Back to Back Caribbean Cruise Prices

[rachelandgromit]

Just curious - I notice there are a few around Feb March this year between £1179 and £1300 for a back to back cruise (cheapest insides) with flights from London and Birmingham (and Manchester a little more). Although not AI is this the going rate for the cruise generally?

[dronnygirl]

Cruise prices vary as do all holiday prices depending on demand. If the cruises in question are March, then final payments will have been made and the price may be reduced to sell off cabins.  Swings and roundabouts, it can be a good idea to wait for a late deal but on the other hand you may not get your choice.

[rachelandgromit]

13 minutes ago, dronnygirl said:

Cruise prices vary as do all holiday prices depending on demand. If the cruises in question are March, then final payments will have been made and the price may be reduced to sell off cabins.  Swings and roundabouts, it can be a good idea to wait for a late deal but on the other hand you may not get your choice.

 

Thanks, I'd read somewhere about sub £1k Caribbean cruises (not transatlantic) but with the favourable Marella itineraries with only two sea days out of a two week cruise I wondered if these were just low prices generally or the going rate. I never thought about the final payments - perhaps that is why they seem quite cheap.

[I Sugar]

The price for our Marella cruise this month has gone down quite considerably for our cruise and stay. The only difference is our chosen hotel is not available and we chose our cabin which is mid ship. We should have waited as we are flexible!

[oxygenbanditnot]

We are also flexible and should have waited. We paid £1700 each for a B2B, mainly so that we could fly from Newcastle. Would not be too much bother for us to fly from Manchester.

In fact, with hindsight; could have done 35 days P&O S/Hampton to Car & back for £1999 each.

[dronnygirl]

When you book you need to be happy with the  price you paid and then stop looking. If your cruise was high demand then the price would go up.  We booked 1 month before our cruise in October and got a bargain and a good cabin, however we were lucky as could have been allocated a cabin anywhere.

[rachelandgromit]

On 1/4/2019 at 1:56 PM, dronnygirl said:

When you book you need to be happy with the  price you paid and then stop looking. If your cruise was high demand then the price would go up.  We booked 1 month before our cruise in October and got a bargain and a good cabin, however we were lucky as could have been allocated a cabin anywhere.

 

We've booked just over a month before and were under £1200 for an inside two week Caribbean from Birmingham on Celebration. There seems to still be availability so this may drop again but it seems like the 1-2 months before is a good time to book then.