ray98 Posted August 4, 2023 #26 Share Posted August 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Moparfiend said: 8 day from Baltimore (Sept '23) priced at more then 8,000 dollars for a suite $2,900 for an interior $4,800 for a balcony This is on an older ship (Legend), 2 people Carnival will price themselves out of the market if they continue this path If they are sailing full as they appear to be then they are in their market. The market is what people will pay for something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdr69 Posted August 4, 2023 #27 Share Posted August 4, 2023 15 hours ago, ChinaShrek said: Because cruise lines continue to have "optional" gratuities unlike other businesses. Pretty sure my gratuity is still optional at every place i go to eat or get my haircut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 4, 2023 #28 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Much ado about nothing. Tipping threads and the suggestions on who gets it, when if are closely related to area 51 and building 7 conspiracies IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 4, 2023 #29 Share Posted August 4, 2023 10 minutes ago, kdr69 said: Pretty sure my gratuity is still optional at every place i go to eat or get my haircut Bingo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick93 Posted August 4, 2023 #30 Share Posted August 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: Much ado about nothing. Tipping threads and the suggestions on who gets it, when if are closely related to area 51 and building 7 conspiracies IMHO. Are you saying they have solved the landing on the moon conspiracy or gratuities have not reached that level yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 4, 2023 #31 Share Posted August 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Stick93 said: Are you saying they have solved the landing on the moon conspiracy or gratuities have not reached that level yet? 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgarriso Posted August 4, 2023 #32 Share Posted August 4, 2023 just want to add my 2 cents.... And i guess this is in Carnivals Favor. Go to Orbitzs or somewhere and do a search for balcony cabins and compare prices. Then when you see that for more money the other lines give you obstructed balconies, oh you wanted a standard balcany with a view, that will be another grand (exaggeration) I'm glad for my part that carnival keeps it simple. On the negative, i've been real unhappy with the restaurant decline since covid. Brunch and Dinner have removed so much. Actually have nights now that we prefer to eat at the buffet because the dinner just isn't worth the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted August 4, 2023 #33 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Moparfiend said: 8 day from Baltimore (Sept '23) priced at more then 8,000 dollars for a suite $2,900 for an interior $4,800 for a balcony This is on an older ship (Legend), 2 people Carnival will price themselves out of the market if they continue this path You are looking to book one month out and are surprised the prices are sky-high? They know they have a captured market for last-minute panic cruisers who "just have to get away". Try booking an airline ticket 3 days prior to your flight. There are no last-minute bargains any more. btw, it looks like your suites got sold out between your post and now, assuming you were looking at the cruise to Canada. Hmm, let's look at pricing out a similar cruise one year later, a 7-day to Bermuda: $739 pp interior, or $1478 $929 pp balcony, or $1858 $1659 pp suite, or $3318 And I bet if you had booked when first released, it would have been even cheaper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 4, 2023 #34 Share Posted August 4, 2023 They're all high right now. As of now I'm not cruising this fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aborgman Posted August 4, 2023 #35 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, staceyglow said: Why would you think that? Carnival has explicitly said that all gratuities go directly to crew members. If that isn't the case, that would be fraud. It obviously isn't the case - because you pay the gratuities to Carnival, then Carnival distributes them to crew members. If gratuities went directly to crew members - Carnival would never touch the money, just you and the crew member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyglow Posted August 4, 2023 #36 Share Posted August 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, aborgman said: It obviously isn't the case - because you pay the gratuities to Carnival, then Carnival distributes them to crew members. If gratuities went directly to crew members - Carnival would never touch the money, just you and the crew member. Just because Carnival is handling the money doesn't mean they are stealing it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aborgman Posted August 4, 2023 #37 Share Posted August 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, staceyglow said: Just because Carnival is handling the money doesn't mean they are stealing it. Correct. Carnival handling the money means it doesn't go directly to crew members. If there is any middleman - even if they take zero - it isn't "direct" by definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyglow Posted August 4, 2023 #38 Share Posted August 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, aborgman said: Correct. Carnival handling the money means it doesn't go directly to crew members. If there is any middleman - even if they take zero - it isn't "direct" by definition. You know what I meant, but if you want to be pedantic, go for it. 🙂 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 4, 2023 #39 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Saint Greg said: They're all high right now. As of now I'm not cruising this fall. I think you will see it slow down this fall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hunters Posted August 4, 2023 #40 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Saint Greg said: They're all high right now. As of now I'm not cruising this fall. What!? Does that mean your upcoming live report from a different cruise line isn't happening? I only have a vague recollection of your upcoming plans from your last trip report, so forgive me if I'm mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 4, 2023 #41 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 minute ago, 4hunters said: What!? Does that mean your upcoming live report from a different cruise line isn't happening? I only have a vague recollection of your upcoming plans from your last trip report, so forgive me if I'm mistaken. I'm still going on NCL in August. I said fall. But I may retract that. It looks like I may have found something with Princess in November that looks like it will work for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hunters Posted August 4, 2023 #42 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Just now, Saint Greg said: I'm still going on NCL in August. I said fall. But I may retract that. It looks like I may have found something with Princess in November that looks like it will work for me. And I said to forgive me if I'm mistaken. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 4, 2023 #43 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: I think you will see it slow down this fall As of right now you've got what I call summer prices going through December. The good prices are in Alaska, Canada, Australia, Europe. I think those were mostly NCL. NCL has some nice prices on TA cruises this fall. For Carnival I did see some nice prices on the 10 day Venezia cruises out of NYC but I don't have that much time. Edited August 4, 2023 by Saint Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 4, 2023 #44 Share Posted August 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: As of right now you've got what I call summer prices going through December. The good prices are in Alaska, Canada, Australia, Europe. I think those were mostly NCL. NCL has some nice prices on TA cruises this fall. For Carnival I did see some nice prices on the 10 day Venezia cruises out of NYC but I don't have that much time. Understand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallasdan Posted August 4, 2023 #45 Share Posted August 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: As of right now you've got what I call summer prices going through December. The good prices are in Alaska, Canada, Australia, Europe. I think those were mostly NCL. NCL has some nice prices on TA cruises this fall. For Carnival I did see some nice prices on the 10 day Venezia cruises out of NYC but I don't have that much time. Do you cruise in the fall during Saints bye week? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 4, 2023 #46 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, dallasdan said: Do you cruise in the fall during Saints bye week? That's how I try to do it. I have cruised a couple of times when they had MNF road games knowing they'd be on TV. I blindly booked Jubilee for this fall but since it was canceled I waited until the schedule came out to even look at replacement cruises. It looks like the best I'm going to be able to do this year is go out of Galveston on a day that we are on the road. Stream that game on the ship if it isn't on TV. Then debarkation is on our bye week. I need to be back for Thanksgiving which is that Thursday after our bye. Edited August 4, 2023 by Saint Greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bafinegan Posted August 4, 2023 #47 Share Posted August 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Moparfiend said: 8 day from Baltimore (Sept '23) priced at more then 8,000 dollars for a suite $2,900 for an interior $4,800 for a balcony This is on an older ship (Legend), 2 people Carnival will price themselves out of the market if they continue this path I booked an 8 day out of Tampa, $3200 for an ocean suite. This is for 2 people doing a partial Panama Canal transit over Christmas 2024. It's all about timing- when one books, where one sails to, where one sails out of, the time of the year ( summer is usually higher). Overall, prices are higher, but deals are out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted August 5, 2023 #48 Share Posted August 5, 2023 11 hours ago, Stick93 said: Carnival says a lot of things and letting people remove gratuities seems to suggest that they are not serious about constant wages. Raising the tip means more people remove - it’s reverse supply and demand. How is that any different from Royal or others? What proof do you have that more people remove? Cruise lines certainly don't release that information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplelife Posted August 5, 2023 #49 Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 6:06 PM, ChinaShrek said: Many, many people have no idea that they will be charged gratuities until they are on the ship. I have heard numerous people at customer service asking what the charges are for. Including gratuities would eliminate the confusion and long lines at customer service. Either they can't read or they are lying so they won't look as bad when they remove gratuities 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 5, 2023 #50 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, aborgman said: Correct. Carnival handling the money means it doesn't go directly to crew members. If there is any middleman - even if they take zero - it isn't "direct" by definition. Wow, you have found the secret…. Wait, it has only put on here 2000 times. This has been rehashed just as many times. There is absolutely no proof of anything other than what Carnival tells us….it goes to the people they say it does. Edited August 5, 2023 by jimbo5544 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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