bulldogbob Posted August 11, 2017 #1 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Why are American river cruises several times the cost of ocean cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDVinNC Posted August 12, 2017 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Probably for many reasons, but I think a large part is the American crew that has to be paid much larger wages than foreign ocean cruise workers. Also, there are fewer passengers to cover the costs of operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJR52001 Posted August 15, 2017 #3 Share Posted August 15, 2017 That would be the big one. With Ocean cruises they pay whatever the wages are of the country of registry. With European river cruises, they use loopholes in EU laws where they basically subcontract various parts of the ships out to Eastern European firms. With U.S. river cruises, they have to build them in America, crew them with Americans, follow all labor laws of whatever state they're based out of, and follow all U.S. Coast Guard regulations for passenger vessels. Plus, people are willing to pay the prices and they can't keep up with demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingmickey Posted August 16, 2017 #4 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Perhaps another reason why the river boat cruise are more expensive is because: 1. Beer and Wine is complementary at lunch and dinner 2. There are complementary excursions in the form of a hop on hop off bus at every port. 3. There is usually a happy just before dinner where different drinks are discounted We enjoy both ocean cruises and river cruises. Find the river cruise more relaxing and less hectic so we try to do one of each a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDVinNC Posted August 16, 2017 #5 Share Posted August 16, 2017 On AQSC beer and wine are not complimentary at lunch, only dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSpo Posted October 14, 2017 #6 Share Posted October 14, 2017 On AQSC beer and wine are not complimentary at lunch, only dinner. Does AQSC let you bring your own alcohol on board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuild Posted October 14, 2017 #7 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Never saw any bag checks, so You could have brought alcohol on board at any stop. Always had full glass of wine after dinner to take with us. Did 23 day MPS - NOLA cruise. They just scanned Your card when leaving and upon return to boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9pal Posted November 2, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Does AQSC let you bring your own alcohol on board? Yes, they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9pal Posted November 2, 2017 #9 Share Posted November 2, 2017 American River cruises that are registered in the US are required to hire workers who live in the US. So... they have to pay American wages (much higher than non-American). That's pretty much it in a nutshell :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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