest you can actually book a cruise?

So I live in Florida and plan on picking a week in January for a Any Caribbean cruise with any line. Hoping to get a great deal. Currently I am seeing great deals last minute to December. When is the latest you can actually book a cruise?

Depending on the cruise line anywhere from 72 hours to 5 hours. Keep in mind that you'll have to book directly with the cruise line not a TA or online.

The choice of cabins might be very poor as well.

This is all new to me ... so PLEASE forgive me if the question has been asked and answered a million times ... I *AM* browsing the forum and searching for threads ... that's how I came upon this thread :)

Please feel free to link me to other threads if you don't want to answer here.

But ... I travel to Tampa about once a month. I am VERY interested in finding last minute cruise deals from the Tampa port.

I prefer a balcony but I know for last minute I may be 'taking what you can get' and I'm willing to do that if the price/timing, etc. is right ... for more planned cruises I can be pickier ... but for a super inexpensive/last minute cruise ... sometimes, I'd (almost) be willing to sleep in a deck chair if it would get me a few days at sea and away from the 'real world' for a short break.

Is my best bet just to keep looking on the actual cruise line web sites? Or should I be looking at travel-package sites? Contacting a Tampa area travel agent (not asking for a specific recommendation which i know isn't allowed) ... I just need some general guidance about how to even get started with very last minute deals as opposed to something planned out months in advance.

Look at some of the online TA sites or the cruise line sites.

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