Cost of Carnival's Mediterranean cruises vs. RCI and Princess

Doing research on cost of Mediterranean cruise for Sep 2008 and found
Carnival's fares tend to be lower than Royal Carib. or Princess. Are there
reasons why this is the case?

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"jim" wrote

Doing research on cost of Mediterranean cruise for Sep 2008 and found
Carnival's fares tend to be lower than Royal Carib. or Princess. Are there
reasons why this is the case?

Same reason that Chevrolets are cheaper than Buicks or Oldsmobiles... actual
or perceived differences in quality.


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George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com


May 12, 2008 - 5 nt New Orleans http://www.cruisemaster.com/fantasy.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentine http://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm

but carnival has on board laundry, rci doesn't!! important for a longer
cruise.
we found CCL a bit less when we booked 6 months ago for the baltic but now
they're all about the same
sheree

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"jim" wrote

Doing research on cost of Mediterranean cruise for Sep 2008 and found
Carnival's fares tend to be lower than Royal Carib. or Princess. Are
there
reasons why this is the case?

Same reason that Chevrolets are cheaper than Buicks or Oldsmobiles...
actual or perceived differences in quality.


--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com


May 12, 2008 - 5 nt New Orleans http://www.cruisemaster.com/fantasy.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentine http://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm

On Jan 16, 3:15*pm, "jim" wrote:
Doing research on cost of Mediterranean cruise for Sep 2008 and found
Carnival's fares tend to be lower than Royal Carib. or Princess. Are there
reasons why this is the case?


We did the eastern med on the Carnival Freedom last year ... and
thought it was terrrific ... and I have Carnival on the bottom of my
list ... The European cruise was quite a bit subdued compared to the
normal Carnival you may be familiar with ... so it had the Carnival
good points with a lot less of their bad points ... still had the
dancing/singing waiters ...

Thus spake "George Leppla" :


"jim" wrote

Doing research on cost of Mediterranean cruise for Sep 2008 and found
Carnival's fares tend to be lower than Royal Carib. or Princess. Are there
reasons why this is the case?

Same reason that Chevrolets are cheaper than Buicks or Oldsmobiles... actual
or perceived differences in quality.

Actually, Oldsmobiles are quite a bit cheaper these days. Except for
the Aurora RS.
--
dillon

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