Are you ready to go cruising this fall and winter? But which cruise line to pick or where to go? Well, our friends at CruiseCompete sent me their CruiseTrend report for 2017 and it has a wealth of information, like:
Most Popular Cruise Lines
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in October)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Royal Caribbean International
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: Viking River Cruises
Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Anthem of the Seas (changed from Allure of the Seas last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: Viking Hermod (changed from Queen of the Mississippi last month)
Most Popular Cruise Regions
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Europe
3. River: Europe
Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each departure port)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
2. Luxury: Miami, Fla.
3. River: Budapest, Hungary (changed from Amsterdam last month)
Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each port visited during cruise itineraries, excluding departure ports)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Cozumel, Mexico
2. Luxury: Panama Canal (changed from Gustavia, St. Barthelemy last month)
3. River: Vienna, Austria (changed from Cologne, Germany last month)
Most Popular Countries Visited
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each country visited during cruise itineraries, excluding countries of departure)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Mexico
2. Luxury: United States
3. River: Germany
Most Popular Cabin Types
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony
2. Luxury: Balcony
3. River: Outside (changed from Balcony last month)
Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths
(Based on most requested itinerary lengths)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights
2. Luxury: 7 nights (changed from 10 nights last month)
3. River: 8 nights
Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2017
2. Luxury: December 2017
3. River: December 2017 (changed from September 2017 last month)
About the Author
Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.