After last month's Carnival Triumph and Royal Caribbean hit with virus just last Friday, the cruise industry is creating extra incentives to sweeten the deals for vacationers.

Although cruise is statistically extremely safe, almost as safe as air travel and immensely safer than car travel it seems these recent incidents might cause a damper and cruise lines are delivering deep discounts and plenty of perks.

"These types of incidents do give a lot of people pause, and this just sort of accelerates some of the values we were already anticipating," says Gabe Saglie, senior editor for the deal site TravelZoo.com.

Cruise experts say the best deals they've been seeing are on cruises to Alaska and in Europe. There are also plenty of opportunities to sail around the Caribbean.

Below are some of the deals, use any of the three coupon links below to score the best deal. Keep in mind that tax and fees will be added as extra to the base price.

Ultimate Cruise Sale at Travelocity: Prices as low as $45 per night

Top offerings: 4-night Western Caribbean cruise for $47 per night.

*Cruise cash back offerings, deals departing March 11 and beyond.

Ultimate Cruise Sale at CheapCarribean: Deals departing March 15 and beyond

Top Deal: 3-night Royal Caribbean cruise from $63 per night

Top Weekend Cruise Deal

58% off 2-night Bahamas cruise for two

Was: $478
Now: $199 (inclusive price for two people)

Taxes: $30 per night, per person.

**Includes Category 4 oceanview room