Help ! The Suspense is killing me

[kruisey]

I booked what I could afford not that it would be my choice I wanted to cruise.Decided for the first time ever to book a guarantee.I repeat the suspense is killing me:eek:.Everyday I look to see if I have been assigned for my cruise in October..

How do you folks that always book this way manage this situation?

Do you usually get what you pay for or a slight upgrade.?

[runner15km]

I received my cabin assignment 5 days before sailing and was given the category that I paid for. Golden Princess r/t from Seattle.:)

[diane.in.ny]

You may not get your cabin assignment until you are boarding.

 

My TA tells her clients to book a guarantee only if you will be happy with that category because that is probably what you will get.

 

And even that may not work out. We did get an upgrade ... to a cabin where the door faced the area where the elevators are. I can;t tell you the number of times were were disturbed by loud conversation both early and late.

 

Never again! I now pick my cabin and pay the going rate.

[Colo Cruiser]

What When Where????

[paul929207]

Your are too far away from sailing to be obsessing. Take a couple of deep breaths.

[shanecindy21403]

I usually always book a ME mini suite guarantee and have always gotten a higher category mini. One time we were actually truly upgraded to a suite. I'm not counting on that ever happening again lol

[wheezedr]

Have done a guarantee many times. You will always get at least what you opted for but may get bumped up, depends to a great degree where you are going and the popularity of that itinerary. Have ended up with my level and have been bumped as far as a suite from an ocean view. The latter was on the day before the cruise as I was flying east.

You may not hear until just a few days before the cruise, remember Princess is trying to maximize its dollars by selling the more expensive rooms if it can. Relax though as I have never yet had to sleep on the deck

[Love.II.Cruise]

Your are too far away from sailing to be obsessing. Take a couple of deep breaths.

 

good advice

[wolfie2702]

I received my assignement for Nov 9th cruise. I'd be VERY concerned if I were you. Only kidding. Sometimes they tell you within the week and other times they tell you at the last minute

[Northender]

Good luck. Hopefully you will get a nice surprise.:):)

[cdngrl]

I hear you about having to book a guarantee as that is the only category you can afford.

 

I booked an interior guarantee for my october cruise on the sapphire--the cheapest cabin available as there was no cabins available, only a guarantee. I check for an assignment every few days. I also check to see if the price has gone down. so far it has not and now interiors and ov are sold out.

 

I usually find out a couple of months before and also usually get an upgrade to a 'better' interior. only once did I not have a cabin until 4 days prior to sailing and that one time I got the category I booked.

 

the anticipation is half the fun! (okay, maybe not half :))

Edited July 23, 2014 by cdngrl

[Katjoy]

My DH & I booked a Guarantee category BF balcony cabin after the final payment deadline. There was a really good sale. It was our 1st time to book a guarantee. The least expensive balconies could only be booked as a guarantee.

 

We booked the Cruise on June 17th & on the July 3rd we received our BD balcony room assignment, an upgrade to a better location according to Princess :) I still check to see if we are upgraded again, but if not I'm happy.

 

We leave August 24, 2014 from Seattle to Alaska on the Grand.

 

I'd book a guarantee again in the future.

[OCruisers]

You may not get your cabin assignment until you are boarding.

My TA tells her clients to book a guarantee only if you will be happy with that category because that is probably what you will get.

And even that may not work out. We did get an upgrade ... to a cabin where the door faced the area where the elevators are. I can;t tell you the number of times were were disturbed by loud conversation both early and late.

Never again! I now pick my cabin and pay the going rate.

 

Per above, please make sure you will be happy enough with the guarantee category you book because you most likely will not get an upgrade (except within the category) and when you do it might not be one you want.

If and only IF you are able to deal with this, a guarantee can be a good value.:)

LuLu

[By The Bay]

For our next cruise, we went for a Inside Guarantee category 1F. We received our cabin upgrade to 1B before final payment was due, about 80 days before sailing.

[kruisey]

I wanted to cruise again.Could only afford an inside.I did have my choice of inside cabins but decided to change to a guarantee in the hopes I got a slight upgrade to the type of cabin I prefer .The area these insides are located are not too far forward or back so if I do not get an upgrade at least I get my cruise although I dislike inside cabins.

Thank you everyone for your responses.:D

Still will check every day to see what I get.

Looking on the bright side if everybody got a lousy cabin that had a guarantee nobody would take the gamble would they?;):)

[OCruisers]

Looking on the bright side if everybody got a lousy cabin that had a guarantee nobody would take the gamble would they?;):)

 

The price of a guarantee is still better than the lowest priced cabin within the category.

LuLu

[san diego sue]

Have done guarantees many times. If the ship has lots of cabins still available, get the assignment early. If it is pretty full, last week or two before cruise.Princess used to do a lot more upgrades for free. Now they do upsells.

[rdsqrl]

The price of a guarantee is still better than the lowest priced cabin within the category.

LuLu

No, it's not. The price of a guarantee cabin and the price of an assigned cabin in the same category are exactly the same.

[laughing husky]

booked a guarantee on a cruise leaving this Saturday....was hoping for an upgrade....Nope.....but got my cabin yesterday...which was Wednesday before the cruise....:(

[bigchid]

When you do receive your assignment you can request a change within the cat. you've been assigned if not happy with your assignment.

[geoherb]

When you do receive your assignment you can request a change within the cat. you've been assigned if not happy with your assignment.

If there are cabins within the assigned category available. If you receive your assignment just a few days before the cruise, this may not be a possibility. A couple of times we have not found out our assignment until after we left for the port.

[kruisey]

When you do receive your assignment you can request a change within the cat. you've been assigned if not happy with your assignment.

 

Thanks again for the input everybody:)

This ship is just about fully booked so I doubt very much I would be able to change the category.

I had to choose a guarantee on a cruise end of next year but the category in that one will be OK for me.:)

[gatorguy56]

Booked a BF guarantee last year on an Alaska cruise 5 weeks before the sail date. About 10 days before we sailed we were bumped up to a BA (best Baja balcony). We were VERY pleased!

[kruisey]

Booked a BF guarantee last year on an Alaska cruise 5 weeks before the sail date. About 10 days before we sailed we were bumped up to a BA (best Baja balcony). We were VERY pleased!

 

So the Guarantee Fairy does wave her wand sometimes :D

[Sea Day Cruiser]

No, it's not. The price of a guarantee cabin and the price of an assigned cabin in the same category are exactly the same.

 

This has been my experience in the last few years also.