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The world is entering 2021 during a roaring pandemic, a slow vaccine rollout and the aftershocks of a caustic U.S. election and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Would it surprise anyone that this year's Wave season is anything but normal?
Most travel advisors and cruise executives agree that this year's period of heavy cruise promotions is, in fact, shaping up differently, but some are experiencing success, albeit for bookings that are much further out than usual.
And other advisors report seeing a "wave" of sales for noncruise products.
"There is nothing close to the traditional surge we get at this time," said Valerie Dorsey, a Cruise Planners travel advisor in Royal Palm Beach, Fla. "But we do have clients booking land vacations, all-inclusives in the Caribbean and Mexico, ski trips and even Alaska and European cruises for later in the year."