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Consumer Booking Window for Cruises Averages nine to thirtysix Months According to CruiseTrends
CruiseCompete Releases March 2020 CruiseTrends Reports Data - What's Trending: Consumer Trends In Cruise Travel
DETROIT (March 5, 2020) - CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends report for the month of March 2020. This report details a picture of consumer behavior for cruise ship travel for March 2020
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.
Window of time from booking a cruise to travel date
The average number of days between the date the cruise was booked and the date it sails.
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Contemporary/Premium - 214
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Luxury - 329
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River - 300
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: American Cruise Lines
In second place is Carnival Cruise Lines for premium/contemporary, Azamara Club Cruises for luxury and Viking River Cruises for river.
Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Oasis of the Seas
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: Queen of the Mississippi
Next in popularity are Harmony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Insignia for luxury and America 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: Miami, FL
2. Luxury: Miami, FL
3. River: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Next in popularity are Fort Lauderdale, FL for premium/contemporary, Barcelona, Spain for luxury and New Orleans, LA 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, Mexico
2. Luxury: Barcelona, Spain
3. River: Vienna, Austria
Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas for premium/contemporary Sitka, Alaska for luxury and Budapest, Hungary 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: United States
3. River: Germany
Second are United States for premium/contemporary, Spain for luxury and United States 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
2. Luxury: 1
3. River: 1
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 5 nights for premium/contemporary, 12 nights for luxury and 14 nights for river.
Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: March 2020
2. Luxury: July 2020
3. River: October 2020
Other data available at the March 2020 CruiseTrends report:
- Number of cabins requested
- Most popular cruise itinerary lengths
- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested
For purposes of the CruiseTrends report, cruise lines recognized as premium or contemporary are grouped together as premium/contemporary.
