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Old February 21st, 2006, 02:12 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Default Travelocity/Princess Single Penalty

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:23:45 -0600, Lloyd Parsons
wrote:

I don't think anyone doubts that a single is less revenue, but it is
only a loss on a fully sold out cruise of 2 to a cabin. And yes, there
are some cruises that do go out full, but many more don't according to
some of my sources.


Hi Lloyd,

All of your assumptions are based on ships going out less than full.
This is just not the case. Cruise lines such as Princess are bribing
folks to get off of their ships because they are overbooked. In the
popular price market, most ships with the exception of one line that I
can think of go out completely full. If the cruise lines were going
out less than full as they were in 2002, after 9/11, your assumptions
would make financial opportunity. They don't in the current market.

Best regards,
Ray
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