The short version: CruiseIndex is a research tool. We do not sell cruises, we cannot hold a cabin for you, and we are not your travel agent. The company you book with sets the price you actually pay and owns the contract. Our scores are our opinion, formed from data we publish openly. Use the site to decide where to look; check the details with the seller before you pay.
CruiseIndex gathers publicly available information about cruise ships and sailings, scores each sailing on value for money, and links out to places that sell it. That is the whole product. We are an independent site run by one person, not a cruise line, not a travel agency, and not a licensed seller of travel.
By using the site you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.
This is the most important thing on this page, so we will be blunt about it.
If you find a sailing where our price and the seller's are materially different, tell us at hello@cruiseindex.net. We would rather hear about it than have you discover it at checkout.
Our Value Score, star ratings and any ranking or label on this site are editorial judgements derived from data. They are opinions, not statements of fact, and not financial, travel or professional advice. Reasonable people weigh these things differently, which is why the method is published at How the Index works rather than hidden.
Underlying figures come from third parties and may be incomplete, out of date or wrong. We correct what we find.
Every booking link sends you to a third party. Your booking is a contract between you and that company, governed by their terms, their cancellation policy, their payment terms and their customer service. We are not a party to it.
We cannot change, cancel or refund a booking, access your reservation, or intervene in a dispute. Questions about a booking go to whoever took your money.
Some outbound links earn us a commission if you book. This never changes the price you pay and does not affect how sailings are scored or ordered. The full explanation is on the affiliate disclosure page.
If you ask us to watch a fare or join the launch list, we will email you about it and nothing else. Alerts are sent on a best-effort basis: we cannot promise every price move is caught, that an email arrives, or that it arrives in time to act on. Every alert carries an unsubscribe link, and one click stops all of them.
You are welcome to browse, search, compare and share links. Please do not:
The compilation, the scoring work and the written content here are ours. Ship photographs are used under their own licences and credited accordingly; ship names, cruise line names and logos belong to their owners and appear here for identification only.
The site is provided as is. We work hard to be accurate and we publish our method so you can check us, but we do not warrant that the site is error-free, uninterrupted, complete or current.
To the fullest extent the law allows, CruiseIndex is not liable for any loss arising from your use of the site or reliance on anything published here, including a price that changed, a sailing that sold out, a score you disagreed with, or a dispute with a company you booked through.
Nothing here limits any liability that cannot lawfully be limited, and nothing here affects your statutory consumer rights.
We may update these terms. Material changes will be noted here with a new effective date; continuing to use the site after that means you accept them. These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Questions: hello@cruiseindex.net. Privacy questions: privacy@cruiseindex.net.