Why does guest 3 cost more than guest 1 & 2 on Horizon and 2.5x as much as guest 4?

[mickeyhereicome]

I was looking at the July 23 cruise out of NYC. When I price out the cruise for my family of 4, guest #3 cost $135 more than guest 1&2 and $710 more than guest #4. What is this all about? Am I missing something?

[Blackjack22]

That happened to us a few times booking and it's been the result of two things in our case.

 

1) You may be on a casino rate that drastically reduces the price for passengers 1 and 2 to the point that it is actually cheaper than 3 and 4.

 

2) You may need to change what room you want. Some interior rooms only hold 3 people and there may even be some that only hold 2. So in order to book a room with 3 or 4 people, they have to reassign you and as a result another guest if the ship (or room category) is sold out or near sold out so it costs more.

 

Hope this helps and curious if there are other reasons.

[Essiesmom]

They are getting to capacity for families of 3/4. EM

[StolidCruiser]

As alluded to by EM, it’s called “revenue optimization” on sailings nearing capacity with a variety of cabin occupancy categories still available with a sail date proximity (especially less than 60 days).

[JenSDCA]

We frequently find it cheaper to book two rooms with 2 in each, rather than all 4 of us in one. The extra space and bathroom are a huge plus :)

[HeidiHo]

Try again. I just priced that cruise out for 4 ppl and am not seeing what you are. I priced a variety of categories and it was only on the insides that I saw a 3rd person rate that was higher than 1 & 2. 4th Person was still lower. Then in Ocean views and Balconies, 3rd an 4th were all lower than 1 & 2. I did see some pretty high 3rd person rates though (almost as high as 1&2) I did not check EVERY category however and don't have any idea what category you are looking at. Prices can change frequently so maybe they have gone down.