Booking a cruise seems to be the ultimate vacation idea – until you have to pay for it. Regent Seven Seas Cruises offers a vast array of special savings year round. With plenty of all-inclusive packages to member savings, you'll be able to book a dream cruise without a nightmare cost. Looking to book a cruise in 2012? Now is the time to save with Regent Seven Seas Cruises.

2-for1 fares are in full swing and there's an extra bonus – free roundtrip air, free unlimited shore excursions and free luxury hotel packages. Available for most destinations, you might end up saving up to $8,000 per suite. You could be heading to Barcelona, Rome, Stockholm, Athens and even Monte Carlo or Venice without spending a fortune.

You've booked your cruise, now it's time to plan your destination city shore excursions. Don't worry about paying – Regent Seven Seas Cruises offers free unlimited shore excursions in every port. Check out the Grand Canal and the Guggenheim Collection while in Venice, or the Palace & the Emerald Buddha in Laem Chaban, Thailand – all complimentary.

Regent Seven Cruises understands that traveling to your embarkation city can be a stressful experience. In an effort to simplify your travel, they've made it possible to enjoy a free one-night luxury hotel stay. They will handle transferring your luggage to your hotel, the next day, they will transfer you and your luggage to the ship, but not before you enjoy a complimentary breakfast. In addition, guests sailing in Penthouse Suites and higher will receive either an upgraded room or premium hotel property. New for 2012, guests sailing in Concierge Suites and higher will also receive the upgraded Luxury Hotel Package.

If cost is the only thing holding you back from a vacation at sea, it's time to start rethinking your vacation plans for 2012. An amazing trip in a stress-free environment is waiting and Regent Seven Seas will be there to make sure it happens for you.

Every year, more and more people travel to the great white north that is Alaska. With "remarkable fjords, endless oceans coasts, rushing rivers, green temperate rain forests, magnificent mountain peaks, spectacular glaciers and abundant wildlife" Alaska is the perfect destination for a unique traveler. It is a spectacular piece of the United States that offers absolute pure wilderness combined with a multi-cultural heritage and better yet a fascinating history.

Each year, Regent Seven Seas and Silversea Cruises travel north to Alaska. Choose from seven, nine, ten, eleven and even twelve day journeys. Most trips leave from Vancouver, but a few set sail from San Francisco. You can enjoy special offers such as free air fare, hotel room and shore excursions.

Regent Seven Seas offers one of the highest space and service ratios at seas, serving only 490 guests at a time. Boasting all-inclusive, all suite ocean view luxury accommodation, most with private balconies, the Regent Seven Seas Navigator will allow you to travel in luxury.

Choosing Silversea Cruises for your luxury Alaskan cruise will find you setting sail aboard the Silver Shadow. Only 382 guests sail at one time on the award-winning, all suite extravagant vessel. "The Silver Shadow offers a sublime sense of sophistication and comfort offered to only the privileged few."

Take in the marvels of Alaska aboard a luxury Alaskan cruise. Enjoy the Misty Fjords National Manument and its "unspoiled paradise of ice fields, glaciers and rugged mountains." Take a break from the norm and watch salmon swimming upstream or seals basking on the icebergs of Sawyer Glacier.