Squawkman Posted June 25, 2023 #751 Share Posted June 25, 2023 12 hours ago, bigcritic said: I got this one too! I was excited when I saw the new itineraries, but I'm too used to free international airfare now. We might have to get used to paying more for air. I checked a few Viking Ocean Europe itineraries and noticed that air was increased this month. Med Odyssey and British Isles went from $1,299 to $1,499; Iceland’s Natural Beauty increased from $999 to $1,299; and there are probably more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNKY Posted June 25, 2023 #752 Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) OneSixtyToOne - Was there a promo code for the Egypt 2025 river cruise? I'm tracking this cruise, but the fares have not changed. Edited June 25, 2023 by HUNKY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OneSixtyToOne Posted June 25, 2023 #753 Share Posted June 25, 2023 1 hour ago, HUNKY said: OneSixtyToOne - Was there a promo code for the Egypt 2025 river cruise? I'm tracking this cruise, but the fares have not changed. No code, just the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted June 27, 2023 #754 Share Posted June 27, 2023 SUM23 drops the price of my PV2 on November Hawaii sailing by $3kpp. Shouldn't be surprised as my TA's website currently shows at least 75 available cabins. Will have my TA call and request price adjustment or cancel/rebook (we're outside 120 days so penalty is only $100pp). Anyone have experience with how VO handles these situations? We had applied $400 voucher which might be at risk on cancellation but double past guest credit is a +. Will also lose SS bev pkg but $6k buys a lot of drinks. Assume Tripmate carries over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted June 27, 2023 Author #755 Share Posted June 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, Baron Barracuda said: SUM23 drops the price of my PV2 on November Hawaii sailing by $3kpp. Shouldn't be surprised as my TA's website currently shows at least 75 available cabins. Will have my TA call and request price adjustment or cancel/rebook (we're outside 120 days so penalty is only $100pp). Anyone have experience with how VO handles these situations? We had applied $400 voucher which might be at risk on cancellation but double past guest credit is a +. Will also lose SS bev pkg but $6k buys a lot of drinks. Assume Tripmate carries over. Are you on the Hawaii and Polynesian cruise? I don’t see a cruise just to Hawaii in November? And in either case, SUM23 didn’t show a reduction in Price on the longer cruise and didn’t apply on the one just to Hawaii in December. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FetaCheese Posted June 27, 2023 #756 Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said: Are you on the Hawaii and Polynesian cruise? I don’t see a cruise just to Hawaii in November? And in either case, SUM23 didn’t show a reduction in Price on the longer cruise and didn’t apply on the one just to Hawaii in December. 🤔 Just tried code for November 2023, 33 day Hawaii Polynesia, and it worked. Free Air, double past pax discount, reduced fare s, v2 gty 6999. Nice price. Edited June 27, 2023 by FetaCheese Addl info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted June 27, 2023 Author #757 Share Posted June 27, 2023 30 minutes ago, FetaCheese said: Just tried code for November 2023, 33 day Hawaii Polynesia, and it worked. Free Air, double past pax discount, reduced fare s, v2 gty 6999. Nice price. Isn’t that the price it’s been all along? Or is that reduced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FetaCheese Posted June 27, 2023 #758 Share Posted June 27, 2023 39 minutes ago, Clay Clayton said: Isn’t that the price it’s been all along? Or is that reduced? Not sure. If I had more time, would really like go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted June 27, 2023 #759 Share Posted June 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Clay Clayton said: Are you on the Hawaii and Polynesian cruise? I don’t see a cruise just to Hawaii in November? And in either case, SUM23 didn’t show a reduction in Price on the longer cruise and didn’t apply on the one just to Hawaii in December. 🤔 Clay, Yes Hawaii and Polynesia. We're in a PV2 that was $17,299 earlier this year. Memorial Day sale dropped the price to $14,299 which is where we booked. Under the new promo it's now $11,299. Tom T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJD117 Posted June 27, 2023 #760 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Baron Barracuda said: Clay, Yes Hawaii and Polynesia. We're in a PV2 that was $17,299 earlier this year. Memorial Day sale dropped the price to $14,299 which is where we booked. Under the new promo it's now $11,299. Tom T The fare may be discounted due to the time of year. November is the start of the wet season in French Polynesia. And it can get very wet. We know — we were there in November 1987. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelker Posted June 27, 2023 #761 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Baron Barracuda said: Clay, Yes Hawaii and Polynesia. We're in a PV2 that was $17,299 earlier this year. Memorial Day sale dropped the price to $14,299 which is where we booked. Under the new promo it's now $11,299. Tom T In this case, does Viking adjust the price you paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CCWineLover Posted June 27, 2023 #762 Share Posted June 27, 2023 53 minutes ago, zelker said: In this case, does Viking adjust the price you paid? No. Just like Airlines don't adjust when prices go down. Viking also does not adjust your fare upwards when/if the prices go up, so it goes both ways. There are ways to get around it. If you have a good cabin you want it might not be worth it, but you can if greater than 120 days (and in USA) away, you can cancel, pay the $100 penalty, and rebook (unless you did TripMate which we never do). You can also transfer the booking to a dummy cruise far in the future and then book fresh at the new price. But likely won't get same cabin. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted June 27, 2023 #763 Share Posted June 27, 2023 2 hours ago, CCWineLover said: No. Just like Airlines don't adjust when prices go down. Viking also does not adjust your fare upwards when/if the prices go up, so it goes both ways. There are ways to get around it. If you have a good cabin you want it might not be worth it, but you can if greater than 120 days (and in USA) away, you can cancel, pay the $100 penalty, and rebook (unless you did TripMate which we never do). You can also transfer the booking to a dummy cruise far in the future and then book fresh at the new price. But likely won't get same cabin. Please explain your point on TripMate. Viking did allow us a 25% rate reduction from a new promo last year on Grand European Tour three months before sailing. Even threw in beverage package. Others in our roll call obtained reductions as well. If this was only a couple of hundred $ I wouldn't ask, but the difference is substantial. Have no problem canceling, paying the $100 and re-booking. Lots of cabins available. Emailed TA. She's not in until Thursday so will let you know how we make out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CCWineLover Posted June 27, 2023 #764 Share Posted June 27, 2023 45 minutes ago, Baron Barracuda said: Please explain your point on TripMate. Viking did allow us a 25% rate reduction from a new promo last year on Grand European Tour three months before sailing. Even threw in beverage package. Others in our roll call obtained reductions as well. If this was only a couple of hundred $ I wouldn't ask, but the difference is substantial. Have no problem canceling, paying the $100 and re-booking. Lots of cabins available. Emailed TA. She's not in until Thursday so will let you know how we make out. I had heard from friends who cancelled and rebooked or transferred, that they didn't get back the Tripmate insurance and/or couldn't move it to a new cruise. Viking might have changed that now. We always use 3rd party insurance (via TheTrip Insurance Store) and can move the insurance around to rebooked or transferred cruises. Have done it quite often actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dd57 Posted June 28, 2023 #765 Share Posted June 28, 2023 We have been able to change cruises since 2019 and we never lost the cost of the Trip mate insurance. It followed to the new cruise. But we never did this after final payment; maybe that is the difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted June 30, 2023 #766 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Spent the afternoon back and forth on the phone with my TA. We ended up doing cancel / rebook and paying the $200 cancellation fee. Had to immediately pay in full so now VO has my money twice pending refund. TA tried to get TripMate policy rolled over to new sailing but Viking wouldn't budge. I emailed TripMate directly to see if they can help (they only accept modification requests via email). Did not purchase Tripmate today. If they don't roll over original policy I'll purchase new one at Insuremytrip. In the end I saved $6k ($4k if I have to buy new insurance). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sleep7 Posted June 30, 2023 #767 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Wow! That's a HUGE savings!!! Amazing!👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelker Posted July 1, 2023 #768 Share Posted July 1, 2023 SUM23 promo extended to end of July 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OneSixtyToOne Posted July 1, 2023 #769 Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) Promo code OML British Isles and Scandinavia plus a few more Edited July 1, 2023 by OneSixtyToOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleally Posted July 1, 2023 #770 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 7/1/2022 at 2:33 AM, LindaS272 said: Not all laundry rooms have the chart on the wall! There’s a thread on CC from last summer I think that has pictures of the icons with translations. Does anyone have a link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LindaS272 Posted July 1, 2023 #771 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Off topic but Try this https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2535604-laundry-washer-and-dryer-directions/?do=findComment&comment=64109246 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squawkman Posted July 1, 2023 #772 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just got this: INDEPENDENCE DAY SALE FREE Airfare* & Reduced Fares on 2023 Voyages Ask for offer J4S • Expires July 11, 2023 http://static.cdn.responsys.net/i2/responsysimages/vrc/contentlibrary/2023_campaigns/july_2023/230701_allproduct_j4s/hero.png FEATURED VOYAGES http://static.cdn.responsys.net/i2/responsysimages/vrc/contentlibrary/2023_campaigns/july_2023/230701_allproduct_j4s/itin_01.jpg Classic Panama Canal Passage Panama City to Ft. Lauderdale ASK FOR OFFER: J4S 11 DAYS 5 TOURS 6 COUNTRIES LEARN MORE http://static.cdn.responsys.net/i2/responsysimages/vrc/contentlibrary/2023_campaigns/july_2023/230701_allproduct_j4s/itin_02.png Antarctic Explorer Buenos Aires to Ushuaia ASK FOR OFFER: J4S 13 DAYS 2 COUNTRIES LEARN MORE http://static.cdn.responsys.net/i2/responsysimages/vrc/contentlibrary/2023_campaigns/july_2023/230701_allproduct_j4s/itin_03.jpg Grand European Tour Amsterdam to Budapest ASK FOR OFFER: J4S 15 DAYS 12 TOURS 4 COUNTRIES LEARN MORE http://static.cdn.responsys.net/i2/responsysimages/vrc/contentlibrary/2023_campaigns/july_2023/230701_allproduct_j4s/itin_04.png New Orleans & Southern Charms New Orleans to New Orleans ASK FOR OFFER: J4S 8 DAYS 6 TOURS 1 COUNTRY LEARN MORE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BluebonnetTexan Posted July 1, 2023 #773 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Well, I'm interested in the Panama Canal cruise someday and have been tracking prices to see how they run. Interestingly, the Dec 2023 cruises which are part of the J4S deal have the same cabin pricing as they did in June, so the only deal here is the free airfare. We typically book our own, so not a deal for us. I checked the prices with EBD also and they are same as J4S, just that airfare is listed as from $799 for those dates. As always, YMMV, and it might be a good deal for some people, but I saw cabins disappearing as I was checking and many more categories are now sold out than just a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OneSixtyToOne Posted July 1, 2023 #774 Share Posted July 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, BluebonnetTexan said: Well, I'm interested in the Panama Canal cruise someday and have been tracking prices to see how they run. Interestingly, the Dec 2023 cruises which are part of the J4S deal have the same cabin pricing as they did in June, so the only deal here is the free airfare. We typically book our own, so not a deal for us. I checked the prices with EBD also and they are same as J4S, just that airfare is listed as from $799 for those dates. As always, YMMV, and it might be a good deal for some people, but I saw cabins disappearing as I was checking and many more categories are now sold out than just a month ago. Promo SUM23 has been extended and it gives a double past guest discount. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorPaulH Posted July 2, 2023 #775 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 1:32 PM, HUNKY said: OneSixtyToOne - Was there a promo code for the Egypt 2025 river cruise? I'm tracking this cruise, but the fares have not changed. Received mailing for 2024 & 2025 VRC. Pharaohs & Pyramids (12 days) Standard $6,499 Veranda $8,499 -> $7,999 Veranda Suite $10,999 -> $9,999 Explorer Suite $13,999 -> $12,999 Based on select Aug 2025 depatures Air Fare $1,899 -> $1,299 pp (for Aug Sep 2025 departures) Ask for EBD (expires 7/31/2023) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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