Cruise Lines Set Sights On Solo Travelers
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today is Thursday, May 9, and we’re looking at Norwegian Cruise Lines vs. Royal Caribbean.
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| 1:08.2 | ... From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Thursday, May 9th. |
| 1:13.9 | Once upon a time, a time not that long ago, it was a weird thing to take a vacation alone, so though travelers often felt stigmatized, and even if they didn't, |
| 1:19.6 | it typically cost more to travel alone than as part of a couple. Well, the travel world is |
| 1:24.1 | finally catching up to a trend that's changed pretty quickly. |
| 1:33.7 | More and more of us are deciding to get away from everything, and that means everyone, too. |
| 1:41.1 | A full 25% of millennials plan to take a solo trip in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a recent study. And data from Pinterest shows that searches on solo travel shot up |
| 1:45.7 | 600% in 2018 alone, according to British newspaper The Telegraph. Clearly, there are more and more |
| 1:52.7 | solo travelers everywhere, including in places you'd think would be the last to welcome solitary |
| 1:58.1 | adventurers. Cruise ships. Cruising has been particularly difficult |
| 2:02.4 | for single travelers, like hotel rooms, cabins are priced for double occupancy. Until recently, |
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