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Fuel prices dont seem to effect cruise prices
I just got a great quote a Carnival cruise but the price of the plane
trip from Boston down to Florida is more than killing the savings. I wonder why Airline tickets are so high when cruise line prices have not gone up. |
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Fuel prices dont seem to effect cruise prices
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" wrote: I just got a great quote a Carnival cruise but the price of the plane trip from Boston down to Florida is more than killing the savings. I wonder why Airline tickets are so high when cruise line prices have not gone up. The airlines can mothball planes on short notice and they can cut flights and cram people into fewer flights. That creates demand for a smaller amount of seats available. Cruise line prices for the Caribbean are soft right now because demand is down and more ships, which means more berths, are coming online because those ships were planned years ago. Also cruises are a leisure industry and people can cut that out and do something cheaper like for example,camp. Air travel does have the leisure aspect but a large part of the demand is business travel. -- Charles |
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Fuel prices dont seem to effect cruise prices
"Charles" wrote in message d... In article . com, " wrote: I just got a great quote a Carnival cruise but the price of the plane trip from Boston down to Florida is more than killing the savings. I wonder why Airline tickets are so high when cruise line prices have not gone up. The airlines can mothball planes on short notice and they can cut flights and cram people into fewer flights. That creates demand for a smaller amount of seats available. Cruise line prices for the Caribbean are soft right now because demand is down and more ships, which means more berths, are coming online because those ships were planned years ago. Also cruises are a leisure industry and people can cut that out and do something cheaper like for example,camp. Air travel does have the leisure aspect but a large part of the demand is business travel. -- Charles The softening of people cruising might also have to do with everyone starting to feel the pinch of the increase in gas prices. I've gotten notices from a few service providers I deal monthly about fuel price surcharges of $10 to $15 each. Add all that together along with a big increase from the airlines & people start to look twice about taking that second cruise vacation. |
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