Kiwi-gal Posted September 30 #1 Share Posted September 30 Hi I have been looking on the Avalon waterways New Zealand website for upcoming 2025 cruises. I have been looking at the Rhine river cruise from Amsterdam to Basel Looking at the following dates: 23 September 2025AMSTERDAM 30 September 2025BASEL From NZD $6,357 Price per person, based on Twin occupancy for CAT-D 27 September 2025AMSTERDAM Optional Excursions & Accommodation 04 October 2025BASEL From NZD $6,807 Price per person, based on Twin occupancy for CAT-D Do you know why there is a price difference? is it to do with the boat? and how do you find out the name of the boat to compare boats? Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted September 30 #2 Share Posted September 30 The 1st cruise is on Envision, and the 2nd one is on Panorama. I don't know the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi-gal Posted September 30 Author #3 Share Posted September 30 25 minutes ago, Roz said: The 1st cruise is on Envision, and the 2nd one is on Panorama. I don't know the difference. Thank you for this information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gnome12 Posted September 30 #4 Share Posted September 30 1 hour ago, Kiwi-gal said: Hi I have been looking on the Avalon waterways New Zealand website for upcoming 2025 cruises. I have been looking at the Rhine river cruise from Amsterdam to Basel Looking at the following dates: 23 September 2025AMSTERDAM 30 September 2025BASEL From NZD $6,357 Price per person, based on Twin occupancy for CAT-D 27 September 2025AMSTERDAM Optional Excursions & Accommodation 04 October 2025BASEL From NZD $6,807 Price per person, based on Twin occupancy for CAT-D Do you know why there is a price difference? is it to do with the boat? and how do you find out the name of the boat to compare boats? Thanks for any help. I think the later cruise might be considered a more desirable autumn cruise. The company has to draw the line somewhere, so there will always be 2 cruises close together with differing pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi-gal Posted September 30 Author #5 Share Posted September 30 1 hour ago, gnome12 said: I think the later cruise might be considered a more desirable autumn cruise. The company has to draw the line somewhere, so there will always be 2 cruises close together with differing pricing. That would also make sense, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 30 #6 Share Posted September 30 7 hours ago, gnome12 said: I think the later cruise might be considered a more desirable autumn cruise. The company has to draw the line somewhere, so there will always be 2 cruises close together with differing pricing. Yes, I have seen that too. With the two ships' names clear, I would say perhaps have a look at them in detail. The Panorama was built in 2011, the Envision in 2018. Both are 135m length. All in all, the ships will not differ much from each other, but the company may allow for the older ship to have fewer amenities and reflect it in the price. I have seen it with European companies. You can compare them a little when choosing the "our fleet" link at the top of this page: https://www.avalonwaterways.com/ Of course, the NZ website may have that option. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted September 30 #7 Share Posted September 30 Sometimes you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out cruise pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted September 30 #8 Share Posted September 30 Looking at the Canadian site, the Romantic Rhine cruise for the two dates has a difference because the Sept 23rd one has a special airfare while the Sept 27th one has a special offer. That could be one difference as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JordanF Posted September 30 #9 Share Posted September 30 4 hours ago, Roz said: Sometimes you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out cruise pricing. Yep! Ocean cruise prices are even more opaque to me. It seems like they are always on some sort of "sale," often with a countdown clock to create urgency. But is it really a sale? How can they always be on "sale?" You really have to work at it to even have a chance of figuring that out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gnome12 Posted October 1 #10 Share Posted October 1 Viking used to have a constant 2-for-1 sale. I think they finally stopped it (maybe they were forced to) and reverted to a more normal approach. In fact, I think that I read here that they don't play with the base fare, they play with inclusions and free or reduced airfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squawkman Posted October 1 #11 Share Posted October 1 11 hours ago, gnome12 said: Viking used to have a constant 2-for-1 sale. I think they finally stopped it (maybe they were forced to) and reverted to a more normal approach. In fact, I think that I read here that they don't play with the base fare, they play with inclusions and free or reduced airfare. In some cases, they actually do both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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