Grand Circle Cruise Line increases solo program

Wednesday, 04 Dec, 2013 0

Grand Circle Cruise Line will add more than 1,100 solo spaces on its 14 river cruise and cruise tour vacations in 2014.

The additions include 748 spaces on its five most popular river cruises.

The cruiseline says solo travelers now represent one in four of all its passengers. Five years ago, the figure was one in five.

"River cruising holds great appeal for the solo traveler because it makes travel easy, safer, more informative, and lots of fun," said CEO Vince Cook.

"Most cruise lines limit the number of cabins dedicated to solos on each departure, but we are adding more single spaces in order to make river cruising more accessible and affordable for this fast-growing segment of traveler."

Grand Circle Cruise Line will allocate a total of 1,160 additional cabins for solos in 2014, with about two-thirds of these cabins being made available on Grand Circle’s five most popular vacations, including The Great Rivers of Europe, Romance of the Rhine & Mosel, Russia Revealed: Moscow to St. Petersburg, Old World Prague & the Blue Danube; and Eastern Europe to the Black Sea.

Grand Circle Cruise Line already offers a comprehensive program of options and savings for solo travelers, including free or reduced single supplements on all river and small ship cruises, free single supplements on all pre-and-post trip options, a free ‘matching roommate’ program, a free online ‘travel companion’ program.

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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