>>63871825
>i don't get it how they are profitable
it's a floating hotel
the catch is that air travel is 10 times more expensive than sea, and in addition, cruise ships build their own land so to speak
for the price of just the flight ticket to, say, the Bahamas, you can cruise there instead. travel, accommodation, hotel meals, maybe even some kind of evening entertainment, all inclusive
even if the drinks are more expensive and the premium dining options are more expensive (they are), that is within your control not to imbibe, and besides, you've already saved a mint on other travel expenses.
also, when you're elderly, you can't go out and do all the crazy activities on a holiday that you did when you were young
(I for example used to sleep no more than 5 hours a day when on holiday. the rest of the time was walking, sightseeing, and eating.)
your body is too frail to do more than go out of the hotel, wander around foreign streets for a few hours, have lunch, and come back to the hotel. so when we young'uns look at the daily schedule of a cruise stopover, and think that it's limited and boring, older folks see a package that is just suited to them... by design.
>>63871896
no company is anywhere near as profitable as they used to be
we are in a recession, buddy
