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UK Cruise Pricing Data, Research & Media Resources
CruisePriceSpy tracks thousands of cruise prices every day,
helping UK cruisers compare genuine value, identify price
movements and understand what a cruise really costs.
What is CruisePriceSpy?
CruisePriceSpy is a free UK cruise comparison, price-tracking
and deal-checking website created to make cruise pricing easier
to understand.
CruisePriceSpy helps cruisers Find, Check and Watch.
Find cruises and compare them using Price Per Person Per Night
(PPPN), check whether a cruise quote represents good value,
and watch cruise prices for meaningful changes and reductions.
Find
Search live cruise prices and compare cruises fairly using
Price Per Person Per Night rather than headline price alone.
Check
CruisePriceSpy’s Deal Checker assesses cruise quotes,
including the value of relevant perks, and compares the
resulting PPPN with tracked pricing.
Watch
CruisePriceSpy checks historical prices daily and helps
users identify when cruises they are interested in fall
in price.
Who are Steve & Gill?
CruisePriceSpy was founded by Steve and Gill Houghton,
two long-time UK cruisers who wanted a simpler way to
compare cruise prices.
Steve and Gill first met aboard P&O’s SS Canberra in
1975 and have been cruising together ever since.
After years of comparing cruises across multiple websites,
Steve became frustrated by the difficulty of determining
which sailing actually represented the best value.
CruisePriceSpy grew from a price tracker originally built
for their own use.
A central part of the system is
Price Per Person Per Night (PPPN),
which makes cruises of very different lengths easier to
compare on a consistent basis.
What data does CruisePriceSpy track?
CruisePriceSpy records daily cruise pricing data across
thousands of active sailings and multiple cabin categories.
Current fares
Current cruise prices covering thousands of active sailings
across 16 cruise lines.
Historical prices
Daily price snapshots are retained so today’s fare can be
compared with previously recorded pricing.
PPPN
Cruise fares are converted to Price Per Person Per Night
to allow fairer comparison between cruises of different
durations.
Cabin categories
Where available, price movements are recorded across
different cabin types rather than treating a cruise as
having a single price.
Price movements
CruisePriceSpy tracks both increases and reductions and
compares the latest recorded fare with earlier prices.
Deal value
Cruise quotes can be assessed against tracked market prices,
PPPN and the financial value of relevant extras or perks.
Current CruisePriceSpy statistics
CruisePriceSpy’s database is updated daily. These figures
represent the active dataset and historical pricing archive
as at 15 August 2026.
13,303
cruises currently monitored
16
cruise lines covered
205,604
historical price records
4,595
currently below first-recorded price
Of the
13,211 actively tracked cruises with sufficient price
history for comparison
,
4,595 cruises, or 34.8%
,
are currently priced below the level first recorded by
CruisePriceSpy.
Among those reductions, the
median price reduction is 3.4%,
while the
average reduction is 6.2%.
The
largest single reduction recorded so far is 67.8%.
CruisePriceSpy has recorded
205,604 individual daily price snapshots
across tracked cruises and cabin types since continuous
daily tracking began on
15 July 2026.
Methodology:
Reduction statistics compare the first price recorded
for each actively tracked cruise with its latest recorded
price.
This is the same first-versus-latest methodology used
by CruisePriceSpy’s live “Down from” price messaging.
Cruise lines currently covered
CruisePriceSpy currently tracks pricing across 16 cruise lines.
Royal Caribbean
Cunard
Virgin Voyages
P&O Cruises
MSC Cruises
Princess Cruises
Celebrity Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line
Oceania Cruises
Ambassador Cruise Line
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Crystal Cruises
Marella Cruises
Azamara Cruises
Latest CruisePriceSpy research
CruisePriceSpy is building a series of original data-led
reports examining cruise pricing, value and fare movements
using its historical pricing dataset.
UK Cruise Price Movement Research
Analysis of how often tracked cruises fall below their
first-recorded price, the typical size of reductions and
how cruise pricing changes over time.
PPPN & Cruise Value Research
Research examining cruise value using Price Per Person
Per Night rather than headline fare alone.
Cruise Deal & Timing Research
Future CruisePriceSpy research will examine questions
including when prices fall, how long reductions last
and how current offers compare with historical pricing.
For journalists and researchers
CruisePriceSpy can provide additional analysis from its
historical cruise pricing dataset for relevant editorial,
research or media enquiries.
Please contact CruisePriceSpy if you require statistics
relating to a particular cruise line, cabin category,
price movement or period.
CruisePriceSpy logo & media assets
Journalists, publishers and creators may use the official
CruisePriceSpy logo when referring to CruisePriceSpy in
editorial coverage.
Logo usage
Please do not alter the proportions, colours or typography
of the CruisePriceSpy logo.
This high-resolution logo may be used for editorial,
press and media coverage relating to CruisePriceSpy.
Citing CruisePriceSpy data
Journalists, publishers, researchers, bloggers and
content creators are welcome to cite CruisePriceSpy
statistics and published research in editorial content.
Please clearly identify CruisePriceSpy as the source and,
where practical, include a link to CruisePriceSpy.com or
the relevant CruisePriceSpy research page.
Suggested attribution:
Source: CruisePriceSpy.com
Suggested editorial wording:
According to cruise pricing data from CruisePriceSpy...
Please contact CruisePriceSpy before reproducing substantial
portions of its dataset or requesting unpublished analysis.
Media enquiries
Contact CruisePriceSpy
For press enquiries, interviews with Steve & Gill,
cruise pricing commentary, data requests or information
about CruisePriceSpy research:
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CruisePriceSpy.com is owned by Bryn Morfa Ltd,
registered in England and Wales.
About CruisePriceSpy
CruisePriceSpy is a free UK cruise comparison, cruise price
tracking and deal-checking website founded by Steve and Gill
Houghton.
CruisePriceSpy monitors 13,303 active cruises across
16 cruise lines and has recorded more than 205,000 historical
cruise price observations since continuous daily tracking
began in July 2026.
The service compares cruises using Price Per Person Per Night
(PPPN), tracks cruise price movements and helps travellers
assess whether cruise offers represent good value.
