Yet another Princess Sale begins Aug 25th

[EightFurryPaws]

Should special items booked with a cruise, such as paid gratuities and the

Sip and Sail promotion show in my cruise personalizer and travel itinerary?

 

 

Mine are only showing on the confirmation I have received from my TA.

 

Thanks,

Pam

[Thrak]

Should special items booked with a cruise, such as paid gratuities and the Sip and Sail promotion show in my cruise personalizer and travel itinerary?

 

Mine are only showing on the confirmation I have received from my TA.

 

Thanks,

Pam

 

I always call Princess and have them send email confirmation of any free perks and then take that onboard with me. Many things don't show in the personalizer.

[Happy2cruise]

Sale worked for us:D. Price went down $100 and got the perks associated with sale.

[Cruise Junky]

We would have had a $30 pp price drop but would have to give up our drink package for the new perks. On 14 day TA not a chance in hell of that happening.

[Gallivanting Souls]

I just booked. Was going to to a balcony for 6 days. Ended up doing an inside b2b 12 days instead. Get to do the dinner twice now. TA also offered me some OBC with this offer. Makes traveling all the way cross country worthwhile. Now let's hope DH & I can just get the time off :eek:

[Astro Flyer]

That's great that some are getting better prices but found only much higher prices. Then I discovered that some of the prices were in CAD...I've never had prices in Canadian dollars. :eek:

 

The USD's bottom line price for cruises we'd be interested in sailing are about the same or slightly more than before the "sale". It's just the latest non-deal sale for me & so much for having their best prices by booking early. :(

Edited August 25, 2015 by Astro Flyer

[caribill]

I saw they had the option of assigning the time for dinner.

 

we got the offer, wine, grats and 1 free specialty.(choice of Crown Grill or Sabatini).rep said we could just call for a res when we board

 

 

Chances are Princess will pick the restaurant, day and time for your dinner and have a card in your cabin when you board with this information. They do this so that several hundred passengers are not calling to make the booking as soon as they board.

 

However, if you do not like the restaurant/day/time Princess picked, call the DINE line from your cabin or stop by the restaurant you want to request the change. Just do it as soon as possible while there make be availability for what you want.

[kayred]

Chances are Princess will pick the restaurant, day and time for your dinner and have a card in your cabin when you board with this information. They do this so that several hundred passengers are not calling to make the booking as soon as they board.

 

However, if you do not like the restaurant/day/time Princess picked, call the DINE line from your cabin or stop by the restaurant you want to request the change. Just do it as soon as possible while there make be availability for what you want.

 

 

Thx for the info. It will save me some stress knowing how to correct the date. I really Love all the great things I learn here. It think it makes a big difference.

[RLBlack]

Have to give a big "Thank you " to you folks on Cruise Critic- as I was drinking my coffee this morning- read about the sale.- Quickly emailed our Princess TA- and asked about the promotion- for us and our traveling companions- We are thrilled with the savings- she rebooked us- we got the same cabins but saved in both cruise fare and the perks.

[Pushka]

Seems like us Princess passengers in the UK have missed out on yet another sale. We just don't seem to get any special offers or sales recently :D

 

 

Nor Aussies.

[hcat]

Chances are Princess will pick the restaurant, day and time for your dinner and have a card in your cabin when you board with this information. They do this so that several hundred passengers are not calling to make the booking as soon as they board.

 

However, if you do not like the restaurant/day/time Princess picked, call the DINE line from your cabin or stop by the restaurant you want to request the change. Just do it as soon as possible while there make be availability for what you want.

 

Thanks.for the tip......We are flexible on date but need to eat early...hope it works out!

Which ever one we get, we will likely book the other on our own...

[nukesubsailor]

I booked a cruise for Feb. 2017 when the schedule first came out and I got the "launch fare". Today my travel agent got me the 3 For Free promotion.

The fare went up by $100 p/p over my launch fare but the benefits of the promotion more that covered that increase. I am a happy fan of Princess Cruises.

[Colo Cruiser]

I booked a cruise for Feb. 2017 when the schedule first came out and I got the "launch fare". Today my travel agent got me the 3 For Free promotion.

The fare went up by $100 p/p over my launch fare but the benefits of the promotion more that covered that increase. I am a happy fan of Princess Cruises.

 

 

 

Increase the price announce a sale. Imagine that.

[Astro Flyer]

Increase the price announce a sale. Imagine that.

 

I think they're getting wiser...a cruise I was tracking had a price increase within a week of the sale instead of a simultaneous price increase & "sale" price drop.

Edited August 25, 2015 by Astro Flyer

[yardbird]

I think they're getting wiser...a cruise I was tracking had a price increase within a week of the sale instead of a simultaneous price increase & "sale" price drop.

 

My Alaska cruise went up $50 a couple of days before this new sale :)

 

Still.... I'm booking with the gratuities taken care of, a nice balcony cabin mid-ship, and 1 Specialty Restaurant dinner. Oh and they tell me the deposit was decreased to $200 but I don't know what it was before so that's really of little consequence to me .. heheh

[SteerageJack]

Your can say Princess and people understand you. You can say sale and they get it. But, Princess Sale is incomprehensible.

[caribill]

I booked a cruise for Feb. 2017 when the schedule first came out and I got the "launch fare". Today my travel agent got me the 3 For Free promotion.

The fare went up by $100 p/p over my launch fare but the benefits of the promotion more that covered that increase. I am a happy fan of Princess Cruises.

 

Increase the price announce a sale. Imagine that.

 

Even with no sale going on, prices will go up if the demand is there.

 

And nukesubsailor booked months ago. No telling when the price went up for that cabin. Could have been anytime between booking and the new sale.

[Bocagirl1]

Can anyone tell me please what is the Three for Free promotion and is it only for USA?

[caribill]

Can anyone tell me please what is the Three for Free promotion and is it only for USA?

 

Last of the small print below shows it is not available in UK, but is available in Bermuda.

 

From the USA Princess web site:

 

FREE Stateroom Location Upgrade†

FREE Gratuities^

FREE Specialty Dining‡

 

PLUS

FREE Bottle of Wine when you book a mini-suite or suite**

BOOK Today with a deposit of only $100!

 

 

Offer is subject to capacity control and availability restrictions.

† Free Stateroom Location Upgrade is applicable to voyages and cruise fares advertised in this promotion only, and applies to booking the stateroom location you wish to sail in for the price of the lowest category within that stateroom type during this promotion only. Offer is based on availability in like to like stateroom types (Interior to Interior, Oceanview to Oceanview, Balcony to Balcony). Upgrade offer excludes select categories, including but not limited to premium categories and suites. Offer does not apply to land packages.

^ Free Gratuities are based on the pre-payment by Princess Cruises on behalf of the first and second guest in a stateroom of the suggested gratuities in the amounts of $12 per day per person for Mini-Suites and Suites and $11.50 per day per person for Balcony, Oceanview and Interior staterooms. Free gratuities do not include gratuities added for bar charges, dining room wine accounts or Lotus Spa services. Offer is not transferable, has no cash value and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credit.

‡ Free Specialty Dining voucher is applicable to voyages and cruise fares advertised in this promotion only, valid only for guests one and two per stateroom for use one night only, and is not applicable during the land portion of Land & Sea Vacations. Voucher will be delivered to the stateroom upon embarkation. Princess Cruises reserves the right to pre-assign Specialty Dining times. Please present the voucher to the Maître D at the specialty dining location indicated on the voucher. Voucher may be used on a single voyage only, is not redeemable for cash and expires at the end of that voyage. Offer is not transferable and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credits. Specialty Dining voucher is quoted in U.S. dollars.

** Free Bottle of Wine is applicable to voyages advertised in this promotion only and applies to mini-suite and suite bookings only. Bottle of wine valued at $50. Offer is not redeemable for cash, not transferable and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credits

* 3rd or 4th guests apply to the 3rd or 4th guests booked in the same stateroom as the first and second guests. Discount does not apply to Holiday voyages. Offer has limited space regardless of cabin availability. Offer (fare and value add components) is combinable with Onboard Offer, Military and Shareholder offers, Cruise Sales and with Standard Groups, Group amenities, and counts toward TCs. The fares associated with this offer supersede the group fares. Offer is not combinable with select offers including Captain’s Circle Launch Savings, Air Promotions, Recipient-Only, Flash, Interline, Travel Consultant and Friends and Family rates. This offer is combinable with Casino offers. Offer has limited space regardless of cabin availability and is not transferable. Offer is available to residents of the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bermuda and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older and receive this offer.

[Grego]

We went online to check the pricing and program information for our upcoming voyages next August and September and saw a significant price reduction for the 3FF and called out Travel Consultant at Princess. Our current booking is part of the Sip & Sail program and what we found out was that this program was more cost effective than the 3FF.

 

The way the math worked out was that the estimated S&S daily credit was much larger than the total of the gratuity savings, specialty dining voucher, cat upgrade and fare reduction combined. This was quite a deal considering those two voyages were a combined 25 days.

 

So, if you have a S & S program now and are even a moderate drinker, like gelatto, special coffees and soda that's included in the program then you might be ahead by staying with the current booking. If it's a new booking then the less costly fare, gratuity savings, dining and up category will be a winner.

[Ronnieslady]

I always call Princess and have them send email confirmation of any free perks and then take that onboard with me. Many things don't show in the personalizer.

 

Did you book with a TA or with Princess????

Have you been successful doing this, when you book with a reg. TA, I called princess once about getting proof of perks in the form of an email & she finally did it, she was not happy to do it & really gave me a hard time about it. Then finally did it.

Thanks for your info

[vplsh]

Checked prices today for our Regal cruise next July. We would have to give up the beverage package from Sip and Sail in order to save $123 on our cruise fare and get free gratuities and a specialty dinner. All in all about a $460 value. Not sure it's worth it. We could also upgrade our cabin from a DW to a DV, but not sure that matters much either.

You know between now and our final payment date there will be many other "sales!"

[RocketMan275]

Emailed my TA and she repriced us into the 3 For Free promo. Cost us a fare increase of $50 PP, total $100. But, we got the free gratuities $168, $50 complimentary restaurant, and $50 bottle of wine. Net gain of $168. We're in a suite so that means we've got two comp dinners which we'll spend in Sabatinis.

[suzyed]

I would expect pricing to be pretty much what it is pre-sale.

 

Princess is trying to maintain pricing and instead of lowering the price just gives amenities that effectively reduce the price of the cruise.

 

You seem so well informed, so would you mind answering a question for me??

 

With the Sip and Sail free Beverage Package, would the price of that be reflected on your folio as a daily credit? If so, that would have been a MUCH better deal than free gratuities!! If that's the case, I wish my TA had informed us of that! :eek:

[Cruise Junky]

You seem so well informed, so would you mind answering a question for me??

 

With the Sip and Sail free Beverage Package, would the price of that be reflected on your folio as a daily credit? If so, that would have been a MUCH better deal than free gratuities!! If that's the case, I wish my TA had informed us of that! :eek:

 

You don't get it as a daily credit. Just the drinks, gelato, etc that you order is free.