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Old Feb 19, 2016 | 10:27 am
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Originally Posted by Hoyaheel
Eh, I'm a frugal traveler but not cheap - I like a deal but won't go crazy over finding "the best". And when I cruise, I'm not in the casino, buying photographs or specialty dinners either. That's not why I cruise (also, I don't cruise often, so....YMMV)

What I'm trying to say is that I don't know that early bookers spend any more or less than a last minute purchaser. Maybe I'm just odd? I've booked cruises a couple years in advance and a month in advance.....
I'm sure cruise lines track spending versus the cabin category booked, including when and how the cabin was booked, so they know the statistics. Lacking their data it's hard to draw anything other than a generalization, which typically degenerates into a debate, about who spends more or less. Again a generalization but on the surface it would seem that regardless of the cabin category the more experienced and frequent cruisers probably spend less on average than the "trip of a lifetime" type passenger.
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