How much did you get charged the last time you arranged parking in a cruise terminal car park? I bet it wasn't as much as the cruise line did!
I was thinking about it the other day and wondered if there was a way to, (roughly), work out how much the cruise lines had to pay to dock at different berths. I suppose I could have contacted the different cruise lines or the port authorities direct but then I hit on an easier way of getting to an approximate figure. This is the formula I came up with...
Total port taxes for the cruise divided by the number of ports on the cruise x the number of passengers on the ship = an approximate figure per port.
So for example:
On an eight night sailing on Quantum of the Seas from New Jersey, (I based it on the 23rd November 14) the port taxes per passenger are £77.50. There are four ports of call so 77.5 ÷ 4 = £19.37. Quantum of the Seas can hold 4180 passengers at maximum capacity so £19.37 x 4180 = £80,966.60. So by a rough calculation Royal Caribbean are paying just over £80,000 per stop in port charges.
or:
On a 14 night western Mediterranean on board the Celebrity Eclipse, (I’ve based this on the 08th September 2013), there are 8 ports of call. The port charges per passenger are £88 so - £88 ÷ 8 = £11. The Celebrity Eclipse can carry 2,850 passengers so 2850 x £11 = £31,350 per port. So Celebrity are roughly paying £31,350 in charges per port for a Western Mediterranean cruise.
I bet your car parking looks a lot more reasonable now doesn't it!
I was thinking about it the other day and wondered if there was a way to, (roughly), work out how much the cruise lines had to pay to dock at different berths. I suppose I could have contacted the different cruise lines or the port authorities direct but then I hit on an easier way of getting to an approximate figure. This is the formula I came up with...
Total port taxes for the cruise divided by the number of ports on the cruise x the number of passengers on the ship = an approximate figure per port.
So for example:
On an eight night sailing on Quantum of the Seas from New Jersey, (I based it on the 23rd November 14) the port taxes per passenger are £77.50. There are four ports of call so 77.5 ÷ 4 = £19.37. Quantum of the Seas can hold 4180 passengers at maximum capacity so £19.37 x 4180 = £80,966.60. So by a rough calculation Royal Caribbean are paying just over £80,000 per stop in port charges.
or:
On a 14 night western Mediterranean on board the Celebrity Eclipse, (I’ve based this on the 08th September 2013), there are 8 ports of call. The port charges per passenger are £88 so - £88 ÷ 8 = £11. The Celebrity Eclipse can carry 2,850 passengers so 2850 x £11 = £31,350 per port. So Celebrity are roughly paying £31,350 in charges per port for a Western Mediterranean cruise.
I bet your car parking looks a lot more reasonable now doesn't it!
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