What Do Cruise Lines Spend Your Cruise Fare On?
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I'm gonna start with food because food is a massive part of the cruise experience for me on a cruise you can eat breakfast lunch dinner afternoon tea evening snacks you can eat so much on a cruise but cruise lines only spend 6% of your cruise fare on actually feeding you
cruise lines typically spend about eight percent of your cruise fare on fuel this means that they're actually spending more on fuel than they are on food per person I don't know why but that one just really surprised me
an average travel agent could expect to get around 10% of a cruise fare so one our 1,000 pound cruise fare that we've spent a hundred pounds of that is going to an agent
the total onboard spend for payroll comes to about 10 percent of your cruise fare some cruise lines include their tips and gratuities in the cruise fare if they do this will be included in the 10 percent mentioned above
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If you're considering booking a cruise or have done so, you may be wondering 'what does my cruise fare actually get spent on'? I've spent DAYS crunching the numbers from cruise line's financial accounts to bring you this cruise fare breakdown. After watching the video please do let me know if this is what you expected, there were a few surprises in the numbers for me! I am a frequent cruiser and share cruise tips, tours and videos on this channel. This video was something a little different but I had a LOT of fun making it. Timestamps: 00:30 - Cruise Line Spending, Food. 01:30 - Cruise Line Spending, Fuel. 02:00 - Cruise Line Spending, Commissions. 02:40 - Cruise Line Spending, Transport. 03:00 - Cruise Line Spending, Onboard The Ship. 03:45 - Cruise Line Spending, Payroll. 05:15 - Cruise Line Spending, Marketing. 06:00 - Cruise Line Spending, Depreciation. 06:20 - How Much Profit do Cruise Lines Make? 06:50 - Cruise Line Income 08:30 - Cruise Line Expenditure I have done my best to make sure that the facts and figures in this video are correct, that said, these are my interpretations of the figures within Royal Caribbeans 2018 financial statements here : https://bit.ly/2VDsh1K and from CLIA's cruise industry outlook here: https://bit.ly/2RXvS8h. Please feel free to draw your own conclusions from the data and/or my video! Are you a first-time cruiser? This video is a great place to start. 67 cruisers share 67 cruise tips: https://bit.ly/31yH5AG https://www.Twitter.com/emmacruises https://www.Instagram.com/emmacruises https://www.facebook.com/cruisingisntjustforoldpeople emma@emmacruises.com https://www.cruisingisntjustforoldpeople.com Join our Facebook community of over 5900 cruise mad friends! If you have any cruising questions we would love to help: https://bit.ly/2S5VW12 Video Filmed On: MICROPHONE - https://amzn.to/32HQyGX (Affiliate Link) - - - #CruiseTips #Cruise #Cruising