tabbi_cakes Posted January 29, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 29, 2013 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me & my peeps Posted January 29, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 29, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefyo Posted January 29, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I am having the same experience..... unfortunately I haven't been able to take advantage of any of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK512 Posted January 29, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Mine hasn't budged one iota. I check at least once per day...do a mock booking and also fareviewer. :(:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Beachlovers Posted January 29, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 29, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted January 29, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 29, 2013 due to the awesome sale, my cruise went up by 60 dollars..wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjunea Posted January 29, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I must be lucky! My cruise has dropped $200 since final payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieastrosfan Posted January 29, 2013 #8 Share Posted January 29, 2013 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! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelvee Posted January 29, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 29, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbi_cakes Posted January 29, 2013 Author #10 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Our price is $70 lower per person right now after a $30 pp price drop a few months ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa65 Posted January 29, 2013 #11 Share Posted January 29, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhollan Posted January 31, 2013 #12 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Where do you go to sign up for the alerts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooforce Posted January 31, 2013 #13 Share Posted January 31, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodogkisses Posted January 31, 2013 #14 Share Posted January 31, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare peanutzmom Posted January 31, 2013 #15 Share Posted January 31, 2013 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 $300! I told him to book right away, while the prices were so low! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toutou Posted January 31, 2013 #16 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I booked the Early Saver a few months ago and since then I had three price drops. The first before the final payment (150.00$) 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbi_cakes Posted January 31, 2013 Author #17 Share Posted January 31, 2013 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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