Escalating cruise fuel surcharges surging
Cruise lines are increasingly adding fuel charges to counter the cost of escalating gasoline prices, a trend that shows no signs of slowing down.
NCL Corporation is among those announcing it will begin assessing guests a fuel supplement in response to record high fuel prices.
“Effective on all new NCL and NCL America bookings made on or after December 1, 2007, the fuel supplement will be $7 per person per day for the first and second guests in a stateroom and $3 per person per day for any additional guests in the same stateroom,” says the cruise line.
“With oil prices skyrocketing, the fuel supplement is a necessary step for us,” said Colin Veitch, NCL’s president and CEO.
Others who have followed suit include:
ü The world’s biggest cruise ship operator, Carnival Corp, became the first major cruise company to impose a fuel surcharge of US$5 per day to help them cope with the soaring cost of fuel.
ü Silversea Cruises has implemented a fuel surcharge for $10 per passenger per day. The line made the announcement in a letter to travel agents.
ü Two Seattle cruise lines — Windstar Cruises and Majestic America Line — will enact an $8.50 fuel surcharge on passengers.
The cruise lines, which are both owned by Ambassadors International Inc., of Newport Beach, Calif., said the surcharges were enacted “due to escalating fuel prices.”
Report by David Wilkening
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