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Cruise-deal vocabulary

The language of a real cruise deal

Four concepts do most of the work in finding a genuinely good cruise price. Learn them once and every fare you see becomes easier to judge.

Per-day price

One honest axis for every length of cruise.

Fare ÷ nights, per person — comparable across any trip length.

Sister sailings

The cheapest of a set of identical — and near-identical — departures.

Same ship, same itinerary, different dates — often very different prices.

Inversion

When a better cabin costs less than a worse one.

A higher cabin category priced below a lower one on the same ship.

One-of-a-kind itinerary

Rare routes almost no other sailing matches.

Itineraries with few or no close matches on the market.

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