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Old February 20th, 2006, 11:59 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Default Travelocity/Princess Single Penalty

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:01:59 -0600, Lloyd Parsons
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So basically Princess is telling the single/solo traveler to buzz off?
I mean, the supplement is pretty much BS to start with 'cause there is
almost always empty cabins on every cruise, regardless of the signs at
the ports and now they want to jack it UP?


Hi Everyone,

The cruise lines receive between a large portion of their revenue
from the onboard spend. The average is 30-40% of what you pay for a
cruise according to their latest financials. IOW, this would mean
that to make up for the revenue lost by booking a single they would
have to spend between 30 & 40% of what a couple paid for their cruise
ticket (onboard spend) AND a 100% single supplement. I know that some
folks do not spend between 30-40% onboard of what they paid for the
cruise but this is the industry average. Don't think that many cruise
lines are not sailing completely full. Princess has been contacting
travel agents every week offering all types of incentives to get folks
off of oversold sailings. These incentives can include up to a 100%
refund and shipboard credits. Unless singles are going to spend
60-80% (on average) of what a couple would pay to sail, then yes the
bean counters are going to consider singles a loss in revenue.

Best regards,
Ray
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