Due to the soaring cost of crude oil (as high as $98.62/barrel last week, a 42% rise since August), Several cruise lines have announced the addition of a fuel surcharge to the cost of a cruise.

The Carnival Lines (Carnival, Princess, Holland America, Costa, Seabourn and Cunard) have implemented a $5 per person per day surcharge on all cruises sailing on or after February 1, 2008. The surcharge applies to fist and second passengers per cabin, will not exceed $70 per person and applies to all bookings.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced a surcharge of  $7.50 per guest, per day, for all reservations that are not paid in full by Dec. 1, 2007. The surcharge applies to all sailings through 2008.

Oceania Cruises announced a $7 per person/per day fuel surcharge that applies to new and existing reservations that are not paid in full by Dec. 1 and is effective for all published sailings through April 2009.
and Silversea is assessing  a $10 fuel surcharge per person/per day effective on all new cruise bookings for 2008 voyages made on or after Nov. 14, 2007. The surcharge is applicable to all guests in the suite. Reservations made prior to that will be exempt from the surcharge. Cruise West will implement its $12 per person/per night fuel surcharge starting Dec. 7. The charge will be waived if the cruise is paid in full by that date.