Shore Excursions Best Price Guarantee

[Almost Packed]

WOW, what a great offering by CCL. It would appear that Carnival will now offer price protection on their excursions as well...a 110% OBC of the difference.

 

Terms & conditions from CCL website here... http://www.carnival.com/~/media/CCLUS/RequestForms/bpgtandc%20pdf.ashx

 

Sounds pretty good to me. Is this brand new or have I just been blind and deaf and missed this?

 

I think this is great. Of course, it all depends on how Carnival handles any claims. I'm curious to hear of everyone's experience.

[bonnys]

Is SOUNDS good but there are a lot of requirements to meet for the guarantee to apply. I know that with all the excursions I have researched in the past the ones offered by CCL are rarely EXACTLY the same as the ones you book yourself. I personally have never seen even one.

[spotte]

We'll see how this works. I was looking at a shore excursion for an upcoming cruise and I found the company that Carnival uses and they will only let you book through Carnival if you are on a cruise, but if you are independent, then the excursion is $20 less per person. I will book it through Carnival and then file the claim form. We'll see what they do.

[golfadj]

One of the things we like about booking privately is less crowding.

 

Where the cruise line uses a bus private tour uses a van.

 

Will stick with private tours.

[shof515]

this is not fleet wide, and is only available for the Carnival Elation,Carnival Imagination, Carnival Magic

 

On the claim form, they only have these 3 ships listed

[Smart Arsenal Fan]

Where do you see this? :confused:

[shawne71]

Where do you see this? :confused:

Click on the link in the first post. ;)

[spotte]

I asked John Heald about this program and he said that right now they are only testing it on those 3 ships to see how it works out before they decide if they are rolling it out fleet wide.

[wantocruisemore]

My guess is VERY claims will get made or paid. Even if you go to the source of the tour to book directly and compare prices, it would not be IDENTICAL in terms of transportation and times. For example, cheaper to book Dolphin experience directly with Chankanaab in Cozumel than with carnival but since carnival includes transport in their excursion! you would not be able to get OBC.

[Smart Arsenal Fan]

Click on the link in the first post. ;)

Yes, saw that, thanks. But where did they go to get to that? :)