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Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions about Track Cruises, our plans, and how we track prices.Track Cruises (track.cruises) is a cruise price comparison and tracking platform. We aggregate cruise pricing data from 11 major cruise lines (Costa Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, MSC Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Disney Cruise Line, AIDA Cruises, Virgin Voyages) across 13 international markets. On a typical sailing the cheapest market is about 12% below the dearest, and on some sailings the gap is more than 40%.
We currently monitor more than 43,000 cruise sailings, around 29,000 of them currently bookable, across 11 cruise lines and 13 international markets. Our database is updated daily with new pricing data, availability information, and price drop alerts.
We monitor cruise prices in 13 international markets: Italy (it_IT), Germany (de_DE), Austria (de_AT), the Netherlands (nl_NL), France (fr_FR), Spain (es_ES), Ireland (en_IE), the United States (en_US), the United Kingdom (en_GB), Canada (en_CA), Australia (en_AU), Brazil (pt_BR), and Japan (ja_JP). Each market often has different pricing for the exact same cruise cabin.
We track Costa Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Princess Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, MSC Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Disney Cruise Line, AIDA Cruises, and Virgin Voyages across all 13 international markets (Italy, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan). We monitor more than 43,000 cruise sailings, around 29,000 of them currently bookable.
No, Track Cruises is an independent price comparison platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any cruise line. We link you to official cruise line websites, and you always book directly with the cruise line at their standard prices.
We compare cruise prices across 13 international markets (Italy, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan). The same cruise can cost hundreds or even thousands less in one market than in another. We show you which market is cheapest for the cabin you want.
Yes. Cruise lines operate internationally and take bookings from all markets. You're just booking through their website in another country, which is ordinary practice in travel.
For most cruise lines, yes. Costa, MSC, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Princess, NCL, Holland America and Disney all redirect you to your home market's website, so you need a VPN or proxy set to that country to see and book that market's price. Booking through another market is allowed either way; the proxy is only what gets you to the right version of the site.
We update prices daily for every tracked cruise. Navigator and Captain users get an alert email within 8-12 hours of a drop; Harbor users get a consolidated email every 48 hours.
Yes. Harbor (free) users can track up to 2 cruises with price alerts every 48 hours. Navigator users can track up to 10 cruises with instant alerts. Captain users get unlimited tracking, instant alerts, and the advanced alert rules.
Set a target price for any cruise you're tracking. We'll monitor prices daily (or instantly for Navigator/Captain users) and send you an email notification when the price drops to or below your target.
Yes. You can cancel at any time, and you keep access until the end of the billing period you've already paid for.
No. We never mark up your fare or add a booking fee: you book on the cruise line's own website at their standard price, and we are not part of that transaction. Comparing prices across all 13 markets is free; direct booking links are included with Navigator and above. Separately, some pages carry advertising from CruiseDirect. Those banners are labelled “Advertisement” and we may earn a commission if you book through one, which never changes the prices or the rankings we show you.
Two ways, and neither one changes the price a cruise line charges you. First, subscriptions: the Navigator, Captain and Admiral plans, plus the Cruise Pricing API we license to businesses. Second, advertising: some pages carry labelled banners from CruiseDirect, and we may earn a commission if you book through one of them. We take no cut of bookings you make through our direct links to a cruise line, and no advertiser can influence which market we show as cheapest or where a cruise ranks — those come from the prices we collect, nothing else.
We accept all major credit cards, PayPal, and various local payment methods through our secure payment processor FastSpring. All transactions are secure and encrypted.
We analyse past price data and booking patterns for the same sailing to estimate where a price is heading. It's an estimate from history, not a forecast we can guarantee, and we don't publish an accuracy figure because we haven't measured one we'd stand behind. Treat it as one input alongside the price history, not as advice to book or wait.
Our tracked cruises cover popular destinations including the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Alaska, South America, and more. You can filter by destination to find cruises to your preferred regions.