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Travelers Choice for the Luxury Cruise Category Names Oceania as Most Popular
CruiseCompete Releases January 2022 CruiseTrends Report
DETROIT (Jan 7, 2022) - 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 2022.
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 is detailed below. To see more topics and data, please visit to see the entire report for this month.
Most Popular Cruise Lines
1. Premium/Contemporary: Royal Caribbean
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: American Queen Voyages
In second place are Celebrity for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and American Cruise Lines for river.
Most Popular Cruise Ships
1. Premium/Contemporary: Allure of the Seas
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: American Duchess
Next in popularity are Symphony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Azamara Quest for luxury and American Empress for river.
Most Popular Cruise Regions
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Caribbean
3. River: North America
Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Europe for luxury and Europe for river.
Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale
2. Luxury: Miami
3. River: Memphis
Next in popularity are Miami for premium/contemporary, Piraeus for luxury and Budapest for river.
Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited
1. Premium/Contemporary: Cozumel
2. Luxury: Philipsburg
3. River: Cologne
Next in popularity are Nassau for premium/contemporary; Bridgetown for luxury and Cologne for river.
Most Popular Countries Visited
1. Premium/Contemporary: Bahamas
2. Luxury: United States
3. River: United States
Second most popular are Mexico for premium/contemporary, Spain for luxury, Germany for river.
Most Popular Cabin Types
1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony
2. Luxury: Balcony
3. River: Balcony
Second are Inside for premium, Outside for luxury, and Outside for river.
Number of Cabins Requested
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
1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights
2. Luxury: 12 nights
3. River: 7 nights
Second are 4 nights for premium/contemporary, 7 nights for luxury, and 8 nights for river.
Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2021
2. Luxury: May 2022
3. River: April 2022
Second are January 2022 for premium, December 2021 for luxury, and August 2022 for river.
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 187 (vs 155) days in advance
2. Luxury - booked 201 (vs 340) days in advance
3. River - booked 334 (vs 206) days in advance
Other data available at the CruiseTrends report:
- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested
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