Welcome to the Royal Caribbean blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 207.

While we often advocate the benefits of planning your cruise months and years in advance,

sometimes you just have to get away and take advantage of a Royal Caribbean cruise at the last minute.

Last minute cruising isn't for everyone, but it is an option for those who want, or have to,

book late in the game

and still have a great cruise.

This week, we share what to consider for finding a last-minute cruise and talk about

what you have to do in the short time before sailing.

Here we go.

Imagine this.

You're sitting at home or work, looking around, you're realizing that you've reached

a point of needing a break from this. Surely you've earned a little break, and a

Royal Caribbean cruise seems like the perfect way to escape from the day-to-day doldrums that you

are actively lamenting. Some sun, beach, maybe a few trips to the windjamair, sounds just

like what the doctor ordered. The only problem? Well, you don't want to wait six months or more for a cruise.

You want one now.

And taking a real creamy cruise may sound a little crazy sometimes, or sometimes you just want to take advantage of cruise to their

sailing soon as they can choose to get away. And certainly, this podcast is predicated on the idea

of planning your cruise as far ahead as you can, but taking the last minute cruise is definitely

feasible, but you need to plan accordingly in a much shorter time span.

And it really comes down to a couple variables that some of which you have control over,

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