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drsel, the prices I have compared are the listed prices in the category I booked. I naturally have budgeted the service charge, excursions, wifi, spa-treatments, bottled water for the cabin and laundry separate. This will be my first World cruise, the longest trip we made was around South America, I think 30 days and as far as I know there has been entertainment every night, so not sure why that should be different on the World Cruise. Personally I like a good Comic but otherwise am not so interested in Nightlife, enjoy more having a long day. The minimum prices you will find on the websites,

This price comparisons are assuming that the xe-rate is the rate the credit card companies are using and it is yesterdays rate, so not the date when Costa established the prices. They don't mention the daily service charge on the rates for 2023, so figured they might be changing and calculating E 10.00 per day Germany would be slightly more expensive then the US. but these differences are really minimal, like NL to US it is a total of $ 450.00 for a 128 days/127 nights cruise.

drsel, seems to know I am bored. Okay checking on the rate for my cruise, NL is slightly less, Germany I can't determine since it includes service charge and I can't find the daily rate for the service charge anywhere. These 2 are priced in Euro and Costa being Italian and therefore based on Euro makes sense. The price in the UK has been higher (but not much also not priced in Euro), UK also without service charge.

no the service charge is not included. It is included in the German site I noticed but estimating the exchange rate Euro/US it seemed to be on par, but I didn't check the exchange rates online. Concerning the internet site still not being fully up, I had previously checked on HAL internet sites and they had been having problems there also which seems to have been fixed by now. So looks like all Carnival group sites were hacked and are getting worked on now one by one.

when you look for the world cruise when it brings up the date it brings up Jan.22 just click to the right to go to Jan. 23 then you should be able to book, I didn't find any other cruises past March 22 to book. That is on the US-site which only allows for reservations from the US and the Caribbean. I have also booked the World cruise 2022 from there. Maybe if you check with one of the wholesalers like icruise or *****...

still stunned how the fender just popped up like that. Too much pressure from the weight of the ship and I assume in future they will need to apply more fenders then this lonely one 🙂

The reason I have not been loyal to any cruise company is because of dates and itinerary. Only now I have booked 2 cruises with Costa back to back, because of the itinerary again, a lot of the ports I have been to already with whatever cruise line, but I did like the ports I had not been to yet and the price for 2022 World tour. Comparing all the World tours, their itinerary are just very similar besides the 2023 Costa Africa and South America. The HAL was only Africa but for the price I decided to do Costa which is Africa and around South America. Nice to do South America again, what do you a

Just out of curiosity I checked the cabin-size. On HAL my cabin would be smaller. And basically if you have been on one of these cruise ships you have been on all. Large stair case in the center. 2 restaurants on the lower decks. Theatre going over 2 decks also on the lower decks. One higher deck with SPA, Pool and buffet. To much space for photo-studio. Several bars, coffee-shop, shops, casino, library and wifi-center and art gallery, smaller rooms for lectures etc. Front desk and Excursion desk on a lower deck. Approximately on deck 3 life boats, what did I forget? Some might be a little m

Hi drsel, I just booked a premium cabin with Costa, compared to a regular cabin same category on a similar cruise of HAL which cost me working it out on a daily rate 69 % of what the HAL cruise would have cost me. It is difficult to compare with Princess since you need to go through a travel agent to get the price for single-occupancy. Maybe my outlook on a cruise is different then yours. For me the cruise is mostly a mode of transportation with meals included. I get up early, usually have dinner late sitting to make the most of my day and am not really a night-owl, so entertainment is not i

drsel, I think you might be mistaken about service-charge, other cruise companies do have mandatory service charge as well, but maybe that has changed recently. I have been on quite a few smaller companies as well as Princess, P & O and HAL and have not really seen a significant difference to rectify the higher fare-prices. Can not imagine what more they might offer on the High-end Ships, to make it worth it for "me". I actually do like Costa's food but maybe that is just my taste based on my European Background. I do always appreciate the hard work of cabin stewards and make sure to tip t

It is back up. was able to book the 2023 World Cruise - so excited, now just hoping that the 2022 World Cruise and the 2023 will be actually going!!!

drsel - I will let you know as soon as I was able to book, has limited availability last I saw. Looking at the add above, I had been looking into Malta for 2022 but the only one I found had been the one with P & O. So maybe when Costa opens again I can find a Malta-cruise on there, didn't find in on any wholesaler site.

I am so sorry for your problems. It took about 4 month but we had gotten our deposit back for all 3 cabins we had booked. I hope your problem will be solved soon. I am having the same problem with Alitalia, they send me an e-mail more then a month ago that they process the refund for 1 of the 3 tickets, but it still hasn't reached my credit card. And I am on every travel website I can think off complaining about them. First they had told me, it wasn't refundable because I booked locally (I had booked on their website).

I usually book whatever cruise goes to the destinations I am looking for at the dates I am considering, so I am not loyal to any cruise-line. Just wanted to book a P&O cruise for summer 2022 and didn't book because the prices were ridiculous. So I think all cruise lines prices will go up to make up for the expenses of all the lost dates. And as my cruise-agent tells me cruises will be fully booked with all the cruisers waiting to be able to go again. The Costa-cruise I am desperately waiting to book is still not available at Agents sites. Had found something similar at another cruise line

I am interested in a cruise which is offered with airfare included but trying to get a quote without airfare, since that will be a waste of money for us. Have been dealing with an agency but am unsure whether the price they quoted without air is correct, so would like to make sure it is. It is rather high for not including the air (is quoted in USS, so hard to compare).