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Cunard is a quality brand, and you may wonder why we don’t list Cunard in My Cruise Scanner.
The reason is simple. Like other mid-range brands offering cruise-only fares, you will spend a fortune on additional services/expenses. On mid-range lines, spending more on these than on the cruise itself is not uncommon.
Let’s break down the numbers to illustrate what we mean clearly.
For example, say you have found a 10-day cruise for $1500, be it an ocean view or balcony. At first glance, that seems like a great deal—and it certainly seems cheap.
However, you need to budget to spend the following:
Gratuities $20 pp pd
Basic drinks package $80 pp pd
That is an extra $100 pp pd or $1000 per person.
So instead of spending $1500, you will end up paying all up $2500, and this is before having one too many fluffy cocktails, specialty dining, and all the other things like room service that they continually hit you up for. Every drink over the bar will see a gratuity added of about 20%
In our opinion, the last thing you want to do on holidays is to be constantly dipping into your pocket or, worse, having an almighty shock when you see what you have spent on the last night of the cruise when your final account is slipped under your door. That is a simply horrible feeling. Additionally, if you have cruised before at this level, you will know well that the nickel and dimming on these mid-range brands is out of control and increasing yearly.
For less money, we really can get you on 6-star ships that feature:
All suite accommodation which will be 2/3 times the size of cabins on Princess
Full open bar, not just standard drinks
Fill mini bar - worth hundreds more in value
Many with free specialty dining
Some even include shore excursions, which add another $1000 in value
While on Silversea, you will have your own butler.
We often see people spend more money on a mid-range cruise than they would have if we had found them a better itinerary and a better ship for less.
Don't be that person. Don't throw your money away. Ask us for advice and to find you better options for the same price or less.
What would you prefer? All of the above, or a standard cruise where you are continually charged for this, that, and the other?
The history of Cunard, especially the change in the brand at the end of last century, is a gripping tale. To add some context, I've added below a longer post I made about the industry in general, where all the brands sit in the marketplace now, and how they have evolved over the years. Cunard has played a monumental role from the very inception of the industry.
About 30 years ago, at the same time that Royal Caribbean started pushing the envelope to experiment with the forerunners of their 10,000-person mega-ships, a few brands such as Seabourn, Regent, and Silversea decided to go the other way and chase well-heeled and wealthy clientele.
They set out to build smaller, more boutique ships that featured suites instead of cabins, with a footprint three to four times as large.
Instead of 2,000-3,000 people, their new brood was smaller and sassier, with a capacity of 150 to 200 guests.
Seabourn especially introduced revolutionary features such as walk-in robes, extra-large picture windows, and remarkable water sports marinas at the rear of each ship.
As an aside, Cunard used to hold the crown as the only choice for the rich and famous set for well over a century. No one could touch their impeccable white-gloved pedigree and royal credentials, going way back to White Star Line and their infamous ship, Titanic.
But then Cunard made one of the most colossal mistakes in marketing last century—they looked at the economies of scale of Royal Caribbean, and the accountants convinced the board that bigger would be better.
This spelled the demise of their gracious and grand ocean liners, only to be replaced by huge ships resembling cattle carriers, all the while trying to pretend that nothing had changed and they were still a first-class player. Something next to impossible with 3,000 people.
And the rest is history, as was their first-class reputation.
Today, they remain a shadow of that bygone era of First Class and glamour. They now sit very firmly within the mid-range 5-star bracket.
They gave it all up and let the new brash upstarts eat their grass and their cream.
Don't get me wrong—they are still a high-quality line, and we have plenty of clients who cruise on the current crop of 6-star brands. These clients will still cruise with Cunard and enjoy many of the elements of their proud history that remain firmly in the brand's DNA, such as White Gloved High Tea and the best of all things British.
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