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CruiseCompete Releases January 2021 CruiseTrends Report

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DETROIT (Jan. 5, 2021) - CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends report for the month. This report details a picture of trends in consumer behavior for cruise ship travel for January 2021

CruiseCompete has mined its wealth of data to provide information on the most popular cruise trends among consumers, including most requested cruise ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury and river cruising.

The CruiseTrends report for is detailed below. To see more topics and data, please visit to see the entire report for this month.

Most Popular Cruise Lines
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in the given month)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Royal Caribbean International
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: Viking

In second place is Norwegian Cruise Line for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and American Cruise Lines for river.

Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Allure of the Seas

2. Luxury: Oceania Nautica
3. River: Avalon Imagery II

Next in popularity are Symphony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury and Emerald Waterways ships for river.

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

Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Mediterranean for luxury and North America for river.

Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each departure port)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale
2. Luxury: Miami
3. River: Amsterdam

Next in popularity are Miami for premium/contemporary, New York for luxury and Memphis for river.

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
2. Luxury: Barcelona
3. River: Cologne

Next in popularity are Nassau for premium/contemporary; Civitavecchia for luxury and Budapest for river.

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: Bahamas

2. Luxury: USA
3. River: Germany

Second are the USA for premium/contemporary, Spain for luxury and Netherlands for river.

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: Balcony

Number of Cabins Requested
(Based on most popular number of cabins per request)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 1 cabin
2. Luxury: 1 cabin
3. River: 1 cabin

Second are 2 cabins for premium/contemporary, 2 cabins for luxury and 2 cabins for river.

Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths
(Based on most requested itinerary lengths)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights
2. Luxury: 7 nights
3. River: 7 nights

Second are 10 nights for premium/contemporary, 10 nights for luxury and 14 nights for river.

Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2021
2. Luxury: September 2021
3. River: December 2021

Booking Window of Time
The average number of days between the date the cruise was booked and the date it sails.

1. Contemporary/Premium - booked 346 days in advance
2. Luxury - booked 432 days in advance

3. River - booked 300 days in advance

Other data available at the CruiseTrends report:

- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested

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