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Eight in 10 regular cruisers plan to book for next year
Eight in 10 luxury cruisers plan to take a holiday on water next year, although the majority will wait until they’ve had a Covid vaccination before stepping aboard.
The findings were revealed in research carried out among cruise retailer Mundy Cruising’s new Cruise Expert Panel, launched last month.
Just under half (47%) of the survey respondents said that they would only cruise once they had been vaccinated and the majority of the population had been vaccinated, while a further 39% said they would cruise once they had been vaccinated, even if the majority of the population had not.
A bullish 9% said that a vaccine made no difference and they would get on a cruise ship tomorrow if they could, while 3% said they would cruise without being vaccinated, provided that the majority of the population had already had the jab.
In terms of timescales, 30% of respondents expect to cruise again in the second quarter of 2021, while 22% have their sights set on the third quarter and 18% expect to be back on board between October and December 2021.
An April restart matches up with what most cruise lines are currently planning for, though 11% of the panel believe they will be back on board even sooner than that.
Mundy Cruising Managing Director Edwina Lonsdale said: "The overriding sentiment is one of cautious optimism regarding the resumption of cruising in 2021."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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