Tour companies and cruise lines often offer last minute fares that are far below the prices paid by customers who have booked their trips far in advance. Use marginal analysis to explain this pricing tactic
The answer rests on the marginal cost and the marginal revenue of the pricing tactic. If a cruise ship still has vacant cabins within a few days of its departure, it is unlikely that they will be sold at the regular price. If the cruise line can sell those cabins, even at a steep discount, they will get some marginal revenue; as long as the marginal revenue exceeds the marginal cost of having the extra passengers on the ship, the firm's profits are increased. Since most of the costs of running a cruise ship are fixed costs, i.e., they do not change with the number of passengers on board, then it is likely that this strategy will increase the cruise line's profits.
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