So Many Price Changes for Our Cruise

[tabbi_cakes]

I am signed up for the service that checks cruise prices and emails me when there is a change.

 

For the past few days there has been 2 changes a day. The price of my cruise will go down about 6% then a few hours later back up by 6%.

 

Has anyone else noticed this happening to the price of their cruise? It's gotten to the point where I don't get excited anymore when I see the email from that service.:eek:

[me & my peeps]

I am signed up for the service that checks cruise prices and emails me when there is a change.

 

For the past few days there has been 2 changes a day. The price of my cruise will go down about 6% then a few hours later back up by 6%.

 

Has anyone else noticed this happening to the price of their cruise? It's gotten to the point where I don't get excited anymore when I see the email from that service.:eek:

 

Carnival has invested huge amounts of capital into understanding market trends, cycles & patterns. I am sure that they have locked in on "peak times" for bookings and have adjusted the pricing accordingly. This means nothing though, if you have booked early saver.

[stefyo]

I am having the same experience..... unfortunately I haven't been able to take advantage of any of them!

[BK512]

Mine hasn't budged one iota. I check at least once per day...do a mock booking and also fareviewer.

:(:cool:

[PA Beachlovers]

I am sure we will never get to take advantage of the early saver on ours, the only price change so far was an increase of $100 per person for our cabin category. Luckily we booked before the price increase. At this point I only check it once in a while to see if there is any reduction at all.

[shof515]

due to the awesome sale, my cruise went up by 60 dollars..wow

[kjunea]

I must be lucky! My cruise has dropped $200 since final payment.

[aggieastrosfan]

Yep, I'm seeing the same thing on ours. The price keeps fluctuating up and down by $30 a few times a day. But the price we paid is still $60 less than the lower end, so I'm not holding out much hope for price drops on this one. At least we managed to collect $60!

 

 

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[emelvee]

I haven't received as many notifications as OP; maybe a dozen or so in the past few months for our upcoming cruise that was booked Early Saver. None had our 7C Cove any less expensive until a few days ago; it finally dropped a net of $37.50 for a little bit of OBC.

[tabbi_cakes]

Our price is $70 lower per person right now after a $30 pp price drop a few months ago.

 

 

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[Isa65]

It's gotten to the point where I don't get excited anymore when I see the email from that service.:eek:

 

I know exactly what you mean... My heart used to skip a beat when I open the mail and there is a message stating: price change alert.

 

Not so any longer - prices go up 4 times a day by $5, not very exciting....

I wish this Awesome-action thing would be over with and we can go to the regular programming.:D

[rjhollan]

Where do you go to sign up for the alerts?

[hooforce]

I don't trust this alert service that you all are using. I check their price for my upcoming cruise and the prices aren't even close to what is being offered on the Carnival website. I wouldn't waste my time on it. Just check Carnival.com periodically...if the price is significant enough and real, you will see it.

[nodogkisses]

I am signed up for the service that checks cruise prices and emails me when there is a change.

 

For the past few days there has been 2 changes a day. The price of my cruise will go down about 6% then a few hours later back up by 6%.

 

Has anyone else noticed this happening to the price of their cruise? It's gotten to the point where I don't get excited anymore when I see the email from that service.:eek:

 

 

This is exactly what I'm experiencing for my October Glory cruise. Twice a day- first the price is up and then it's down, exact same amounts each time. Even when it's at it's lowest price, it's still higher than when I booked. Sounds like the same thing going on.

[peanutzmom]

Prices are definitely fluctuating right now! We live in SW Florida and have been watching a particular cruise that would cover our Spring Break (I'm a teacher and we have two teenagers). My husband checks prices and availability several times a day to see if it drops to a price we can afford. This evening, my husband looked, and the cruise we were contemplating had dropped by over $300! I told him to book right away, while the prices were so low!

[toutou]

I booked the Early Saver a few months ago and since then I had three price drops. The first before the final payment (150.00$) and the other two later given as onboard credit (640.00$).

 

The trick, look at different times of the day. It's often at the beginning of the night that prices fall. For us, it has paid off.

[tabbi_cakes]

I changed my alert so that it will only email me if the rate goes below what we are paying now so I don't get so many emails every day!