Four-day Baja Mexico cruise in 2010 for $154

You could easily spend more money staying at home than hopping aboard one of Carnival’s four-night Baja cruises. These short, round-trip excursions from Long Beach stop at Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico — just a fun, quick and inexpensive dose of the cruising life.

Deal: On the Carnival Paradise, the trip is available to advance bookers for incredible prices, for certain dates in 2010. Book way ahead for the lowest price I’m seeing, which is for the sailing leaving Monday evening, Nov. 29, 2010 (and returning on Friday morning, Dec. 3). An interior stateroom is available for $154 per person (before taxes and fees; based on double occupancy). After taxes and fees, for two people, that’s a total of $393 — or less than $50 total, per person, per day.

Rest assured, you can still get a good deal not quite as far off. For sailings Jan. 18 and Feb. 1, 2010, pre-tax rates start at under $180 per person.

These “early-saver” rates, available to those booking at least three months in advance, require a nonrefundable $150-per-person deposit for cruises of three to five days. If that sounds too risky, you might want to opt for the slightly pricier “fun-saver” rate instead, for which Carnival’s regular cancellation policy is applicable. For that Jan. 18 sailing, the “fun-saver” category starts at $194 per person.

To begin your search, check out the “4 Day Baja Mexico from Los Angeles” cruises on the Carnival website.

Contact: Carnival, (888) CARNIVAL

— Susan Derby, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Photo: The Carnival Paradise at sea. Credit: Carnival

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