Cruise Lines

Sometimes you come across an offer you just can't afford to ignore. I reckon the first three here, from Iglu and Carnival Cruise Lines, fall into that category. This week there are also some great no-fly deals and an Arctic one for would-be explorers.

Iglu Cruises has a five-night Spring Getaway from Southampton on Cunard's Queen Victoria from £399 per person, with a balcony cabin just £50 per person more - £449. You'll have an night in Amsterdam and visit Zeebrugge (for Bruges) and Le Havre in France. Call 020 8544 6447 or click here.

Iglu also has 14 nights from Southampton to the Norwegian fords on P&O Cruises' Oriana departing June 2 from £699 per person for an inside cabin. That's just £50 a night. An upgrade to an outside cabin costs £200 per person. Call 020 8544 6447 or click here.

Carnival Cruise Lines has a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise on the new Carnival Dream from Port Canaveral from £359 per person cruise-only on May 1, and there's a host of other great deals as well. But you'll have to hurry as these prices are only available today and tomorrow. Ask your travel agent to find Carnival's Pack and Go rates.

Cruise & Maritime Voyages has a six-night Norwegian fjords cruise on Ocean Countess from Hull on April 20 from £449 per person for an inside cabin or £649 per person for an ocean view. See your travel agent, call 0845 833 9798 or click here.

Gills Cruise has a 10-night Canary Islands cruise from Southampton on Royal Caribbean International's Independence of the Seas. It departs May 5 and costs from £749 per person for an inside cabin. Call 08456 582323 or click here.

It's Gills again, but this time with a 13-night Baltic cruise from Dover on Fred Olsen Cruise Lines' Braemar departing May 29, with prices from £999 per person. Call 08456 582323 or click here.

For something very different, polar cruise operator One Ocean Expeditions is offering free charter flights from Canada, worth $1,600 per person, to passengers booking a 13-day cruise through the Northwest Passage from Resolute in Canada to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland on the 122-passenger Clipper Adventurer on August 2. Prices start from US$5,590 per person excluding international flights. For more information, click here.