2/8/2010
Cruise lines offer single cabins, improve entertainment

By Associated Press
Sunday, February 7, 2010

NEW YORK - If you are planning a cruise vacation in 2010, get ready for higher prices, better entertainment, water parks and one of the most innovative concepts to come along in a while: Rooms designed for solo travelers on the Norwegian Epic, without the supplemental charge that single passengers on cruises traditionally have paid.

“I think it’s genius,” said Cynthia Boal Janssens, editor and chief blogger at AllThingsCruise.com. “I’m amazed with so many new ships coming on line that this hasn’t been done sooner. Lots of single people cruise and want to cruise, but right now, if you are going on a cruise as a single person and you occupy a double cabin, they charge you an additional fee for doing that, sometimes as much as 200 percent.”

The Epic, which is set to launch this summer, will offer 128 studios for singles. The cabins open onto a lounge area where solo travelers can socialize

To learn more about this amazing ship contact a Bursch Travel office near you.