Rare electro Posted January 9 #1 Share Posted January 9 I've been trying to price a solo cruise online, when I put in 1 adult for passengers it says the ship is sold out, but if I put in 2 adults, there is rooms available. Tried the Canada site, the US site and a third party site. Does MSC just refuse to sell rooms to solos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1962 Posted January 9 #2 Share Posted January 9 58 minutes ago, electro said: I've been trying to price a solo cruise online, when I put in 1 adult for passengers it says the ship is sold out, but if I put in 2 adults, there is rooms available. Tried the Canada site, the US site and a third party site. Does MSC just refuse to sell rooms to solos? MSC seems to limit the number of solo cabins on each cruise. The best availability is to book 6 months or more into the future and / or to book longer cruises, especially Grand Voyages (Repositioning cruises). Here is a link to a previous post on this issue: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awatt Posted January 9 #3 Share Posted January 9 I have done one solo and have 2 more booked. Availability varies with each sailing unfortunately. Its time consuming but I keep trying different dates on the website until I find one that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loucat Posted January 10 #4 Share Posted January 10 What-do-solo-cruisers-pay-on-MSC? Single-or-double-rates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Morgsmom Posted January 10 #5 Share Posted January 10 13 hours ago, Loucat said: What-do-solo-cruisers-pay-on-MSC? Single-or-double-rates? Depends on the sailing. It can be as low as 20% up to 100% supplement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikita4 Posted January 10 #6 Share Posted January 10 Yes it depends the ship, the region and the time of the year. Some cruises are 120% and some 200%... I sail once ore twice a year solo in YC, but it ist not cheap... during covid there weren't any supplements für solos, so I was sailing twice in YC for less tann 1000 Euro a week, my next cruise in February is more dann 3600 Euro a week in YC, so I booked a normal balcony cabin for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awatt Posted January 10 #7 Share Posted January 10 For reduced supplements on solo sailings I look at cruiseplum search engine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loucat Posted January 10 #8 Share Posted January 10 Thanks-all-for-your-information! Helpful-for-an-MSC-newbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted January 10 #9 Share Posted January 10 Speaking to a frequent solo cruiser on MSC , it appears there are only 6-8 solo slots and he has to grab them way in advance. He also uses a travel agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie7777 Posted January 11 #10 Share Posted January 11 I paid $699 last year for a solo deluxe balcony room. It was my first time on MSC. A friend of mine is a travel agent and she booked me on a group cruise for June. I wasn't even aware of how hard it was to get a room as a solo traveler. The issue never came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikita4 Posted January 11 #11 Share Posted January 11 On the newer Ships there are a few solo inside cabins/studios. But on the older ships not. Last year there were other prices than this year for solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted January 11 #12 Share Posted January 11 Booked DM in YC once recently at zero supplement. Low season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted January 11 #13 Share Posted January 11 On 1/9/2024 at 8:35 PM, awatt said: I have done one solo and have 2 more booked. Availability varies with each sailing unfortunately. Its time consuming but I keep trying different dates on the website until I find one that works. Just do a global search on price for 1 person, then sort on price becomes fairly obvious which have low no solo sups. here is a US web search(until MSC block it). then filter on the other criteria https://www.msccruisesusa.com/Search Result?page=1&passengers=1 1103 cruise in the list (2pax has 1159) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingadget Posted January 21 #14 Share Posted January 21 I am booked as a solo on a March cruise. When I look now, if you search saying you have 1 passenger, the cruise is completely sold out. If you say you have 2 passengers, there are cabins available... So, it seems they do offer solos, but in limited quantities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awatt Posted January 21 #15 Share Posted January 21 I find I have muchbetter chance of solo booking the farther out I book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribsun Posted January 21 #16 Share Posted January 21 I booked a solo Interior cabin 5 weeks ago on Maraviglia sail date feb 25 2024 for less than 600.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikita4 Posted January 21 #17 Share Posted January 21 There is also a difference between US Cruises an European Cruises. US Cruises are cheaper and have more Solos I think. In the Med there are only a few solo cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wikoffclan Posted January 22 #18 Share Posted January 22 I've rarely had a problem finding (inexpensive, reasonable, relatively cheap) solo fares on MSC, even close in. On 12/8/23, I booked a solo 9 night on Opera from Genoa to Athens in May '24 for $767/inside. Due to high cost of airfare, I decided (a week ago) to switch to a 7 night, still May '24, out of Port Canaveral for $670/inside. Both of those fares were about half of what I would pay for RCCL or Celebrity for a similar itinerary sailing Solo. Two of my 3 previous MSC cruises have been solo. Both of those were on Seaside with an Inside Guarantee and I was assigned a Balcony. Hoping I might get that upgrade again, but IMHO any cruise is a good cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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