Young Travelers Are Warming Up to Cruises
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Language: English (original, creator captions)
[0:00] This is Hannah Hanks, newly married, 20 years of age, young woman. If you wanna see
[0:04] different places, you're on a budget, you want all inclusive, and you want fun things to
[0:08] do, well, go on a cruise.
[0:10] Cruise it up.
[0:11] How representative is that of of young people today? So how are they coming around to
[0:15] this? How are they deciding that cruises are the thing to do?
[0:18] Yeah. I think you'd be surprised despite the long standing stereotype. I think it's quite common
[0:22] now for our gen z's, millennials. I think a lot of it is the economic pressures.
[0:26] You know, you hear about rising gases, rising airfare, and, ultimately, sometimes, cruises are just more
[0:32] affordable. You have lodging, food, entertainment, the opportunity to see these places all under one fare
[0:38] as opposed to paying for airfare and a hotel and meals separately. So it really seems
[0:43] like a quite affordable option for a lot of these younger travelers. And, frankly, a lot
[0:48] of these new ships have some pretty wild amenities now. We're talking, you know, zip lines,
[0:53] water parks