
CRUISES
Typically, the holiday season is a popular time to set sail—and the high demand pushes cruise prices significantly higher during that period. "Cruise prices over Christmas can be double or even triple those in the first two weeks of December, which are some the lowest of the year," says Bob Levinstein, chief executive of travel-booking site CruiseCompete.com. "If you have the flexibility to travel when others can't, you can save a lot of money."