Alaska - any solo cabins?

[Twobonbons]

Do any cruise lines /ships offer solo cabins to Alaska? I do like Princess southbound on the Diamond. If no solo cabins, what is the single supplement on the various lines doing Alaska. Travelling with family with one member who wants their own cabin.

 

Generically, which ships have solo cabins?

[CaveDiving]

Do any cruise lines /ships offer solo cabins to Alaska? I do like Princess southbound on the Diamond. If no solo cabins, what is the single supplement on the various lines doing Alaska. Travelling with family with one member who wants their own cabin.

 

Generically, which ships have solo cabins?

 

All ships have solo cabins. In fact virtually all cabins can be solo cabins. Just be ready to double the per person fare when you book one.

 

Occasionally, there may be a solo cabin for only 150 percent of the per person fare, but these are getting more difficult to find.

 

Scott & Karen

[Bonnie J.]

All cabins are solo if only one person is in it. That person usually just has to PAY for two people, two fares, even if only one person uses the cabin.

[Twobonbons]

Yes, I understand you can double the fare but I am wondering about the ships that have the actual solo cabins built for one person; it would be more cost effective. Thanks.

[Bonnie J.]

How is a single cabin more cost effective? It is more cost effective if you pay for two people not one. Then you only feed one person, not two, but less is spent on bar items and in the casino. They make less with only one person paying.

[Twobonbons]

As I understand it, some of the newer ships have cabins with one bed for individual travellers. This precludes paying for two beds, also known as the single supplement if one person is filling a double room. Yes, this would make it more cost effective for the passenger in paying for one fare rather than the two fares.

[firefly333]

There are TA sites who display less than 200% solo fares.

 

Here is one for Alaska.

 

10 nights departing August 8, 2011 on

Princess' Sea Princess

 

Double Occupancy Inside $1,499

Single Occupancy Inside $2,238

Single Supplement 49%

[CaveDiving]

As I understand it, some of the newer ships have cabins with one bed for individual travellers. This precludes paying for two beds, also known as the single supplement if one person is filling a double room. Yes, this would make it more cost effective for the passenger in paying for one fare rather than the two fares.

 

Could you please indicate exactly the ships to which you are referring.

 

Thanks.

 

Scott & Karen

[bus man]

Yes, I understand you can double the fare but I am wondering about the ships that have the actual solo cabins built for one person; it would be more cost effective. Thanks.

 

My understanding is that Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas has some cabins built for solo travelers. Not that you'd know it from their website's deck plans, though; I don't think they've fully updated them to reflect the changes made in her recent drydocking. But this ship does sail Alaska, so I'd start there and see what you can find out.

[kitty9]

Princess does not have any solo cabins. All are double occupancy. Makes no difference in the number of beds in a cabin, as the number of beds in a cabin has nothing to do with solo cruising---many cabins only have one double bed, but they are still double occupancy. There are currently three ships that have dedicated solo cabins: Radiance of the Seas has a few inside solo cabins, NCL Epic has their solo Studio cabins and HAL's Prinsendam has two solo cabins. No other US based ship has solo cabins.

[Treven]

Yes, I understand you can double the fare but I am wondering about the ships that have the actual solo cabins built for one person; it would be more cost effective. Thanks.

I believe the new NCL ship has solo cabins. They're very much like a studio apartment on land; i.e. not a lot of space.