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CruiseCompete Releases September 2019 CruiseTrends Reports Data

DETROIT (September 4, 2019) - CruiseCompete has released its report for the month of September 2019. This report details a picture of consumer behavior for cruise ship travel for September 2019.
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 Norwegian Cruise Line 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: Symphony of the Seas
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: Queen of the Mississippi

Next in popularity are Norwegian Escape for premium/contemporary, Oceania Maria 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, 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: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2. Luxury: Miami, Florida
3. River: Budapest, Hungary

Next in popularity are Miami, Florida, for premium/contemporary, New York, New York, for luxury and Amsterdam, Netherlands, 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, Saint Barthelemy
3. River: Baton Cologne, Germany

Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas, for premium/contemporary Castries, France, for luxury and Vienna, Austria, 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 Mexico for premium/contemporary, Italy 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, 10 nights for luxury and 10 nights for river.


Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2019
2. Luxury: December 2019
3. River: September 2019


Booking window of time
The average number of days between the date the cruise was booked and the date it sails.
  1. Contemporary/Premium: 184
  2. Luxury: 269
  3. River: 232
Other data available at the September 2019 CruiseTrends report:
- Number of cabins requested
- Most popular cruise itinerary lengths
- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested

This cruise trend information is available monthly from CruiseCompete and can be insightful, especially for financial analysts and travel writers. To see twelve months of cruise trend data, please click here:

For purposes of the CruiseTrends report, cruise lines recognized as premium or contemporary are grouped together as premium/contemporary.