Cruise Itinerary

Cruise Price Index

One number for this week's cruise fares

The index follows the same sailings from one Monday load to the next, so a change in the mix of what is on sale does not show up as a change in price. It starts at 100 on 6 September 2026.

Week to 28 Sep 2026

Index
100.49
Change on week
+0.01
Cut
9.6%
Raised
12.0%

The index rose 0.01 points in the load of 28 Sep 2026, to 100.49. That leaves fares 0.49% above where they stood on 6 Sep 2026.

Of 52,048 sailings priced in both loads, 9.6% were cut and 12.0% were raised. 1.7% of sailings that were priced a week earlier no longer show a fare. The average matched fare works out to $464 a night.

Counted by passengers instead, weighting each sailing by its ship's lower berths, the index stands at 100.43, down 0.08 on the week.

Among the largest lines, Royal Caribbean moved most upward (up 0.36) and Carnival Cruise Line most downward (down 1.39).

All lines

Cruise Price Index, all lines, lowest fare in any cabin, base 100 on 6 Sep 2026
99.8100.0100.2100.4100.66 Sep: 100.007 Sep: 99.9014 Sep: 100.3821 Sep: 100.4828 Sep: 100.49100.496 Sep14 Sep21 Sep28 Sep
99.8100.0100.2100.4100.66 Sep: 100.007 Sep: 99.9014 Sep: 100.3821 Sep: 100.4828 Sep: 100.49100.496 Sep14 Sep21 Sep28 Sep
  • Index value
  • Dashed line marks 100. The vertical axis does not start at zero.

The series starts on 6 September 2026, so there is no longer history to compare against yet. The load of 7 September followed the first by a single day.

Share of matched sailings with a changed fare
0%5%10%15%20%7 Sep · cut: 0.6% of 54,299 matched sailings0.67 Sep · raised: 0.5% of 54,299 matched sailings0.57 Sep14 Sep · cut: 8.9% of 50,204 matched sailings8.914 Sep · raised: 14.2% of 50,204 matched sailings14.214 Sep21 Sep · cut: 8.8% of 50,723 matched sailings8.821 Sep · raised: 12.3% of 50,723 matched sailings12.321 Sep28 Sep · cut: 9.6% of 52,048 matched sailings9.628 Sep · raised: 12.0% of 52,048 matched sailings12.028 Sep
0%5%10%15%20%7 Sep · cut: 0.6% of 54,299 matched sailings0.67 Sep · raised: 0.5% of 54,299 matched sailings0.57 Sep14 Sep · cut: 8.9% of 50,204 matched sailings8.914 Sep · raised: 14.2% of 50,204 matched sailings14.214 Sep21 Sep · cut: 8.8% of 50,723 matched sailings8.821 Sep · raised: 12.3% of 50,723 matched sailings12.321 Sep28 Sep · cut: 9.6% of 52,048 matched sailings9.628 Sep · raised: 12.0% of 52,048 matched sailings12.028 Sep
  • Cut
  • Raised
View the figures as a table
LoadIndexMatchedCutRaisedNo fare$ a night
28 Sep 2026100.4952,0489.6%12.0%1.7%$464
21 Sep 2026100.4850,7238.8%12.3%2.4%$464
14 Sep 2026100.3850,2048.9%14.2%1.9%$473
7 Sep 202699.9054,2990.6%0.5%0.2%$465
6 Sep 2026100.0054,299n/an/an/an/a

By ship size

The headline counts every sailing once, so a 100-passenger river boat weighs as much as a 6,000-berth megaship. The by-passenger figures weight each sailing by its ship's lower berths instead. Ships of 1,750 berths and up carry most of the berths on sale, so they set the by-passenger index almost on their own.

Lower berthsMatchedIndexWeekBy passengerBerth share
Under 250 berths16,474100.47+0.11%100.272.6%
250 to 7499,132101.03+0.31%101.345.0%
750 to 1,7494,412100.28-0.52%100.125.6%
1,750 to 3,99914,064100.15-0.25%100.0945.7%
4,000 and over7,725100.78+0.22%100.7741.1%
All sizes52,048100.49+0.01%100.43100%

Under 250 berths is mostly river, expedition and yacht ships. Week is the change from the load of 21 Sep 2026. Berth share counts the sailings priced on 28 Sep 2026. 99.5% of matched sailings have a known berth count; the rest are left out of the by-passenger figures. Why berths.

The largest lines

Each line is indexed to 100 on the same date and drawn on its own scale, so compare the figures, not the slopes.

MSC Cruises 100.98 6,899 matched sailings down 0.08 on week
Hurtigruten 101.56 5,311 matched sailings up 0.35 on week
Viking River Cruises 100.11 5,093 matched sailings up 0.08 on week
Royal Caribbean 101.17 2,819 matched sailings up 0.36 on week
Carnival Cruise Line 99.90 2,795 matched sailings down 1.39 on week
Lindblad Expeditions 101.74 2,441 matched sailings up 0.18 on week
Avalon Waterways 100.39 2,188 matched sailings up 0.18 on week
Viking Ocean Cruises 100.51 2,098 matched sailings down 0.08 on week

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How the index is computed. Full series by line, cabin, booking window and ship size, counted per sailing or per passenger, are in the API on the Business plan.