How do you choose your cruise?

[spunkyhungry]

Itinerary and price

[danech]

Date of vacation/school break first, then it's price, ports, ship.

[designgirl]

We have a general time frame we want to cruise, then we only do 7-8 day cruises. The next thing is price, then itenerary, then ship.

 

This is what we are looking at as well, for our first cruise. I have a very elaborate spread sheet created :)

 

Erica

[DiverDownAZ]

Ports of call, price, departure port. Unfortunately cruise lines can change the ports of call with no repercussions.

[tandemcruzr]

Ports of call followed closely by departure ports that are within driving distance.

[StingRaysfan]

We figure out which week I can get of work thats the cheapest all around.... (summertime, so usually Memorial Day week)... then we look at all available and choose for ports... 7+ days is a much

[Godiva5]

The cost of the per person cabin rate is only a fraction of the total cruise vacation. Being from the mid-west, we have to drive in excess of 12 hrs or fly to any port. What will be the cost of driving (gas, on-the-road meals, time - extra days off) vs flying per person (air fare, parking per day if we can't get someone to drop us off & pick us up), hotel stay the day before embarkation and the day of debarkation, meals.

 

Traveling with the whole family or just as a couple or BFF's. More folks = more costs.