MSC has gift cards for agents, savings for clients with new campaign

FORT LAUDERDALE — MSC Cruises is offering bonus commission incentives for travel agents and a special deal for clients to get 50% savings on Caribbean, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, and UAE sailings, all part of CLIA’s Plan a Cruise Month starting Oct. 1.

Travel agents will receive a US$50 gift card for each stateroom booked in the MSC Yacht Club onboard MSC Divina from Oct. 1 – 31. To redeem, agents need to send an email to sales.service@msccruisesusa.com with their booking number once the deposit has been made.

The consumer promotion also runs right through the end of October, and offers discounted cruise fares as well as extra perks in the Caribbean including between US$50 and $150 in onboard credit, free WiFi packages and drink packages. Plus, kids 11 and under sail free on select sailings.

Here are more details:

MSC Cruises Two for One plus Caribbean deal

Guests can save up to half off 7+ night sailings in the Caribbean between December 2017 and March 2019 on MSC Divina and MSC Seaside, arriving in Miami in December 2017. Passengers also get bonus perks like $50-$150 onboard credit, free WiFi packages and drink packages, depending on category of stateroom booked.

Sample itineraries for sailings on MSC Seaside and MSC Divina include:

MSC Seaside – Dec. 23: Guests can experience the first 7-night Caribbean sailing of the revolutionary MSC Seaside as she departs for the first time from Miami with ports of call in St John’s, San Juan and Nassau. Prices start at $958 per person.
MSC Seaside – Jan. 27, 2018: 7-night cruise departing from Miami with ports of call in Ocho Rios, Georgetown and Cozumel. Prices start at $589 per person.
MSC Divina – Feb. 15, 2018: 11-night cruise departing from Miami, with ports of call in Pointe-a-Pitre, Basseterre, Fort de France, San Juan, Bridgetown and Freeport, Grand Bahama. Prices start at $829 per person.

MSC Cruises Two for One Mediterranean, Northern Europe and UAE cruise deals

Cruisers can save 50% off brochure rates, and reduced deposits of $99 for all Mediterranean, Northern Europe and UAE sailings.

Mediterranean: For those looking to explore the Mediterranean, 50% savings apply to all sailings between November 2017 to November 2018, including MSC Cruises’ newest ships — the sparkling new MSC Meraviglia, which debuted in June 2017, and MSC Seaview, which will debut in June 2018 — as well as MSC Orchestra, MSC Divina, MSC Fantasia, MSC Musica, MSC Opera, MSC Poesia, and MSC Sinfonia.

Sample itineraries for sailings in the Mediterranean include:

MSC Meraviglia – Jan.19, 2018: 7-night cruise departing from Barcelona, Spain with ports of call in Marseille, Genoa, Civitavecchia, Palermo and Valletta. Prices start at $439 per person.
MSC Seaview – June 17, 2018: 7-night cruise on MSC Cruises’ newest Seaside-class ship, arriving June 2018, departing from Genoa with ports of call in Naples, Messina, Valletta, Barcelona and Marseille. Prices start at $908 per person.

Northern Europe: Northern Europe sailings from March 2018 through October 2018 are eligible for half off, including MSC Meraviglia, which after sailing her inaugural season in the Mediterranean will be repositioned to Northern Europe for the summer 2018 season. Sailings are also available on board MSC Magnifica, MSC Orchestra and MSC Preziosa.

Sample itineraries for sailings in Northern Europe include:

MSC Meraviglia – May 20, 2018: 11-night cruise departing from Hamburg, Germany with ports of call in Kirkwall, UK; Akureyri, Iceland; Isafjordur, Iceland; Reykjavik and Invergordon, UK. Prices start at $1,329 per person.
MSC Magnifica – April 23, 2018: 7-night cruise departing from Southampton, United Kingdom with ports of call in Le Havre, Zeebrugge, Amsterdam and Hamburg. Prices start at $429 per person.

United Arab Emirates: Cruises to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and MSC Cruises’ newest private destination, Sir Bani Yas Island Beach Oasis, are also reduced by 50% between December 2017 and March 2019 on the magnificent MSC Splendida.

Sample itineraries for sailings in the UAE include:

MSC Splendida – Feb. 3, 2018: 7-night cruise departing from Dubai with ports of call in Abu Dhabi, Sir Bani Yas Island, Muscat and Khor al Fakkan, UAE. Prices start at $499 per person.
MSC Splendida – Feb. 10, 2018: 7-night cruise departing from Dubai with ports of call in Abu Dhabi, Sir Bani Yas Island, Bahrain and Doha. Prices start at $499 per person.