Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Singles Finally Get Noticed!

Over the last few years cruise lines have all begun to realise that by not offering any single cabins to solo travellers they are driving away many keen cruisers!


We have seen P&O bring in single cabins on their new ship Azura, NCL launched single cabins on the new Epic and now Royal Caribbean are joining in by announcing that they will be adding single cabins on the Radiance of the Seas.


She will be going into dry dock at the end of May where she will emerge completely refurbished but also with the addition of 3 new single inside cabins! Not a lot really considering she can carry over 2000 passengers but its a start!

Its promising for single travellers that the cruise lines are starting to recognise they are a big part of the cruising industry. Many single travellers take a couple of cruises a year as they feel safe when on the ship and get the chance to meet many other people. At least now they will finally have more choice when it comes to choosing their next cruise, lets just hope the prices are affordable.

2 comments:

Alan said...

Hi Glad to hear that single traveller are now being recognised as a target audience by the cruise industry. Just a question do the other lines mentioned add a supplement for these cabins or are they following the role of NCL on their latest vessel (Epic) and selling the small studio cabins without any added supplement.

Tina said...

Hi Alan,

the Azura are like NCL and sell without a supplement, the Radiance I am not sure about yet as we will have not had any prices for the new single cabins.