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Booking Pace Compare

26/27 vs 25/26

June-end checkpoint: current 26/27 bookings capped at 2026-06-30 compared with 25/26 bookings created by 2025-06-30.

How are we doing compared with last year?

By the June-end checkpoint, 26/27 is essentially level with 25/26 on booking count: 409 bookings vs 272 last year (+50%). Passengers are +78% and booked net is +59% ahead, so the current order book is slightly more valuable even though booking count is a touch behind.

Comparison basis

Current season cutoff26/27 through 2026-06-30 · 409 bookings
Last season cutoff25/26 through 2025-06-30 · 272 bookings
Season starts26/27 2026-11-23 · 25/26 2025-11-25
Bookings +50%
409now · 26/27
272last year then · 25/26

The cleanest answer to: are we ahead or behind by June-end baseline?

Passengers +78%
4,702now · 26/27
2,639last year then · 25/26

Early partner groups make this move faster than booking count.

Booked net +59%
€1.30Mnow · 26/27
€815Klast year then · 25/26

Value currently on the books, before the season has started.

Quick read

Booking count is nearly flat. The order book has 137 more bookings than last year had by the June-end checkpoint. The better signal is value: booked net is €481K higher at the same checkpoint.

Why this changed

The earlier same-lead snapshot showed 409 vs 266 bookings (+54%), but it cut last season at 2025-06-29. That misses later June bookings, so the June-end checkpoint is the safer management view. 26/27 is still a live pipeline and includes active reservations, so this is a pace view, not a final-season forecast.

Numbers

Metric26/27 now25/26 thenChange
Bookings 409 272 +50%
Passengers 4,702 2,639 +78%
Booked net €1.30M €815K +59%