Some good news for single travellers from Costa Cruises. The cruiseline is cutting its single supplement for all cruises departing after December 1.
Currently, all lone travellers cruising with Costa pay a straight 80% supplement. Under the new system, soloists will pay a 30% supplement - but only if they book in advance. As the departure date nears, the supplement will increase to a maximum 100%. So higher than it is at the moment, which is not great.
But at least early-booking singles will be able to get a bit of a bargain, which has to be good for all those people who have to travel alone and invariably get stung for the privilege unless they are travelling with the likes of Fred Olsen, Saga or Spirit of Adventure.
Only last week, when I was on Crystal Serenity, I was trying to explain the logic of charging one person twice for occupying a cabin alone. And that was to a couple, so they were not affected by the supplement but were struggling to understand how that was fair.
Judging from the looks on their faces they were still baffled after I had finished explaining. "So they don't get anything extra but pay double?"
Sounds crazy when you put it like that, doesn't it?
Jane Archer
