Groups on board?

[Marseydotes]

i thought I had read a while back how to find out if there are any large groups sailing on a cruise you are looking at. Anyone know how to check this?

[CruiserBruce]

You can do a Google search...particularly if you know at least one specific piece of info about the issue...a ship's name, for example.

 

You can look on the board for the cruise line involved...several maintain on going threads on groups on ships of that cruise line.

 

One website where you can see all groups on all ships? Doubt it.

[paul929207]

Cruise lines are not forthcoming with the info as they don't want to discourage non-group members from booking.

 

Best chance is to google the name of the ship and the sailing date.

[bUU]

In addition, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between charters, partial charters, large groups and small groups. Cruise lines don't always notify all booked passengers when their cruise had been chartered out underneath them as rapidly as some expect and so sometimes a group booking is mistakenly and misleadingly talked about as a charter or vice versa. The groups are often unreliable sources of information, presenting the situation in the manner they think works best for them regardless of how accurately that describes the reality. For example, they may say that the have chartered half the ship even when the ship was 2/3 booked before they offered the first booking to their members.

 

On the flip side, it's not always clear how a group might affect any one specific (non-group) passenger. The more you're focused on ports and the more advance planning you do, the less impact the group is capable of having, just as a matter of logistics.

 

 

 

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[Smokeyham]

It can be hard to find out what groups will be on board. As others have said, googling for your ship and dates when you will be sailing can sometimes lead you to websites for organized groups. Also, check in on the roll call for your cruise and ask the question there.

[kitty9]

There is a website that lists many group cruises. Just google theme cruise finder.

[cb at sea]

There are "groups" on EVERY sailing, on every ship. EVERY ONE. Just saying. You won't notice them 99% of the time. If a ship has a partial charter, you might notice the group...there are many of those, especially in the winter months. Lots of "music" groups or dancing groups, or knitting groups....that's when groups are the cheapest!

Honestly...you have little to worry about. It's like booking a hotel....do you ask about which "groups" will be there??? Nope. You just go and do your own thing.

[donaldsc]

In addition, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between charters, partial charters, large groups and small groups. os.

 

Just a quick note - the term "partial charter" is a contradiction in terms. A ship can not be partially chartered. The outfit that charters the ship owns the ship and all bookings must be made through the group that has done the charter.

 

DON