Uma unethemba lokuthola omunye unyaka wokuhamba ngomkhumbi okushibhile, ngikuphathele izindaba: Lowo mkhumbi usuhambile.
Ngemuva kokusungulwa kokuwohloka komnotho, imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi iye yakhuthazwa ukwanda kwakamuva kokubhukha. Futhi lokho kuletha amanani aphezulu.
Ngenyanga edlule, izikhondlakhondla zemboni iCarnival Cruise Lines neNorwegian Cruise Line zimemezele ukwenyuka kwemali yokugibela.
Kodwa ungagxumi umkhumbi okwamanje. Usengathola ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okuthengekayo.
"Ngonyaka odlule bekuwunyaka wokuntshontshwa," kusho uCarolyn Spencer Brown, umhleli omkhulu weCruise Critic, iwebhusayithi yabathengi. “Bebecishe bakukhokhela ukuthi ugibele umkhumbi. Kulo nyaka, usengathola amadili. Kodwa kumele ubafune.”
Unalokho emqondweni, nazi izindlela ezinhlanu zokusika amaseyili akho ebhajethi ngo-2010:
• Zibeke kabusha. Entwasahlobo, imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi imvamisa isusa imikhumbi isuka eCaribbean iye eMedithera noma e-Alaska ehlobo, bese ibuyela ekwindla. Eziningi zalezi zikebhe zokusetha kabusha, ezivame ukuba zinde ezinsukwini zasolwandle futhi zibe zifushane ezicingweni zamachweba, zibiza kancane njenge-$50 ngosuku.
"Uma uthanda impilo yemikhumbi, iphumule kakhulu," kusho uMike Driscoll, umhleli we-Cruise Week, iphephandaba lemboni elizinze e-Brookfield, Ill. Vumela isikhathi esiningi, qaphela isimo sezulu esibi ezindaweni eziwela i-Atlantic futhi ulindele endala. isixuku.
• Thatha impelasonto ende. Uhambo olufushane olusuka e-drive-to-port lungabiza. Isizathu esisodwa: Izinga elikhulayo lokusimama komnotho aliziphakamisi zonke izikebhe.
"Uzobona amanani amahle ohambo lomkhumbi lwezinsuku ezintathu, ezine, ezinhlanu ngoba kuleyo ngxenye yabantu - abahambi besabelomali sakudala - isimo sabo somnotho asizange sibe ngcono onyakeni odlule," kusho uDriscoll. “Uma benomsebenzi iningi labo liyakhathazeka. Uma bengenawo umsebenzi ngeke baye eholidini.”
Futhi uma ungakwazi ukuthola uhambo olufunayo olusuka e-Miami noma e-Fort Lauderdale, hlola i-Tampa, i-Port Canaveral noma i-Jacksonville, nayo enohambo lwangezimpelasonto oluya e-Mexico, e-Bahamas nase-Caribbean.
• Phila njengesigebengu. Njengoba ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabo kubuya ekulahlekelweni kwango-2008, abacebile sebesebenzisa futhi, kusho uMimi Weisband, umkhulumeli weCrystal Cruises, lapho imali yokugibela ivamise ukugijima cishe u-$500 ngosuku.
"Ngonyaka odlule, abantu bakhubazekile," kusho u-Weisband. "Manje akukho ukungaqiniseki okungaka." Ngenxa yalokho, ezinye izikebhe, ikakhulukazi eYurophu, sezivele zidayisiwe.
Kodwa i-Crystal, njengemigqa eminingi yokunethezeka, isanikeza izikhuthazo ezinkulu, njengemali yendiza yamahhala, imali yokugibela kabili-ngakodwa kanye nezikweletu zokusebenzisa imali ebhodini.
Ngokufanayo, i-Silversea ihlinzeka ngemali yendiza yamahhala kanye nokudluliselwa kanye nesaphulelo esingafika kumaphesenti angu-60 ezintengo zezincwajana kwezinye izikebhe zaseCaribbean; I-Seabourn inemali yokugibela kabili-koyedwa kanye nemali yendiza enesaphulelo; kanye ne-Regent Seven Seas inikeza imali yendiza yamahhala kanye nohambo lolwandle.
Ngakho i-luxe ingathengeka.
• Libangise eMexico. Njengoba amanani akamuva aphansi njenge-$429 yezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, uhambo lokuya nokubuya olusuka e-Southern California, i-Mexican Riviera (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta) kunzima ukuyihlula ukuze wonge, ikakhulukazi uma ungasebenzisa ithuba lokuthengisa imali yendiza. beka izintengo zokuya nokubuya e-Los Angeles ngebanga lama- $240. Amanani ancishisiwe ngenxa yomnotho obuthakathaka waseCalifornia, izimpi zezidakamizwa zaseMexico kanye nokungena kwemikhumbi emikhulu emakethe, kusho ochwepheshe.
Ngokuphambene, i-Alaska, iMedithera kanye ne-Baltic zihlala zidumile, ikakhulukazi kubahambi abacebile, ngakho-ke uzothola amadili ambalwa lapho.
• Bhuka kusenesikhathi — noma sekwephuzile. Ukufunwa okukhulu kusho ukuthi amakhabhinethi ayanyamalala ekuhambeni okudumile. ECrystal, lapho eminye imikhumbi yahamba ngamaphesenti angama-60 kuphela noma amaphesenti angama-70 igcwele ngonyaka odlule, ukuhamba okuningi eYurophu kakade sekubhukhiwe ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-90, kusho u-Weisband. I-Oceania ibhukhwe ngokugcwele kuleli hlobo.
Ngakho uma ulibangise e-Europe noma e-Alaska, bhukha manje; uma eMexico, lapho isidingo esiphansi siqhuba ukuthengiswa komlilo, uSpencer Brown uthe, akuphuthumi kangako.
Ukuthi ubhukha ngokushesha kangakanani nakho kuhlobene nendlela okhetha ngayo.
“Uma ukhetha ikhabethe lakho, bhukha kusenesikhathi,” kusho uSpencer Brown. Uma kungenjalo, bhuka amasonto amabili futhi uthathe okusele.
Ngesaphulelo, kunjalo.
