More Expensive? Why?

[meisha]

Why is a cruise to the eastern caribbean a little more expensive than western

caribbean?

[Deb C.]

I have always assumed it was the port charges.

[Sky Sweet]

Why is a cruise to the eastern caribbean a little more expensive than western caribbean?

I didn't realize it was and I have done both. Are you referring to a situation with identical dates, identical categories, same number of ports, etc?

[ecowen]

I'm not sure, but I'd blame it on the Bad Witch of the East.:D

 

Seriously, prices of cruises and itineraries change daily, if not hourly. The only prices that are fixed are port fees, which might explain some of the differences you see. More likely, though, it's just that the Eastern cruises you are looking at just happen to be filling up more quickly than the Western.

[toni1266]

Hi, this is just an opinion but the eastern route is more sailing time which in turn means more fuel. That could be the reason... Or Not!!

[CaribbeanBound]

Port Fees likely #1 reason, assuming total number of days and number of ports are the same.

 

I'm guessing it's pretty cheap to port in Nassau. Why else would ships stop here. It's not a very popular port.

[meisha]

I never even thought of the port charges. I was just noticing that "lowest category prices" of eastern seem to be more. We have sailed both but different cruise lines.

[ocngypz]

Operating costs are a little higher on the eastern.

 

These operating costs are not calculated into the non-commissionable fares (port charges).