brettus1963 Posted April 28, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Looking at an 11 day cruise on Carnival Spirit that's included in the current 72hr sale/sail. I'll be traveling solo and the cruise I'm looking at has 3 rooms available. Guaranteed Ocean View $189 per day. G'tee Balcony is $209 p/day G'tee Interior is $173 p/day I like working it out on a daily rate, easier to compare to other holidays (hotel rates + airfares etc). This will be my 2nd cruise, I had a balcony on my 1st cruise &, loved it, but its not a deal breaker (maybe toss a coin to decide between ocean view or balcony hehe) The sale ends tonight, good deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted April 28, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Are those prices per person or for two? If per person, then that's not a sale. :eek: Those prices are very high. You should be able to get an interior cabin for under $100 per day in a true sale. We scored a Vista suite for $152pp per day last November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettus1963 Posted April 28, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I'm travelling on my own, so the the price is for 'single' / 1 person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted April 28, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 28, 2017 That makes a difference. The only way to check if it's a good deal is to compare it with other cruises that aren't in the sale. There is one OZ online TA that is very easy to use for comparisons. I can't name it here but google will find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettus1963 Posted April 28, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Thanks for the reply. I have been checking online for the past couple of months comparing non-sale & sale fares for solo cruisers and I reckon anything <$200 per day (which equals <$100 per couple p/day) is a good deal....damn! did I just answer my own question? LOL! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted April 28, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Thanks for the reply. I have been checking online for the past couple of months comparing non-sale & sale fares for solo cruisers and I reckon anything <$200 per day (which equals <$100 per couple p/day) is a good deal....damn! did I just answer my own question? LOL! cheers Yep! ;) :p :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffy62 Posted April 29, 2017 #7 Share Posted April 29, 2017 You could always book a twin and have a no show on the day just make sure your the first person on the booking. It is usually cheaper to book and pay for twin room and you can get a bigger room with queen size bed all to yourself :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted April 29, 2017 #8 Share Posted April 29, 2017 You could always book a twin and have a no show on the day just make sure your the first person on the booking.It is usually cheaper to book and pay for twin room and you can get a bigger room with queen size bed all to yourself :) Not necessarily. Carnival solo prices seem to be a tad less than twin * 2 - the difference may be port fees for 1 person. Also all cabins in a particular category are the same so booking as a twin and having a no-show doesn't mean you'll get a bigger cabin it just means you're not sharing that space with anyone else. Some cruise lines do have solo cabins on some ships, but I think that's fairly rare. I don't think Carnival Spirit is one of those ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffy62 Posted April 29, 2017 #9 Share Posted April 29, 2017 That's good then :) when we went last Christmas on carnival legend it worked out cheaper for my daughter to book a twin room she saved $300 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettus1963 Posted April 29, 2017 Author #10 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Thanks for your replies. I never thought about booking a twin instead of solo....but I did think the opposite,,,,If I'm sailing solo and paying for a 2, maybe treat my friend/brother to a cruise". Anyways, I ended up not booking for various reasons, (waiting for my 'cruise buddies' to make up there minds, oh and falling asleep due to shift work lol) . But thanks again for your replies and input. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter69 Posted May 2, 2017 #11 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Carnival will have another 72 hour sale in a month or 2. I don't know if you get e-mails from Carnival every month with offers & deals. Cause instead of booking that same 11 night south pacific cruise i went with 6 nights at The Melbourne cup with $200 OBC per person for $999 each. So works out to be approx $134 a day but i do get free entry to The Cup ($102) & oaks day ($63) included. Hope you find something :=) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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