If you’re a solo traveler, there was always a cost barrier if you wanted to take a cruise alone.

Most cruise lines had a fare rule that stipulated they sold cabins based on double occupancy. You could still cruise by yourself, but you had to pay double. That rule disenfranchised a huge segment of the population at the very time the single traveler numbers have grown dramatically.

And now, slowly but surely, cruise lines have dramatically increased the number of solo cabins on their ships, and adjusted prices more realistically.

NCL has added more single cabins and will have 1,500 of them in the next 12 months.

Crystal built new solo cabins for its ships, and Oceania cruises added solo cabins with a bonus. They come with balconies. And the price, relatively speaking, is right.