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CruiseCompete Releases April 2022 CruiseTrends Report

DETROIT (April. 4, 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 . 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: Viking River Cruises

In second place are Carnival for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and American Cruise Lines for river.

Most Popular Cruise Ships
1. Premium/Contemporary: Oasis of the Seas

2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2

3. River: American Heritage

Next in popularity are Harmony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Insignia for luxury and Emerald Waterways for river.

Most Popular Cruise Regions
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
1. Premium/Contemporary: Miami
2. Luxury: Barcelona
3. River: Amsterdam

Next in popularity are Port Canaveral for premium/contemporary, Miami for luxury and New Orleans for river.

Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited
1. Premium/Contemporary: CocoCay
2. Luxury: Bora Bora

3. River: Cologne

Next in popularity are Nassau for premium/contemporary; Barcelona for luxury and Strasbourg for river.

Most Popular Countries Visited
1. Premium/Contemporary: Bahamas

2. Luxury: Spain

3. River: Germany

Second most popular are United States for premium/contemporary, United States for luxury, United States 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: 7 nights
3. River: 7 nights

Second are 4 nights for premium/contemporary, 10 nights for luxury, and 8 nights for river.

Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
1. Premium/Contemporary: May 2022
2. Luxury: May 2022
3. River: October 2022

Second are April 2022 for premium, August 2022 for luxury, and May 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 192 (vs 176) days in advance
2. Luxury - booked (260 vs 228) days in advance

3. River - booked (269 vs 281) days in advance

Other data available at the CruiseTrends report:

- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested

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