Tips - How to get the best deal on cruises?

[Tea]

Very useful information, thanks all esp Omega1.
@Omega1 : when is the final payment date usually?

[katiec68]

We are on the same TA cruise as Omega 😆😆😆 we have paid under £3000 for an unobstructed balcony cabin although no OBC for us 😶
We have also booked a 2 week Caribbean cruise with P&O for Jan 18 - we booked this last October. The price is nearly £800 more now (including the OBC difference).

I like to have something booked even though both DH and I could go at a moments notice! Just can't help it!

I guess I like to book to get the cabin I want rather than wait till 12 weeks out.

I'd love to be able to wait but my brain just can't handle it😂

Like others have said sign up for all the emails, texts and on FB and there's always some amazing offers.

Katie x

[Omega1]

Originally Posted by Tea

Very useful information, thanks all esp Omega1.
@Omega1 : when is the final payment date usually?

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Cruise lines usually have a final payment date about 10-12 weeks out. If you book through an agent, this could be longer.

[phoebe23]

Good example this morning email from Cruise1st.
£1099 guarantee balcony cabin Caribbean cruise RCI 16nts - 14nts onboard from Heathrow or Glasgow April 2017 o'night F Lauderdale hotel. Went right up to online checkout ☺

[Cloverlady]

Originally Posted by phoebe23

Good example this morning email from Cruise1st.
£1099 guarantee balcony cabin Caribbean cruise RCI 16nts - 14nts onboard from Heathrow or Glasgow April 2017 o'night F Lauderdale hotel. Went right up to online checkout ☺

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Wowee! That's a good price!
If we weren't already away in April I would be 'suggesting' this to my beloved one!

Currently sat watching a cruise sales TV programme on Ideal Home, first time I've ever seen this channel

[jas72]

Originally Posted by Cloverlady

Brilliant info Omega1! Thank you! .
Will show this to my hubby.

Just worked our Caribbean cruise price out and its £84 (without factoring in compulsory tips) so it is an Ok price, ? This is for a balcony cabin with all inclusive drinks package and priority boarding.

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we paid £205 (without factoring in compulsory tips) pppn for inside Z guarantee cabin with no extras was that a good price?

[CC71]

Originally Posted by jas72

we paid £205 (without factoring in compulsory tips) pppn for inside Z guarantee cabin with no extras was that a good price?

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Have you really paid £205 per person per night for an inside cabin or is that a typo?

[Cloverlady]

Originally Posted by CC71

Have you really paid £205 per person per night for an inside cabin or is that a typo?

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Yes, that would be one heck of an expensive cruise!

[Smilesonfaces]

Sorry about jumping on thread but out of interest when you are calculating the pppn figure do you include flights ? I have been pricing up cruises at about £70 a night but that is just the cruise not the rest of it i.e. Hotel night before and after and flights. DH wants to do a cruise this year but I am finding it so much more difficult to price up than other holidays.

[Omega1]

Originally Posted by Smilesonfaces

Sorry about jumping on thread but out of interest when you are calculating the pppn figure do you include flights ? I have been pricing up cruises at about £70 a night but that is just the cruise not the rest of it i.e. Hotel night before and after and flights. DH wants to do a cruise this year but I am finding it so much more difficult to price up than other holidays.

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To do an accurate pppn comparison you should take the cruise only figure - not including tips, drinks packages, speciality restaurants, obc, etc. If you get any of these then it's a bonus.