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Booking Window for Cruise Travel Continues to Decrease as CruiseCompete Releases June 2022 CruiseTrends Report

7 Night Cruise Bookings Appear to Be Sweet Spot for Cruise Travelers

DETROIT (June 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 . 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 Celebrity for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and American Queen Voyages for river.

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

2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2

3. River: American Duchess

Next in popularity are Harmony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury and American Countess for river.

Most Popular Cruise Regions
1. Premium/Contemporary: North America
2. Luxury: Europe
3. River: Europe

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

Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale
2. Luxury: Miami
3. River: Amsterdam

Next in popularity are Port Canaveral for premium/contemporary, Barcelona for luxury and Paris for river.

Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited
1. Premium/Contemporary: Cozumel
2. Luxury: Kusadasi

3. River: Cologne

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

Most Popular Countries Visited
1. Premium/Contemporary: Bahamas

2. Luxury: USA

3. River: France

Second most popular are USA for premium/contemporary, Greece for luxury, Germany for river.

Most Popular Cabin Types
1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony
2. Luxury: Balcony
3. River: Balcony

Second are Balcony 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 5 nights for premium/contemporary, 10 nights for luxury, and 8 nights for river.

Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
1. Premium/Contemporary: July 2022
2. Luxury: August 2022
3. River: June 2022

Second are June 2022 for premium, June 2022 for luxury, and October 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 189 (vs 194) days in advance
2. Luxury - booked 166 (vs 216) days in advance

3. River - booked 211 (vs 208) days in advance

Other data available at the CruiseTrends report:

- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested

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