Hotwire is offering Free hotel nights to users that purchase a cruise from them. The number of nights that you receive for free is based on the price of cruise you choose and you do have to jump through a number of hoops in order to get this deal.
| Cruise Price | Number of Free hotel nights |
| $1,500-$2,249 | 1 |
| $2,250-$2,999 | 2 |
| $3,000-$4,999 | 3 |
| $5,000+ | 5 |
Now the stipulations…
Hotel must be booked within 30 days of purchasing your cruise
Only hotels with a ‘Hot Hotel Rate’ (indicated by the price being in red) are eligible
You must be logged in as a member on Hotwire.com when purchasing the Hotel
After your cruise is complete … you will then need to print out the confirmations for your cruise and your hotel as well as a printed copy of the page here: http://cruise.hotwire.com/HotelPromo.aspx.
All three print outs must be signed and then mailed to Hotwire at the address below.
Hotwire Cruise Mail-in Rebate
P.O. Box 2870
San Francisco, CA 94126-2870
They note that once you send these documents in you will receive a refund on your credit card within 6-8 weeks.
If you are booking a cruise with Hotwire you might as well take advantage of the deal but they are not making it easy to get this rebate.