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I see Celebrity are already moving ships away from Haifa to Limassol.

But on the plus side, oil could be tumbling!

https://mettisglobal.news/oil-prices-to-crash-below-70-a-barrel-by-2024-citi-group/

The old adage Buy the rumour sell the news comes to mind...

Never been on one (mind you only just turned 51), and just assumed it was lots of bland food and ballroom dancing. I do like a Cunard so maybe I should be a bit more open minded!

Results out today

Cruise load factor 83%

https://mol.im/a/12565283

I don't think this is carnival specific. It's just sentiment and arbitrage in the sector. I'm just looking at peers... In last month, NCL down 10.92%, RCL down 9.07%, and CCL down 8.23%. If you want exposure to the cruise industry you could argue NCL has been oversold and CCL has further to fall. Obviously that's an over simplification but you get the gist.

Thanks for the tips

Appreciated

Yr

Thanks Ken

I've done a couple of Ionas recently, any major differences? From what i can gather a different food offering on the 8th, and an additional free restaurant? Everything else looked pretty similar?

YR

Cheers Ken. I'm on Arvia in October, with an overnight in Barc, so my heart sunk that I may be out in the wilderness!

Wasn't aware of this...!

So Barcelona now gets added to Venice, Amsterdam, Norwegian Fjords etc as hostile to cruise ships.

https://www.cruisehive.com/partial-barcelona-cruise-ship-ban-to-begin-in-october/109202

Seems NCl took a bit of a hammering yesterday. This also out from Spain obviously didn't help.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/09/22/spanish-cruise-holiday-warning-as-guests-told-all-inclusive-drinks-will-be-taxed

Cheeky bugger 😜

I'll have you know the catalogue price was 1400 based on 2 in a cabin 😉

Booked via costa Germany!

Interesting indeed botbot

Don't think all brands are selling out though. I just booked a 7 night Costa, trieste to Istanbul solo cabin for 300 quid

Seeing this coming through as updated in my newswire. Apologies if its old or already seen.

P&O Cruises weathers the storm as holidaymakers splash out on winter getaways

https://mol.im/a/12532707

I wouldn't it will have no impact, but a bit of extra cash may sway some to book, or at least spend more onboard.

Interestingly, I take part in market research (what technology i use, political views, etc). One i was sent over the weekend was obviously being conducted by a cruise line. Don't know what one. Various questions about brand awareness, which ones I've used, brand perception and future plans eg spend, number of trips etc. Whoever had commissioned it was obviously keen to work out whether people are tightening their belts....

Sun, unless I'm missing something CCL closed down today and yesterday? But you're right, it didn't take a hammering like some of the airlines listed overseas today. Which can only be a good thing. Maybe like Bhants said, carnival is moving more and more away from oil...

Mind you when has carnival ever been a logical stock!!

Just listening to Bloomsbury. US airlines to get hammered today due to oil price surge following announcement yesterday re oil supply. Guess that will feed through to all travel stocks...

No problem. I'm a bit of a rate tart and flirt with most brands. Celebrity probably my preferred. Only tried p&o last year and already booked onto my 3rd ! (Arvia in October).

I'll shout if i see any p&o credit card offers!

Also worth checking your credit card offers. Me and the OH put a deposit down whilst on celebrity, got the perks etc. Then noticed amex were giving £100 cashback on celebrity cruises. We called celebrity and paid a lump sum onto the outstanding balance with the amex cards. That knocked £200 off. Amex recently had a generous seaborne offer on their cards, so they do crop up.

For what it's worth, i have no actively managed funds. 100% passive. I appreciate i will never beat the market, but I can't justify paying people 1% to get me a 0.5% better performance than the market average! Particularity in efficient markets like the US.

Maybe I'm telling you how to suck eggs, but i find moneyvator a good starting place when it comes to funds/ cheap trackers https://monevator.com/

Particularly helpful for the passive side of investing and choosing brokers/funds. It won't excite like single stocks, but it can help smooth the risks and costs.

https://monevator.com/the-slow-and-steady-passive-portfolio-update-q1-2023/

https://monevator.com/compare-uk-cheapest-online-brokers/