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Bowman’s Travel Brief: Another Wild Wave Season

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Wave Season once again continues its wild streak.

In case you’re unfamiliar with wave season, it refers to the early part of the year for the cruise industry when cruise lines and travel advisors typically book the most sailings. January is a big start with deals aplenty and it leads to continued bookings in February and March.

Way back in 2019 (if the pandemic hasn’t ruined you and you can remember that far back), it was the good kind of wild for wave season. Business was booming for the cruise industry and things were looking great.

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In 2020, wave season got wild with COVID-19 first impacting sailings and then ultimately leading to a cruise shut down in March.

At that time, many believed the 2021 wave season would be key to cruise industry recovery. Little did we know that cruising will still be shut down and not even return until the middle of 2021.

Now we enter 2022, and it remains a wild wave season.

Ships are back in the water with expectations of returning to full fleet capacity by springtime. However, bookings are all over the place with some rescheduling and others canceling – all because of the Omicron variant.

There are thankfully still deals for the 2022 wave season but advisors I’ve talked to report mixed feelings about this year’s outlook.

Here’s to hoping the 2023 wave season returns us back to the good kind of wild.

When is your next cruise? Let me know on Twitter and Instagram: @EricBowman_

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