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Last week we took a short 4 night cruise on the Enchantment to the Bahamas. We got an inside for $185 each. That comes out to about $46 per night. You can hardly stay in a decent hotel room for less than $100 for two people! I wish I could book another, but can't find anything close to that price.

 

What deals have you snagged? It doesn't necessarily have to be a low dollar amount, but perhaps a great deal for your ship, itinerary, time of year, etc.

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Last week we took a short 4 night cruise on the Enchantment to the Bahamas. We got an inside for $185 each. That comes out to about $46 per night. You can hardly stay in a decent hotel room for less than $100 for two people! I wish I could book another, but can't find anything close to that price.

 

What deals have you snagged? It doesn't necessarily have to be a low dollar amount, but perhaps a great deal for your ship, itinerary, time of year, etc.

 

One was a long, long time ago on Celebrity. They had a California coastal out of San Francisco - 7 night itinerary for like $500 pp in a family sized oceanview at the back of the ship.

Well, they called a couple of months prior to the cruise to say they needed to change it into an 11 itinerary and we could keep our same room, save $100 pp if we agreed to stay with our booking. No brainer ... 4 more nights with money back. Now, for the kicker, we won back the cruise fare in the casino. It just doesn't get better than that!!

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Last week we took a short 4 night cruise on the Enchantment to the Bahamas. We got an inside for $185 each. That comes out to about $46 per night. You can hardly stay in a decent hotel room for less than $100 for two people! I wish I could book another, but can't find anything close to that price.

 

What deals have you snagged? It doesn't necessarily have to be a low dollar amount, but perhaps a great deal for your ship, itinerary, time of year, etc.

 

Did that include the $81.27 port charges and fees, that everybody pays? If so, you actually got it for about $26 dollars per day. If not you paid about $66 per day.

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2008 Brilliance of the Seas 12 day Mediterranean roundtrip Barcelona. Aft Royal Family Suite for $999 per person :). Those were the days. Or then there was the time a won a cruise and airfare Los Angeles to San Juan, roundtrip cruise on Britannis. Can't really improve on that!

Pat

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3-day repo ... Colon, Panama to Miami. Started off at $99/pp for an inside, then grabbed a deal to upgrade to a balcony for $40 extra ... which entitled me to my emerald discount of $50...

 

... then got a complimentary upgrade to a JS.

 

thank you Ruth.

 

Best part about the repo was that we had been on the previous 7-day and it was cheaper to take the cruise and fly home from Miami than to fly back from Colon

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A few years ago, before my kids had started school (our oldest is in 1st grade, so this happened when she was in pre-school), we booked a western Caribbean on Norwegian on the Dawn sailing from Tampa.

 

Since the oldest was in preschool, we weren't necessarily tied to school break, etc. We took advantage of (and I mean seriously...took advantage) of a kids sale free promo they had and booked a 2 br family balcony suite for a total of $3800. Was probably the most amazing room we've ever had on a ship.

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Back in the early 90's - 7 nt cruise out of San Juan OV cabin. $650 pp including 1st class RT air from Ohio.

 

And in 1972 - 3 nt cruise, 4 nts hotel on the beach in Miami, and RT air - $260 pp

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I use to strive for a 100.00 or less PP , those days are over from what I can see , so have raised the bar to 150.00 PP , but still always look for deals , makes me want to live on the east coast

 

I'm still trying to keep it to around $100 CAD per person, per night (pppn). It restricts you somewhat because that price level can be rare/hard to find on the larger/newer ships...you do need to be patient and look around, but also not be too disappointed if you can't find a price you're comfortable with.

 

Here's how I've fared (pun intended) on my sailings for the number of pax and stateroom class in parentheses (calculated as total fare including port fees+taxes, not including gratuities, divided by number of pax):

 

  • Navigator: $113.57 pppn (2, D1)
  • Explorer: $117.33 pppn (3, F)
  • Oasis: $103.14 pppn (3, I)
  • Enchantment: $74.59 USD @ 1.31 = $97.71 CAD pppn (2, N)
  • Grandeur: $84.13 pppn (3, M)
  • Liberty: $79.17 USD @ 1.10 = $87.09 CAD pppn (3, K)

To date, I've probably been paying more than I could have otherwise gotten away with primarily because I didn't know any better. Now I know to book as soon as the new itineraries come out...starting in a couple of weeks' time.

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2 bedroom 2 bath suite on Sovereign, October 2008, 4 nights, $300, total.:D

 

Actually it was 2 insides across the hall from each other, but since we were in the bow with no traffic, we left the doors open. ;)

I think it was Deck 7, and the $150 per cabin included the port charges. No solo supplement

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$270 pp CDN$ for a D2 balcony on the Freedom for the week of Christmas 2015. It was $360 US I think. The deal lasted about an hour and a half.

 

That was back when Royal honoured their mistakes.

 

^^^^ This!!!

 

And don't forget we also got all of that OBC once on board due to the propulsion problems. Don't expect to ever get a deal like that again!!

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November, 2014 - 9 day Caribbean on Explorer out of Cape Liberty - deck six inside - solo - $356 with taxes - and double points

 

Upcoming May 7, 2016 - Oasis - deck seven superior ocean balcony for two - $1,583 - with taxes AND gratuities! Thanks for the tip on this one, Irishgirl!

 

Upcoming January, 2017 - Harmony - deck 7 hump balcony for two - $1,852 with taxes - $200 OBC - Thanks to the RCCL Cruise Critic members who tipped this one also.

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^^^^ This!!!

 

And don't forget we also got all of that OBC once on board due to the propulsion problems. Don't expect to ever get a deal like that again!!

 

I had forgot to mention the OBC for the propulsion problems. We even used a next cruise certificate on that trip so gained smother $100 OBC there as well.

 

Brought ours down to right around $200 per cabin total including taxes and fees for the week.

 

I don't know if you saw the thread a while back but there were a few really good deals (mistakes) that Royal did not honour. We won't see anything like that again unfortunately.

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I was looking up a return flight from a transatlantic from Barcelona back here to Tampa just for fun. It ranges anywhere from $1200 to $1600. However, one flight popped up tonight for only $570! Never seen it that cheap! 14 night transatlantic cruise with airfare, including all taxes and fees would cost $1100 per person! Too bad I have to pass on that :(

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I was looking up a return flight from a transatlantic from Barcelona back here to Tampa just for fun. It ranges anywhere from $1200 to $1600. However, one flight popped up tonight for only $570! Never seen it that cheap! 14 night transatlantic cruise with airfare, including all taxes and fees would cost $1100 per person! Too bad I have to pass on that :(

 

We have airfare from Orlando to Rome this October for $470. Booked through Air2Sea. Delta wanted over 2 grand

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