Cheap cruises from Miami: the lowest fares, last-minute sailings and what a fare leaves out

This site does not sell cruises. It lists every sailing from PortMiami with a starting fare read each day, so you can see where the low fares are and then check the price with the line or a seller. Two pages do the listing. Cheap cruises ranks the lowest fares and the lowest fares per night, and last-minute cruises lists every sailing in the next 60 days.

This guide explains how those fares are read, where the lowest ones sit by trip length and region, and what a cheap fare leaves out, so you can compare like for like.

What are the cheapest cruises from Miami?

On November 14, 2026, the lowest starting fare on this site's schedule was $159 per person, taxes and fees included, and the lowest fare per night was $40. For sailings shorter than a week, the lowest fare was $159. The cheap cruises page shows which sailings those are, ranks the rest by total fare and by fare per night, and lists the cheapest sailing for each length and month.

Trips of different lengths are easiest to compare by fare per night. These are the lowest fares on the schedule by length, per person, taxes and fees included, read on November 14, 2026.

Length	Sailings	Lowest fare	Lowest per night
3 nights	307	$199	$66
4 nights	424	$159	$40
5 nights	220	$230	$46
6 nights	132	$289	$48
7 nights	656	$374	$53
8 nights	140	$374	$47
14 nights	185	$924	$66

The same comparison by where the ship goes:

Region	Sailings	Lowest fare	Lowest per night
Bahamas	869	$159	$40
Western Caribbean	469	$238	$48
Eastern Caribbean	696	$289	$48
Southern Caribbean	251	$374	$47
Panama Canal	44	$619	$56
Transatlantic	82	$679	$45
Long voyages	34	$4,399	$140

A one-way sailing ends somewhere else, in Europe or at another port, so add the flight home before you set its fare per night against a round trip from Miami. Each one-way row on the schedule says where the trip ends.

How does this site read cruise fares from Miami?

From Cruisebound, a cruise retailer that sells in the US and Canada in US dollars. Each fare is the starting fare per person for two people sharing the cheapest cabin listed, with taxes and port fees included, and each one shows the date it was read. The site refreshes its fares and rebuilds every day, and the latest reading was on November 14, 2026.

Cruisebound gives two readings of each sailing: its catalog of every sailing it sells, and the sailing's own page. When the page shows the cheapest cabin, the site prints that fare. When the page has a gap, the catalog fills it, unless the page is lower anyway.

Close to sailing, the site is stricter. In a sailing's last three weeks, a gap on the page can mean a real sell-out or a stale copy, and nothing in the data tells the two apart. So if the two readings are more than 25% apart, or the sailing's page shows no fares at all, the site prints no fare, and the row's button says "Check prices" instead. The about page explains the sources.

These are not live quotes. Fares change every day, so use them to compare one sailing with another, then get the current price from the line or seller.

Where can you find last-minute cruises from Miami?

On the last-minute cruises page, which lists every sailing leaving PortMiami in the next 60 days with its date, ship, ports and starting fare, rebuilt every day. It also names the lowest fare and the lowest fare per night in that window.

Expect gaps close to sailing. Because of the three-week rule above, some rows in the last-minute list say "Check prices" rather than show a fare. This site cannot say whether a fare will fall if you wait. The cheap cruises page compares the median fare per night of the next 60 days with the median across the whole schedule, recalculated on every build.

Booking late also runs into check-in deadlines. Carnival's online check-in closes at midnight Eastern time the night before the sailing date, Norwegian's runs from 21 to 3 days before sailing, and MSC's web check-in is open until 2 days before departure, on their pages read November 14, 2026. Ask the line how a late booking is checked in before you count on a sailing that leaves within days, and check your documents in the documents guide.

Which cruises are leaving from Miami today?

Today's departures from PortMiami head the last-minute cruises page, which is rebuilt every day. The first departure it lists is November 14, 2026.

For sailings up to December 31, 2026, the last day Miami-Dade County's Daily Dock report covers, each row also shows the terminal the county lists. A berth can change, so the terminal on your cruise documents decides. The county asks passengers to arrive only at their scheduled embarkation time, and its release of October 16, 2026 counted 81 days in the high season when seven to 10 ships call at PortMiami.

What are the cheapest cruises from Miami to the Bahamas?

The lowest Bahamas fare on this site's schedule was $159 per person and the lowest per night $40, taxes and fees included, read on November 14, 2026. For a 3-night trip the lowest was $199, and for 4 nights $159. Bahamas cruises from Miami lists every sailing by date.

The 3 and 4-night trips from Miami go to the Bahamas, and the weekend and short cruises guide sets out which days they leave and which lines run them.

Some islands charge extra. Entry to Perfect Day at CocoCay is free, Royal Caribbean says, but its Royal Beach Club Paradise Island in Nassau needs a paid day pass, and Virgin Voyages' cabanas at its Beach Club at Bimini started from $650 on November 14, 2026. The Bahamas guide sets out what each island charges.

What is not included in a cheap cruise fare from Miami?

Gratuities and bar drinks, on the mainstream lines. Check Wi-Fi as well, since only some fares and packages say they include it. Before you set one fare against another, add the daily gratuity and whatever you would buy anyway.

Gratuities

Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, MSC and Virgin Voyages add a charge per person for each day or night. These are the amounts on their own pages on November 14, 2026.

Line	Standard cabin	Suites	Notes
Carnival	$17.00 a day	$19.00 a day	Guests 2 and older. Prepay by 11:59 p.m. ET two days before sailing, or it goes on the onboard account
Royal Caribbean	$18.50 a day	$21.00 a day	Added to the SeaPass account each day if not prepaid
Norwegian	$20.00 a day, Club Balcony Suite and below	$25.00 a day, The Haven and suites	Guests 3 and older, bookings made on or after January 1, 2023
MSC	$17 a night	$23 a night, Yacht Club	Caribbean and US sailings booked from May 11, 2026. Earlier bookings $16 and $20. Not charged under 2
Virgin Voyages	$22 a night on board, $20 prepaid	No separate rate given	Since October 7, 2025, the only gratuity on the voyage, Virgin says

MSC's own pages disagree. Its US service-charges page says MSC "will automatically add a daily Hotel Service Charge" to the shipboard account, while its FAQ says "Service Charge / Gratuities are included in the cruise fare," so the charges listed in your booking decide.

The charge adds up per person. On a 4-night MSC sailing booked from May 11, 2026, $17 a night comes to $68 per person, or $136 for two, on the rate of November 14, 2026. Set that beside a 4-night MSC fare from $159 per person, read on November 14, 2026.

Drinks

Drinks bought on board carry a service charge on top. On November 14, 2026 it was 18% on Royal Caribbean and on MSC's North America sailings, and 20% on Carnival and Norwegian.

Carnival's drink package cost $69.95 per person per day bought before the cruise, plus a 20% service charge, on November 14, 2026, and every adult in the cabin must buy it. Princess's Plus package, with up to 15 drinks a day at up to $15 each, Wi-Fi and crew appreciation, cost $70 per person per day bought before the cruise on most ships, on the same date. Royal Caribbean's FAQ gives no package price, and MSC shows its prices only after you log in.

The first-time cruiser guide has each line's rules on carrying wine and soft drinks aboard.

Wi-Fi

Virgin Voyages lists unlimited Wi-Fi in every fare, along with soda and still and sparkling water. Princess includes Wi-Fi for one device in its Plus package and four in its Premier package. The Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and MSC pages I read on November 14, 2026 gave no Wi-Fi price, so check it with the line for your sailing.

Are there all-inclusive cruises from Miami?

Yes, on the luxury lines, and in part on a few mainstream fares. Regent Seven Seas, Silversea, Seabourn, Explora Journeys and Oceania all include Wi-Fi and cover gratuities in the fare, or in Seabourn's case say tipping is "neither required, nor expected". The other four include alcoholic drinks, while Oceania, on bookings made on or after September 17, 2025, lets each guest choose wine and beer at lunch and dinner or a shore excursion credit of up to $600.

To compare one of their fares with a mainstream line's, price the mainstream trip with its gratuities, drinks and Wi-Fi first. The luxury cruises guide sets out what each luxury fare includes and lists each line's Miami fares.

Among the mainstream lines, Virgin Voyages' fare includes Wi-Fi, soda and water but not gratuities. Celebrity's All Included rate adds basic Wi-Fi and its Classic Drinks Package in select staterooms, and it "cannot be added after your cruise is confirmed." MSC calls its Yacht Club "an all-inclusive luxury cruise experience," though on November 14, 2026 its service-charges page listed $23 a night for Yacht Club bookings made from May 11, 2026.

Next steps

• See the lowest fares and the best per night on cheap cruises, and the next 60 days on last-minute cruises.
• For a short trip, compare the 3-night, 4-night and weekend pages.
• Choose by month on the schedule, or by line in the cruise lines guide.
• If you are driving, the parking guide adds up what a week at the port garages costs.