Tell us...what did you actually pay?

[sgttami]

Doing the B2B on Splendor for 5/24 and 6/1...16 days total. Traveling solo.

 

$791 for the 2 cruises with a shipboard credit total of $200 ($100 each cruise)

 

So it's $591 for 16 days in a balcony on Deck 8 AND I got the same cabin for both cruises!

 

Could have done it for less than half of that in an inside cabin but I really need my balcony for 16 days (lol)...

 

I'm HAPPY!

[kelkel2]

So, I will add my most recent ship to this thread. I just booked the vista as part of the Valentine's day sale. Balcony Guarantee for 6 days $579/pp or $1363 total. We decided to let Carnival pick our room this time. There's so many exciting rooms on this ship that I just couldn't choose. Plus we got $50 OBC!

[sporttrackin]

CRUISE:

ITEMIZED CHARGES

All Charges are quoted in USD

CRUISE CHARGES

Cruise Rate $2,008.00

Taxes, Fees & Port Expenses $197.28

Total Cruise Charges $2,205.28

 

OPTIONAL CHARGES

Prepaid Gratuities $168.00

Total Optional Charges $168.00

 

TOTAL CHARGES $2,373.28

AIR:

Base Fare

$ 707.00

Excise Taxes

$ 53.00

Segment Fee

$ 32.00

Passenger Facility Charge

$ 33.00

September 11th Security Fee

$ 22.40

Total Air Cost

$ 847.40

ROOM:

Fri 27 Mar 2015 - Sun 29 Mar 2015 $249.95 (USD)

 

Tax: $75.74 (USD)

 

Estimated Total Price: $575.64 (USD)

 

 

 

This is definitely how much I paid for a 8M (Aft extended) March 29th on the Dream. I also get $50 OBC for 2 people. I doubt this is a good deal, but WTH.

[Tortoiselvr]

Magic

7 day

May 31, 2015

 

4J

2 people

$1271 total (including taxes/fees but not gratuities) + $50 OBC

$635 pp

Edited February 16, 2015 by Tortoiselvr

[cbreit]

Glory, 6/13/15

$674 (2 pp) aft, extended balcony, incl. ins & pick up at airport, Pack & Play offer

[kattya]

Dream, March 1, 2015 out of New Orleans

Booked the fare when it popped up on a Sunday or Monday in January, $299 per person for a 1A room, $392 total with taxes and port fees. no solo supplement, got a 2 porthole room on the Main deck!

[lizziez00]

The difference even on a "free" cruise is amazing

 

3-7-15 Carnival Sunshine 8 day Southern Free Casino cruise was $169 total for 2 of us (paid fees and taxes only) for a 7th deck interior.

 

6-13-15 Carnival Elation 5 day Pack-n-Play $305 for a OV everything included plus $100 OBC

 

7-12-15 NCL Alaska Free Casino Cruise $2150!! for a upgrade to a balcony plus fees and taxes for 3 of us. (Yes, I know Alaska is more expensive, but $2150 for a free cruise!! Would have been $1500 for the base interior...) :eek:

[rok233]

Carnival is paying me $2000 ($1000 each cruise) to take my next two cruises in a balcony room. :D

[planetcadillac]

Being just a couple of hours from Charleston, SC we have the benefit of being able to be driven to the port early that morning and home when finished with the only additional cost of gas for the car for whichever family member is available at the time. With that said, we are on a 5 day Carnival Fantasy cruise to Bahamas and the total for 2 of us OV, taxes, pre paid gratuities is $473.xx pp. We don't drink much nor gamble - we are taking a beach excursion in Freeport and walking around Nassau so we will likely end up at sub $1200 for the two of us.

 

With that said, I don't compare myself to others better/worse but look at it like being taking advantage of coupons or aggressive bargain hunting. If you can get away with it and the alternative costs are justifiable by all means. Being located in the south east coast, we can easily drive to Florida for special cruises. Given this, I would be hard pressed to essentially double the cost of a cruise for something like the 5 day cruise we are doing but we would fly/spend additional money for like when we did the 20 day Mediterranean cruise in 2007.

[ASchaff]

Valor 10/31/2015

$439 pp, $2.80pp/pd for king interior

228.94 taxes and fees

168 gratuities

1,314.94 total.

 

Hoping for drops

[VacaGrl45]

Booked during the $35 sale, paid $800 and change for the two of us inside, ended up in an inside on the Lido deck. Not bad! Our airfare cost $270 as we had miles, free car in Fort Lauderdale (Hertz points) and a room at well known name brand (cant mention it as my friend works there and got it cheap) $29 for the night! Had $1200 OBC that we paid $900!

[aprilivy]

$1100/person 12 day cruise on Freedom - balcony (plus fees/taxes/transportation/insurance)

$600 for 2 adults -- 8 day on Sunshine - ocean view - INCLUDING taxes/fees/transportation/insurance (casino freebie)

[IndyDenise]

Conquest March 15 -21 Western Caribbean

 

3 adults

 

$772.00 each ( includes taxes-fees ) for an Ocean Suite

 

Took an upsell for $210.00 total to a Grand Suite

 

Oh and I have $100.00 onboard credit from a promo Carnival did during "cruise week"

[mnporter1]

Hi. We are on the March 1st sailing out of Port Canaveral for a 7-day trip to Nassau, Cozumel, Mahoghany Bay, and Costa Maya. We originally booked a standard indoor room on Riviera for $449 a person with an OBC of $50. We just received a call from Carnival for an upgrade to Deck 7 for an aft extended deck for $300 more plus we can keep our $50 OBC. First time we have received an offer for an upgrade and I said yes. It sounded like a good deal to me. Any opinions appreciated.

[BigB0882]

I think going from interior to extended aft is a GREAT upgrade. :)

[sandij]

Had OV room on Conquest with two windows, cost was 1533.00 total for two for 8 days. No airfare.

[tvlworm]

Upcoming 5 night Magic sailing, Cove balcony for 4 was $1194 with all taxes. Saved an additional $120 by paying with Verizon gift cards. No price drops yet.

 

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