Cruisers often complain they feel “nickeled and dimed” because of all the extra costs that pop up during their vacation. However, you’ll never hear that from Regent Seven Seas’ passengers thanks to pricing that is as all-inclusive as you can get in the cruise industry. When you purchase a luxury cruise from Regent, your fare includes airfare, the cruise, gratuities, alcoholic beverages consumed aboard ship and shore excursions.

Now Regent has announced another perk.

Included in the fare will also be a pre-cruise deluxe hotel stay. The cruise line will collect you from the airport and bring you to the hotel; the following day they’ll transfer you to the ship.

Regent’s three spacious ships are 700-passenger Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Voyager, and, Seven Seas Navigator, which carries 490 guests.

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While the company hasn’t announced it yet, we’ve learned that Regent Seven Seas Cruises will increase its fuel supplement to $15 per person, per day for bookings made June 16, 2008 and beyond.  It will be the highest in the industry to date. 

Last week Norwegian Cruise Line raised its fuel surcharge to $11 per person, per day.

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The New York investment company Apollo Management has purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Company for $1 billion.  Apollo previously purchased a hefty chunk of Oceania Cruises and has created a division for the two cruise lines: Prestige Cruise Holdings. 

The Oceania and Regent brands will remain separate and Mark Conroy will continue as president of Regent, which will maintain it’s fleet of small luxury vessels which have been sailing in the black for some time. 

Earlier this year Apollo bought a $1 billion stake of NCL Holdings, parent company of Norwegian ruise Line, which is not part of Prestige Cruise Holdings.

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