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Going on a Cruise Cheaper than Living in these US Cities

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Published
07/19/2016 by

According to a recent study by the next generation cruise search engine CruiseWatch, it is actually cheaper to cruise continuously for an entire year than to pay rent and live in the US. That is, at least, if you live in these cities or regions.

CruiseWatch, which offers price drop alerts for cruise sailings departing from cities around the world to destinations around the globe, is raising awareness of this to highlight the affordability of cruising - especially when access to up-to-the-second cruise price information is available, as it is through their service.

The company didn't pull this information out of thin air. Rather, it tapped into the vast amount of data that it has accumulated through the years, which includes five years worth of cruise price information and other types of big data, to gain a historical perspective of how cruise prices fluctuate throughout the year. CruiseWatch.com also relied on data from the 2012 U.S. Census to accurately calculate current cost of living information for several major metropolitan areas in the United States. "Our team dug deep to collect as much timely, accurate information as possible for this project," said Nina Stumpe, co founder of the site.

To arrive at this conclusion, CruiseWatch.com first calculated how much an average person would spend for things like housing, transportation, utilities and other everyday living expenses. For an average household size of 2.5 people in New York City, this averaged around $637 per week. "Currently, the best available prices for the cheapest cruises in our database average around $313.25 per week, which represents a significant saving of $323.75 per week," said the company rep. The cruise prices were accurate as of June 16, 2016.

According to the data, citizens of Honolulu would save a theoretical $7,518 per person and year if they went on continuous cruises in 2017. People in San Francisco would save $7,154, Los Angeles $2,058 and Stamford $3,878. New Yorkers top it all. They would save $10,430 for travelling the world.

"To go on non stop cruises and save some money is an impressive proposition. It demonstrates the value you get out of a cruise compared to the relatively high cost of living at home," Britta Bernhard, the other co founder, added.  "And not to forget that going on a cruise means to enjoy amazing ports and different countries. And all you have to do is to wake up at morning and look out of the window."

A look at the calendar shows that these savings are mainly coming from winter whereas in summer the cost of cruises is actually higher than the cost of living in the US. In the good weeks of winter, savings of up to $324 per person and week are possible. You will need to reinvest some of these savings to make it through the summer where you will see surcharges of up to $298 per week in late June.

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