Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast.

We can look into the world of Royal Caribbean Cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 490.

You are ready to book a Royal Caribbean cruise, and you see a really low rate, but there are

definitely a few reasons why you probably shouldn't book the cheapest cruise you can find,

and we're going to talk about them.

Here we go.

If you're looking for a great cruise deal out there, I'm with you. I love getting a bargain rate for a cruise.

But you probably don't want to necessarily book the first cruise that you can find that's the cheapest, especially when you're sorting

prices by lowest. In fact, it's kind of a big mistake and it may seem illogical, but when you're

looking at a cruise to book, looking purely at price to determine which ship to pick from can be

a big mistake. A lot of people end up making this mistake because they're chasing the lowest

possible price. I'll admit, I think this mistake because they're chasing the lowest possible price.

I'll admit, I think this mistake happens more with new cruisers or people that have not cruised

a ton. But sometimes you're bored at work, you're sitting there and you're like, you know what,

what's the cheapest rate I can get to go out there? And you sort the prices from lowest to highest

and you kind of find a great deal because there are some really cheap cruise deals out there.

But that can lead to frustration later on.

We're going to talk about them as to why.

Now, this isn't to say, by the way, you shouldn't book the cheapest cruise fair you can find.

But you should think about these things we're going to talk about in this week's episode because I think it's really important.

Number one, the lowest price ignores other important choices. Royal Caribbean has a number of ships in their fleet well over 26 now,

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