Wave Season Isn’t Over: These Deals Can Still Save Your Clients Money

by Dori Saltzman March 07, 2025

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Wave season is slowly winding down. Here are the offers that are still active:

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AmaWaterways

For this year’s Wave Season, AmaWaterways is offering complimentary land packages on hundreds of sailings in 2025 and 2026. The packages, which range in length from two to four nights, are available on select European sailings – more than 230 departure dates in 2025 and more than 460 in 2026. Bookings must be made between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2025. Clients who are unable to take advantage of these pre- or post-cruise extensions can take up to $2,000 per stateroom discount, depending on the itinerary and departure date.

Aurora Expeditions

From now through March 31, 2025, Aurora Expeditions is offering savings of up to 20% off on select 2025/2026 Antarctica expeditions, along with an Air Credit of up to $2,000 per person. In the Arctic, your clients can save up to 20% off, plus receive a free stateroom upgrade in balcony stateroom Categories B and C on select 2025 voyages. Additionally, solo travelers can take advantage of no single supplement sailings on select Antarctic and Arctic voyages.

Celestyal Cruises

Celestyal is offering a “Live Your Vacation Dream” Wave season promotion for all new bookings made through March 16, 2025. The campaign features savings of up to 50% across the line’s 2025, 2026, and early 2027 sailings. Additionally, select sailings earn guests a bonus credit of up to 100 euros per person pre-loaded on each guest’s CelestyalPay virtual wallet.

On specific sailings (44 2025 and 2026 departures in the Mediterranean and 40 2025 and 2026 “Desert Days” sailings in the Arabian Gulf), the promotion also includes a free cabin upgrade.

For advisors, Celestyal is offering a $50 bonus commission for select three- and four-night cruises during the campaign, and up to $100 for select seven-night cruises. A total of 19 sailings are including, including six Arabian Gulf “Desert Days” departures and 13 Greek and Mediterranean sailings.

Costa Cruises

Costa Cruises is offering a “We Miss Summer” promotion with bonus onboard credit for select 2025 Mediterranean and Northern Europe sailings of up to $200 per cabin. Bookings must be made by March 14, 2025.

Cunard

Cunard’s “Treat Yourself, On Us” promotion runs through March 26, 2025 and includes an onboard credit of up to $800 per stateroom for cruisers staying in a Queens Grill Suite on voyages of 10 to 20 nights. (Guests reserving a Britannia Stateroom receive up to $400 per stateroom OBC.) The promotion is available on most voyages between June 2025 and March 2027.

Also through March 26 only, cruisers who book a Balcony, Oceanview, or Inside stateroom on select 2025 and 2026 Alaska, Caribbean, and Panama Canal voyages on Queen Elizabeth can add the “Enjoy It All package” for $60 per person, per day. The package includes unlimited Wi-Fi, the “Beers, Wine, and Spirits” drink package, and alternative dining or Champagne afternoon tea.

Hurtigruten

This Wave Season, Hurtigruten is offering up to 25% off its Original Coastal Express itineraries and up to 15% off its premium, all-inclusive Signature voyages: the North Cape Line and the Svalbard Line. The offer runs through April 30, 2025 for travel between April 2025 and March 2026 for the Coastal Express departures, now through April 2026 for the North Cape Line, and May through September 2025 for the Svalbard Line. To help advisors sell, the line is also offering an extra 5% off on select Coastal Express departures when booked through a travel advisor.

HX

Through March 31, 2025, clients can save up to $4,000 on select all-inclusive HX expeditions that travel between March 23, 2025 and March 17, 2027.

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions

Through April 15, 2025, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is offering a “Built for Awe” promotion that provides savings of up to $9,000 on 35 itineraries sailing in 2025. Applicable voyages explore the Galapagos, Antarctica, and Iceland, among others.

Quark Expeditions

Quark is offering its biggest Wave Season promotion ever with its Triple Bonus Event, which features a pre-voyage package, valued at up to $3,500. The package includes a trio of benefits: a $1,500 flight credit (deducted from the cost of the voyage), free charter flight and pre-cruise hotel stay, and a one-year Priority Pass airport lounge membership (includes two lounge visits per passenger). This offer is available on all Arctic 2025 voyages in Svalbard, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic, as well as select 2025/26 Antarctica voyages.

Additionally, advisors booking Arctic 2025 voyages can take advantage of the “Sell Six, Sail Free” incentive. By booking six or more guests on the same voyage, advisors earn a complimentary berth on that departure. This offer can also be combined with The Triple Bonus Event Advisor incentive, enabling advisors to earn a $125 gift card for every passenger booked. Available until March 31.

Riviera Travel

Through March 31, Riviera Travel is offering savings of up to 50% on all 2025 and 2026 departures, as well as a complimentary superior drinks package, free shore excursions, and an onboard spending credit of approximately $105 per person.

Travel advisors also benefit, earning a $50 gift card for every seven-night cruise they book and a $100 gift card for 10-night or longer river cruise bookings.

Royal Caribbean

From now through March 31, 2025, Royal Caribbean is offering 60% off a second guest (promo code: BOGO60). Additionally, through Jan. 31, clients can book a Kids Sail Free cruise (promo code: KSF) on select sailings of three nights or longer departing on or after Jan. 3, 2025. The promo applies to children ages 12 years old and younger staying in the same room as the first full fare paying and second guests.

Seabourn

Seabourn’s “Sail Beyond” promo has been extended through April 30, 2025. The offer, which applies to select 2025 and 2026 ocean and expedition sailings, includes a complimentary two-category veranda suite upgrade and up to $2,000 per shipboard credit for those staying in penthouse or premium suites (up to $1,000 per suite for those in oceanview or veranda suites).

Sea Cloud Cruises

For Wave Season 2025, Sea Cloud is offering savings of up to 65% on select sailings booked by March 31, 2025. The Catch the Early Wavy promotion is available on 30 voyages across the Caribbean and Europe. The savings are appliable to the new Venice-roundtrip sailings onboard Sea Cloud Spirit, which feature an overnight docked steps form St. Marks Square.

Star Clippers

This Wave, Star Clippers is offering up to $250 in air credits and complimentary onboard beverage credits on all three of their tall ships when booking a cabin in categories two through six for voyages through Nov. 2026. Guests booking a three- to six-night sailing will receive a $150 air credit per person and $150 beverage credit per cabin, while those booking a seven- to nine-night sailing will get a $200 air credit per person and $200 in beverage credits per cabin. Guests booking a sailing of 10 or more nights will get a $250 air credit per person and $250 in beverage credits per cabin. Bookings must be made by March 31, 2025 to qualify.

Victory Cruise Lines

Through March 15, 2025, all 2026 voyages include savings of $2,000 per stateroom.

Viking

For the month of March, Viking is offering river voyages from $1,999, with up to free international air and only a $25 deposit required. Clients booking ocean or expedition voyages can get up to free airfare with the same $25 deposit required.

Additionally, from now through March 31, 2025, Viking is offering special savings on 2026/27 World Cruises with a total value of over $60,000 per couple, including free business class airfare and transfers, $4,000 per couple in shore excursion credit, $2,000 per couple in shipboard credit, a complimentary Silver Spirits beverage package, and more.

Virgin Voyages

This Wave Season, cruisers can pay for one passenger and get the second one (in the same stateroom) for 80% off, plus receive up to $300 in free drinks. No itinerary is off limits for the Wave offer. Additionally, Virgin is offering value-added propositions for solo cruisers and those who pay in full. Included are reduced single supplements (up to $3,500 off) and a 10% savings for pay-in-full clients who book and pay for their voyage at least 180 days ahead of sailing.