Rare luckybecky Posted November 22, 2021 #1 Share Posted November 22, 2021 We are considering booking three back to back cruises in Oct 2023. At $900 per cabin deposit X 3, that's a lot of cash to have locked up with Celebrity for the next two years. Is there any chance that we could see a sale offering reduced deposits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTShaker Posted November 22, 2021 #2 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Unfortunately with the current situation I don't see a reduced deposit on the horizon. In my estimation the pent up demand for cruises would indicate to them that a reduced deposit isn't needed to get people booking. I could be wrong. Two years ago they had reduced deposits for Black Friday, but from what I have seen that is not the case this year. Reduced deposits are available at the future cruises desk while on board though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofysmom99 Posted November 22, 2021 #3 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) Do you know anyone currently cruising on an X ship? Or soon to be? They can buy future cruise certificates for $100/person/cruise and give them to you. Doesn't have to stay in their names. Once they're given to you and assigned to a cruise(s), then you can't give it/them to someone else. You could Venmo/PayPal the $600 they'd need. Just a thought. Edited November 22, 2021 by goofysmom99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted November 22, 2021 #4 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Deposit is £150 in UK, but is and always has been NRD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cublet Posted November 22, 2021 #5 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Hello, I have twice booked a B2B and only paid one deposit. Once was 'pre-covid' shutdown and one was (optimistically) during shutdown. I was warned that they would split the deposit 50/50 as if it was only put on one, the IT system would cancel the booking that showed zero deposit. Regards, Cublet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted November 22, 2021 #6 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The only cruiseline that I’m aware of offering reduced deposits at the moment is Princess at 50%. Whether Celebrity does so in the future is anybody’s guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted November 22, 2021 #7 Share Posted November 22, 2021 NCL is also offering 50% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare luckybecky Posted November 23, 2021 Author #8 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Thank you everyone for the replies. I do not know anyone onboard who could buy an FCC for us. Cublet, I thought we would have to place a deposit for each separate cruise, but maybe I was wrong. Possibly it will work out that we only have to put one deposit as you did. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted November 23, 2021 #9 Share Posted November 23, 2021 @luckybecky: Cublet is from the UK so deposit requirements may be different. We almost always do B2B or longer series of cruises. We have always had to place a deposit for each separate leg. Last October we booked a B2B2B series in a suite, and we paid three $900 deposits. Three separate $900 charges appeared on our credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted November 23, 2021 #10 Share Posted November 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, luckybecky said: Thank you everyone for the replies. I do not know anyone onboard who could buy an FCC for us. Cublet, I thought we would have to place a deposit for each separate cruise, but maybe I was wrong. Possibly it will work out that we only have to put one deposit as you did. Thanks again. I have always had to pay a deposit for each leg of consecutive cruises. The only way I know to get a reduced deposit is book a future cruise while onboard the ship. Pay now or pay later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted November 23, 2021 #11 Share Posted November 23, 2021 If you are on a cruise you can either book using the reduced deposit or buy a future booking certificate at the same rate. In the past they had a reduced deposit during Wave Season of $25. I doubt they will do that now because so many people book cruises they don't intend on using and then cancelling at final payment date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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