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CruiseCompete Releases July 2020 CruiseTrends Reports Data
DETROIT (July 8, 2020) - CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends report for the month of July 2020. This report details a picture of consumer behavior for cruise ship travel for July 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.
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 Celebrity Cruises for premium/contemporary, Crystal 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: Oceania Riviera
3. River: Queen of the Mississippi
Next in popularity are Symphony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Crystal Serenity for luxury and American Duchess 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, Caribbean 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, Florida
2. Luxury: Miami, Florida
3. River: Budapest, Hungary
Next in popularity are Miami, Florida, for premium/contemporary, Barcelona, Spain for luxury and Cairo, Egypt 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: Gustavia, St. Barthelemy
3. River: Budapest, Hungary
Next in popularity are Cococay for premium/contemporary St. Georges, Grenada for luxury and Passau, Germany 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: United Sates
Second are United Sates for premium/contemporary, St. Barthelemy for luxury and Germany 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, 10 nights for luxury and 10 nights for river.
Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: January 2021
2. Luxury: October 2020
3. River: May 2021
Booking window of time
The average number of days between the date the cruise was booked and the date it sails.
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Contemporary/Premium - 314
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Luxury -256
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River - 461
Other data available at the July 2020 CruiseTrends report:
- Number of cabins requested
- Most popular cruise itinerary lengths
- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested
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