Originally Posted by
susiesan
...got fares of around $1200 coach. I checked again yesterday-it is $1800...if these fares stick I will cancel the cruise.
I know what you mean! I have a Mediterranean cruise booked for April and I'm already figuring I'm going to have to cancel it because airfare will be so high. Hopefully not.
Like airlines, cruise lines are complaining about high fuel costs and passing along surcharges to passengers—as much as $11/day. (For a family of four on a 12-day cruise, that's an extra $528!) Before I get so deeply into this it gets moved to the cruise forum, I'll just add that I foresee cruise lines cutting back on far away sailings, one reason being the high airfare on overseas travel making the total cruise cost too expensive.