Expert: Curtis Thorsen - 7/15/2009

Question
my whole family would like to travel together as a group-about 10 of us,is there a discount rate?

also we would like to depart from Baltimore ,maryland,so we need a cruise that will take us to french speaking islands in the Caribbean?

we need a whole package deal and we are all going to pitch in so i need to know how much it would be for 10 people for 4 days and 5 nights or 3 nights cruise.

Answer
Welcome to cruising !

Firstly, in order to qualify for any possible "group" discounts, you must have a minimum of 8 staterooms booked based on double occupancy, so you would not qualify for that. There are from time to time "resident" discounts, "sr. citizen" discounts or "past guest" discounts or sometimes a special discount for a specific category statewroom that may be offered by the cruiseline. If you are placing 3 or 4 passengers in the stateroom, usually the 3d and 4th passenger will pay a lower fare than the first two passengers.

There are no 5 night or 3 night cruises departing from Baltimore.

If you want to visit french speaking ports, you will have to do a cruise further in the caribbean and it will take a minimum of 7 nights and will not depart from Baltimore.

Your best bet is to visit a travel agent to discuss this further and look into other cruise options.

Best of luck.