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CRUISE LINES’ OFFERS FOR SINGLE PASSENGERS.
■ Fred Olsen has 201 single cabins across its
five ships, accounting for 9% of all its cabins.
Balmoral has the most, with 63, followed by
Boudicca and Black Watch, both with 42.
Supplements average about 65%, though the
line runs offers on specific sailings where the
cruise price and the supplement are reduced.
■ Holland America Line does not have single
cabins, but offers a Single Partners Share
Programme enabling same-sex passengers to
share. Customers pay the per person double
occupancy fare, even if HAL cannot find a
partner and they end up on their own.
■ Oceania Cruises has traditionally charged
single supplements of 100%, but the line is
trialling reduced supplements of 25% on
selected winter sailings to the Far East and
South America, and on 18 summer cruises.
■ Hurtigruten does not charge single
supplements on the majority of its sailings.
■ Crystal Cruises charges single supplements
of 25% and employs gentleman “Ambassador
Hosts” for dancing and conversation.
■ Voyages of Discovery charges supplements
of 15% on a limited selection of outside
twin cabins on winter voyages and between
50% and 85% on summer sailings. Some
cruises are also offered with no single
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supplements. Special fares for single Crystal Cruises’ Ambassador Hosts ensure single ladies can still enjoy a dance
travellers are currently being offered
on this winter’s Antarctica sailings.
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■ Royal Caribbean International and
Celebrity Cruises may reduce single sup-
plements on selected sailings, but gener- SIMONE CLARK, sales and marketing director, Iglu
ally they charge 200% of the category rate. Simone feels cruises are ideal for single travellers, and believes increases
in capacity mean it is easier to source more competitive deals.
■ Island Cruises has cut its single supplement “All the new bigger ships, coupled with the current economic climate,
by 50% on Caribbean sailings this winter. means there is much more capacity in the market, which enables us to
find better value for single cruisers,” she explained.
■ Transocean Cruises puts single cruisers “We tend to offer single travellers added value in the price by often
together if they are willing to share and runs discounting much of the single supplement.”
tactical special offers for solo travellers.
SUKIE RAPAL, head of marketing,
Cruise.co.uk
■ Peter Deilmann has single cabins on Sukie says heavy discounting by cruise lines has made late deals more
some ships. There is a surcharge on single attractive for single cruisers.
occupancy of a twin cabin, but the cruise “During the summer, when cruises were £50 per person per night,
line has signed a deal with the Leading they were still far more affordable for single cruisers than they would
Cruise Agents Consortia to waive the normally be,” she added.
supplement on selected departures in 2009.
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