Last Week in Cruise News for April 7th 2022
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the cdc now has relaxed all the requirements for the cruise lines because they've relaxed the cruise lines let's say restrictions and the protocols
the onboard experience is basically back to normal almost pretty much that's what we have the clients that we have on the ships every week now
pricing has now increased dramatically for where you used to see it a hundred dollar difference or a fifty dollar difference is now four hundred dollar difference and five hundred dollar difference
holland america and alma waterways are providing housing for ukrainian refugees on a number of the ships
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Real Travel Experts Ira & Helene Kaplan of Cruise Holidays of Marlboro join Ken to react to last week's cruise headlines: CDC removes risk assessment for cruise lines and resumption of onboard activities. Cruise lines are looking to return to profitability in 2022 so says Carnival Corporation CEO. As always cruise lines are stepping up when needed. Amawaterways and Holland America have offered help to Ukrainian refugees. Ira and Ken reminisce about the many times the cruise lines have stepped up. Alaska cruise demand is extremely high for 2022. With restrictions lifted and demand high, will prices go up? Ira and Helene react. Helene details the difference between an Alaska cruise and Alaska cruise tour and offers her advice on which is best. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:20 Summary of current cruising news 2:22 Introduction of Ira and Helene Kaplan 3:30 Ira's & Helene's reactions to the new CDC guidelines 5:00 Discussion of the future of cruise fares - will they go up? 6:15 The hot Alaska cruise market for 2022 7:05 Helene's recommendation for cruisetour length 7:25 Discussion on the short term future viability of the cruiselines 8:00 Will the new embarkation ports continue to be used? 11:10 Cruiselines stepping up to help Ukraine 13:12 After 34 years in the travel business, has cruising changed? 14:51 Contacting Ira or Helene for travel planning Contact Real Travel Experts: questions@realtravelexperts.com https://realtravelexperts.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/RealTravelExperts/ https://www.instagram.com/realtravelexperts/ Contact Cruise Holidays of Marlboro: Website: https://cruiseholidaysnj.com Email: online@cruiseholidaysnj.com Phone : 732-972-2444 Image Credits: Holland America Alaska Eurodam: Courtesy of Holland America Carnival Corporation: Courtesy of Carnival Corporation Amacello: Courtesy of AmaWaterways Cooking Class: Courtesy of Celebrity Cruises CDC: Courtesy of Wiki Commons