By Nancy Schretter Holiday airfares to sunny beach destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico are sky-high this year. If air ticket prices, limited flight availability and flying hassles are getting in the way of your holiday vacation plans, think about taking a drive-in cruise vacation instead. Cruises from close-to-home ports will take you to those same palm-studded beaches, often for less than the price of a round-trip air ticket. So before you give up on your dream of a warm weather beach getaway this holiday season, consider a drive-in cruise instead. Cruise lines recognize that expensive airfares and fewer flights are affecting vacation plans this year. As a result, they have positioned their ships in a variety of locations that are within driving distance of major cities, making holiday cruise vacations easier and less...
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