Silversea lowers single supplement to 10% on 5 dates

[Jaffa]

This may interest some:

From what l am reading and recieving from many sorces, The luxury segment of the cruise industry is now feeling very stressed and under great presure.

 

The Lux industry's attempts to maintain pre GFC pricing and instead boost TA commissions, plus value adding ie OBC, Air credits, Pre and post hotels, transfers ect are quickly running out of consumer favor. Which is now firmly price-point driven.

 

With over supply and a resistance to correct pricing to the current economic conditions, which have been predicted to remain at present levels for the medium term. The luxury segment now has little room to move.

 

Mainstream cruising is already well into re-adjusting pricing levels to reflect market conditions. The Lux segment is fighting tooth and nail to resist and are taking a hit to forward bookings.

I now think it is only a matter of time for the first LUX brand to take the lead on lead in pricing and the others will follow quickly.

 

Does anyone else have an opinion?

 

 

 

Here is a new offer from SS that may interest some.

 

Silversea Cruises is courting solo travelers on five sailings in 2012 with special perks and a sharply reduced single supplement of 10% above the per person, double occupancy fare.

 

The five dates offer a 10% single supplement on a Vista Suite and 25% on a Veranda Suite plus a $500 on-board credit, included round-trip economy airfare from select gateways and transfers between airport and pier on embarkation and disembarkation days.

 

The eligible voyages include the 17-day Fort Lauderdale to Monte Carlo sailing on March 31 that visits Bermuda and ports in Portugal, Spain and France, as well as Gibraltar. Gentlemen hosts will be on board. Solo traveler fares start at $7,038.

 

Other 2012 dates are the 15-day Tokyo to Seward, Alaska cruise on May 17, the 16-day Vancouver to Tokyo sailing on Sept. 6, the 14-day Southampton to New York voyage on Sept. 18 and the 12-day Las Palmas, Canary Islands cruise to Barbados on Nov. 1.

 

In addition, another 42 Silversea voyages feature single supplements starting at 25%.

 

The included air package is offered from 22 gateways in the US and Canada, with specially priced air programs available from another 50 cities.

Seatrade

[meow!]

The five dates offer a 10% single supplement on a Vista Suite and 25% on a Veranda Suite ...

That was the way it used to be on many voyages more than five years ago. We never used single supplements (being one couple of cats), but vaguely remember that in the "olden" days, most voyages started out with that level of single supplement, and worked their way up to 100% (so called "200%") as the ship filled up. Back then, the single supplement was a vague indication of how well a voyage was selling.

[wripro]

They are mostly crossing though.

[ging466]

Yep, I'm doing the Vancouver to Tokyo in Sept 2012. Nice single supplement.

 

Cheers

Jennifer