As the website Cruise Critic so rightly says, once one starts, they all start. Yes, it's fuel supplement hike time again.
For bookings made from June 20, Norwegian Cruise Line's daily charge rises to $11 per person, with no maximum, while Carnival UK, which encompasses P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Ocean Village and Cunard, has put its fuel supplement up to £4.50 per person per day, with a maximum £63 for cruises up to 14 nights.
Fred Olsen's supplement, meanwhile, hits £5 per person per day to a maximum £70 from June 10.
As I wrote recently in a news story for the Telegraph, cruisers now not only have to fork out for gratuities, but also have to pay at least the same amount again for the fuel supplement. We are talking of at least £140 per person extra for each cruise, on top of the cruise price.
How much longer can it go on?
Jane Archer
