Group Reservations

[twobeautifulgirls]

Can anyone please explain the advantages of booking as a group if we have 8 cabins? What perks are there? Is the price discounted? What are the disadvantages? Do all cabins need to be the same category?

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, twobeautifulgirls said:

What perks are there?

You get a portion of one fare. @Ourusualbeach may provide more details.

[Morecruisesplz]

5 hours ago, twobeautifulgirls said:

Can anyone please explain the advantages of booking as a group if we have 8 cabins? What perks are there? Is the price discounted? What are the disadvantages? Do all cabins need to be the same category?

No, do not have to be same category. No discount unless offered by a TA. Book 8 and receive 1 person's fare free. Average of category fares. No perks.

[Ourusualbeach]

15 hours ago, twobeautifulgirls said:

Can anyone please explain the advantages of booking as a group if we have 8 cabins? What perks are there? Is the price discounted? What are the disadvantages? Do all cabins need to be the same category?

 

13 hours ago, Biker19 said:

You get a portion of one fare. @Ourusualbeach may provide more details.

 

10 hours ago, fredmdcruisers said:

No, do not have to be same category. No discount unless offered by a TA. Book 8 and receive 1 person's fare free. Average of category fares. No perks.

For every 8 cabins booked in a group you get the average of the cruise fare either as a rebate or you can deduct it from one or more guests cruise fare.

 

Keep in mind what you see as a cruise fare on Royals site is not the cruise fare that you will get a credit for.  In additional to not including taxes and fees Royal also has what they call an NCCF (non commissionable cruise fare) built into their pricing which ranges from $25 pppd to nearly $50 pppd depending on the ship.  Newer ships have a higher NCCH.  On a 7 day sailing this could mean close to $300 of the cruise fare not being included in the average cruise fare.