The Return of Fuel Surcharges? Is it Inevitable?
I am writing this post not because I have heard actual news of the return of fuel surcharges but because I want to inform you all of the inevitability of their return. Some of you newer cruisers (or cruisers who have taken a break) may not know anything about fuel surcharges. No worries, I will [...]
It’s 2010 Will Fuel Surcharges Be Returning?
Back in October I wrote a blog entry about the return of the fuel surcharge, you can read it here. In that blog entry I speculated about whether or not cruise lines would once again begin charging their customers the fuel surcharge now that the price of oil has once again risen. You see, when [...]
Oil Hits 12 Month High Will Fuel Surcharges Return in 2010?
Yesterday evening while reading the newspaper I noticed that the price of a barrel of oil had surpassed 75 dollars per barrel. What this means is we are once again heading into the territory where the cruise lines start getting nervous about how much moolah it takes to fill up the tank. If you can [...]
