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JF - retired RRT

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What is typically included in the coupon books? We will have them on our 9-18-16 sailing on the Grand Princess.

 

For us, it's stuff we don't want. Never used a coupon yet and have had the book on every cruise we've taken (18 and counting:D)

A small discount in the spa

Discounts of of specific items in the boutiques - mostly jewelry

Buy one photo - get another one at discount (?)

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triple7tahoe

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10% off on any purchase over $100 during the first couple of days in the shops. Used to have a very nice coffee card offer of buy one get one free; no longer there. Casino coupon for BOGO in slot/BJ tournament. Book is mostly useless :-(

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kc320

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What is typically included in the coupon books? We will have them on our 9-18-16 sailing on the Grand Princess.

 

I am on this sailing as well...come on over & join us on the Roll Call thread...:)

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ar1950

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Where do you get these coupon books

 

Princess gives one that is basically worthless. If you have a travel agent then sometimes you will get another one that has a few possibly useful coupons (depending on what you are spending anyway). Things like the wine at the specialty restaurant (mentioned earlier) or a free 11" x 14" print from the Platinum Studio if you buy one (they don't have to be the same picture). We have rarely used most of the coupons, but, I know others who have.

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caribill

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Sample coupons from the Princess booklet everyone gets:

 

Save an extra 10% on your designer sunglass purchase of $200 or more.

 

Save an extra $200 off on your Effy purchase of $2,000 or more.

 

Free foot print analysis at the spa.

 

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Sample coupons from the Travel Agent booklet (which really comes from Princess):

 

Buy one glass of house wine in the Princess Theater and receive another glass of the same wine free.

 

Lotus Spa port day special - save $35 off La Therapie Hydra-Therapie Skin Nutritive Facial.

 

Platinum Studio Free 11x14 photo with your Platinum Studio Purchase (note: minimum price of that purchase is $199)

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Sample coupons from the Travel Agent booklet (which really comes from Princess):

 

Platinum Studio Free 11x14 photo with your Platinum Studio Purchase (note: minimum price of that purchase is $199)

 

I think that one may have been changed. We didn't pay that much for the first one ($150.00 without pulling the receipt, I am pretty sure). So, two prints (and the second one a freebie that could be different from the one that you paid for) made the deal a decent price considering the cost of a professional photo sitting here at home. DW wanted it and she was more than pleased with the result (me, too, if you must know). YMMV

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Thrak

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We used one on our recent cruise. I didn't have the coupon book but the store clerk scanned it from one on her desk. It was 10% off if you bought two or more bottles of liquor. I bought a bottle of Jameson for the hotel and the train ride home and my wife got a bottle of Grand Marnier to bring home. Nothing special but 10% off is better than nothing.

 

Other than that they have been mostly useless to us. I did use one a year or two ago for a BOGO other than the "regular" BOGO hours.

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crochetcruise

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Sample coupons from the Princess booklet everyone gets:

 

Save an extra 10% on your designer sunglass purchase of $200 or more.

 

Save an extra $200 off on your Effy purchase of $2,000 or more.

 

Free foot print analysis at the spa.

 

- - - -

 

Sample coupons from the Travel Agent booklet (which really comes from Princess):

 

Buy one glass of house wine in the Princess Theater and receive another glass of the same wine free.

 

Lotus Spa port day special - save $35 off La Therapie Hydra-Therapie Skin Nutritive Facial.

 

Platinum Studio Free 11x14 photo with your Platinum Studio Purchase (note: minimum price of that purchase is $199)

 

THANK YOU caribill, I've been looking for the specific price on a photo-I have the Suite Perk of a Photo Sitting, and was hoping to get a photo as a souvenir of my 1st cruise. I will be getting the Welcome Aboard Package, which from memory is 2 photos, and IIRC, a ship shaped USB stick. It's $AU), again IIRC, as it's been a few weeks since I checked the Australian photography packages.

 

Personally, great excitement today I PAID OFF MY CRUISE FARE!

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Can't say we used any of the coupons in the book we found in our cabin, but I did however use a couple of the shop coupons in the port specific coupon books we received before leaving the ship. Got a free gift at a jewelry store, then a discount on a purchase.

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pris993

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For us, it's stuff we don't want. Never used a coupon yet and have had the book on every cruise we've taken (18 and counting:D)

A small discount in the spa

Discounts of of specific items in the boutiques - mostly jewelry

Buy one photo - get another one at discount (?)

 

same here... just another way to get you to part with $$, lol - we skip it.

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caribill

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THANK YOU caribill, I've been looking for the specific price on a photo-I have the Suite Perk of a Photo Sitting, and was hoping to get a photo as a souvenir of my 1st cruise. I will be getting the Welcome Aboard Package, which from memory is 2 photos, and IIRC, a ship shaped USB stick. It's $AU), again IIRC, as it's been a few weeks since I checked the Australian photography packages.

 

Personally, great excitement today I PAID OFF MY CRUISE FARE!

 

Note that the Platinum Studio photos (all are b&w) are priced much higher than the regular photos the photography staff take. The regular photographers' most expensive regular photos (formal nights) are around $25.

 

I think your suite perk is a sitting with the regular photographers as opposed to having to see them at their various setups on the public decks.

 

Any passenger can have a private sitting with the Platinum Studio photographer.

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