Booking your next cruise while onboard

[Evilgrin72]

I understand you can book a future RCL or X cruise while onboard an X ship and there are some benefits to doing so. Can anyone kindly run-down what is required to do this in terms of up-front deposit and what are the benefits of booking a cruise onboard as opposed to waiting until after disembarkation? And can a cruise booked onboard be transferred to a TA or no?

 

Thanks in advance.

[ghstudio]

The deals offered on board do vary a bit but generally if booking less than a suite, you pay 1/2 the normal deposit....and if you book anything up to a concierge cabin, you will be bumped up two levels (within the same major category..inside, outside, balcony. If you book a C3 cabin, you will be assigned a C2. There will also be an on board credit based on the duration and type of cabin booked.

 

You can transfer the reservation to the travel agent of your choice within 60 days of making the reservation.

[Orlandocruiser]

Also be aware that their computer system will use the travel agent that you used for the cruise you are on as a default. So if you plan to shop around for another agent be sure to tell them to assign your new reservation to Celebrity.

[Evilgrin72]

So, reduced deposit and OBC are the hook. Thanks for the info.

[Ontario Cruiser]

Are the deposits non refundable? Ontario Cruiser

[Gordoncruickshank]

Do they do the same as Princess with future cruise credits? I guess the problem with those and the obc by booking on board is that you can't use shareholder credit as well. It is one or the other.

 

That is one thing Carnival have right - you get both

[fninsn]

Are the deposits non refundable? Ontario Cruiser

 

 

The deposit is 100% refundable as long as you cancel before final payment.

[ORV]

The deals offered on board do vary a bit but generally if booking less than a suite, you pay 1/2 the normal deposit....and if you book anything up to a concierge cabin, you will be bumped up two levels (within the same major category..inside, outside, balcony. If you book a C3 cabin, you will be assigned a C2. There will also be an on board credit based on the duration and type of cabin booked.

 

You can transfer the reservation to the travel agent of your choice within 60 days of making the reservation.

 

Unless it's recently changed the deposit for less than a suite is 100pp.

[Traveling Library]

Just do your homework. On a different cruise line we booked a future cruise and came home 2 days later to discover that a guarantee cabin option (never offered) was $1900 less than what we booked. Cruise company came thru and rebooked us and refunded the overage but we learned our lesson. Know the pricing before you go.

We've appreciated the upgrade, low deposit, and on board credit.

In fact we usually book our next cruise while on our current one.

[Kellie Poodle]

Is there any benefit for booking the cruise onboard over purchasing a future cruise certificate and booking after you return home? Is there more OBC one way?

 

I get the bump up one-level as Elite and I'm going to book a cruise in an outside cabin.

[Christine Frances]

Captain's Club gives you a one category upgrade (inside to inside & outside to outside) while booking on board gets you a 3 cat upgrade (pretty well all categories up to C3 to C2) The deposit and OBC are the same.

[Kellie Poodle]

Captain's Club gives you a one category upgrade (inside to inside & outside to outside) while booking on board gets you a 3 cat upgrade (pretty well all categories up to C3 to C2) The deposit and OBC are the same.

 

Then booking on board will result in a lower price?

[ClaudiaB]

And if you book a suite it's only $100 pp instead of $450 deposit each.

[ORV]

And if you book a suite it's only $100 pp instead of $450 deposit each.

 

I don't think that's right.

[Christine Frances]

Then booking on board will result in a lower price?

 

If you are on S Class you can book a 2A and pay for a 2D. I think because there are less categories per class of cabins on M Class you can only get a 2 cat upgrade.

 

 

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[mzk90]

Don't forget, for anyone outside North America, they will have different rules on future cruises. In the UK, you pay £75 reduced deposit, regardless of stateroom category. ALso, we have to pay the full deposit amount when we confirm the ship and sail date we want.

 

I know that there have been lots of threads here about problems caused when booking the cruise they want, because some people do not realise they MUST use the booking number that is on your Next Cruise invoice and they just get their agent to make a completely new booking. This means you do not get the OBC or get to move the deposit as the UK won't allow this!

[x5wjm]

Don't forget, for anyone outside North America, they will have different rules on future cruises. In the UK, you pay £75 reduced deposit, regardless of stateroom category. ALso, we have to pay the full deposit amount when we confirm the ship and sail date we want.

 

I know that there have been lots of threads here about problems caused when booking the cruise they want, because some people do not realise they MUST use the booking number that is on your Next Cruise invoice and they just get their agent to make a completely new booking. This means you do not get the OBC or get to move the deposit as the UK won't allow this!

 

Our TA didnt follow the procedure when we made the booking; they had to create another reservation in the end so that our deposit was deducted. :)

 

Just veering off track a little - do you know when the OBC appears on your Celebrity booking?

Thank you

[Merriem]

We booked a cruise and then decided to do a different one, once we got home. Changed our trip to a repeat of the Galapgos we had done before. I had no trouble doing that, and since it was within the 60 days, transferred it to the TA that gave us the best on board credit (which you don't need on that ship) but we can withdraw it when we get ready to leave.

[softail]

And if you book a suite it's only $100 pp instead of $450 deposit each.

 

Thats incorrect i booked a balcony 2A and my deposit was $100.00pp.

[softail]

Our TA didnt follow the procedure when we made the booking; they had to create another reservation in the end so that our deposit was deducted. :)

 

Just veering off track a little - do you know when the OBC appears on your Celebrity booking?

Thank you

 

My OBC was on the booking confirmation i got on the ship the day i booked.

[softail]

If you are on S Class you can book a 2A and pay for a 2D. I think because there are less categories per class of cabins on M Class you can only get a 2 cat upgrade.

 

 

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Thats exactly what i got a 2A for a 2D price. Plus $100.00 PP deposit and OBC.

[ORV]

Thats incorrect i booked a balcony 2A and my deposit was $100.00pp.

 

She's talking about the deposit for a suite, but it's still incorrect.

[ORV]

She's talking about the deposit for a suite, but it's still incorrect.

 

Okay, I found the information for the suite deposits on my paperwork from when we booked last Nov. It could have changed since then as things sometimes do with Celebrity, but I've seen no talk of it here on the board and I keep up pretty good, especially on subjects like this. Here you go:

 

Suites 1-5 Nights $200USD pp, for 6-8 nights $500USD pp, for 9+ $900USD pp

 

This is directly from the booking form.