Cruise Packages
Now that you have more free time on your hands, why not hit the road? Or, rather, the ocean. The warehouse club has its own online travel service, Costco Travel, with plenty of packages available. When we last priced out cruises over the summer, Costco was offering an 11-night Caribbean cruise, leaving port at Bayonne, N.J., Dec. 10, with stops at several island ports including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Rates were around $1,200 per person for a balcony stateroom on Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas. The package comes with extras including a Costco cash card. A similar Caribbean cruise on Carnival started at $1,500, and a shorter Disney cruise easily doubled Costco’s price.
Willing to book last minute? The same Costco 11-night Caribbean cruise is now priced at $999 per person for a balcony stateroom; inside staterooms are going for $689 per person.