FolsomMike Posted September 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 7, 2023 We are cruising Japan next May and I see that many excursions are already showing as sold out. What are the chances that Celebrity will add more excursion availability in the coming months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted September 8, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 8, 2023 No one knows, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipmate13 Posted September 10, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 10, 2023 We are cruising with 3 other couples next July to Japan on Solstice and saw 45% off excursions. We all booked our excursions at the same time with a deal like that. Maybe that has something to do with your cruise also. I had 8 excursions booked on another Celebrity this November to Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in which I booked excursions several months ago. When the discount went to 45% off this past week, I cancelled everyone of the excursions we had for Singapore trip, had money refunded and booked the same excursion all over again saving me alot of money. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipmate13 Posted September 10, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Sorry I meant to say on the Celebrity Millennium not the Solstice next July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chardonnay Char Posted September 10, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Sometimes -- if you use a big-company travel agent -- the travel company also sponsors its own excursions. I recently booked one through our TA for Hawaii in a couple weeks. The Celebrity ones were already sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted September 10, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2023 On 9/7/2023 at 4:48 PM, FolsomMike said: We are cruising Japan next May and I see that many excursions are already showing as sold out. What are the chances that Celebrity will add more excursion availability in the coming months? Keep checking your CP. Also once on board stop by the shore excursion desk to see if the excursion you are interested in is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hmorrow Posted September 10, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 10, 2023 19 hours ago, shipmate13 said: We are cruising with 3 other couples next July to Japan on Solstice and saw 45% off excursions. We all booked our excursions at the same time with a deal like that. Maybe that has something to do with your cruise also. I had 8 excursions booked on another Celebrity this November to Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in which I booked excursions several months ago. When the discount went to 45% off this past week, I cancelled everyone of the excursions we had for Singapore trip, had money refunded and booked the same excursion all over again saving me alot of money. I saved over $500 on their sale. Finally! A REAL SALE! Booked additional items for the same price I originally spent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsmom Posted September 10, 2023 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Multiple excursions were sold out for my cruise next May when I first booked it in Late July. Very surprising. I was able to take advantage of the sale and saved about $500, but there was one that I had booked that I couldn’t save on because it was sold out now. I do hope that they add some more excursions and I am also starting to research other excursion options because I have booked a few that I am not that excited about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkesbaynz Posted September 10, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 10, 2023 We are on the Millennium in April to Japan. April 9th cruise. I have booked tours through Tours4locals.com & Gowithguide.com. If you are independent minded it is cheaper and only 6-10 people to share with. I did do a Celebrity tours (Aomori as little on offer independent). I have read all the Millenium RCs for info on Japan. Research is the key. Some well informed people on there. Did the same for Solstice in November too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted September 11, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Most excursions on my upcoming Eclipse South America cruise for January showed sold out five months ago. Then about six weeks ago, additional times were added and most suddenly became available. So I’m assuming if early demand is strong extra capacity will be added when and where possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted September 11, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I had one or two excursions added to my cruise. I always book early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzi66 Posted September 11, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 11, 2023 8 hours ago, hmorrow said: I saved over $500 on their sale. Finally! A REAL SALE! Booked additional items for the same price I originally spent. I did the same. Added a couple more excursions and upgrade our wifi and still came out way in front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatharbour Posted September 11, 2023 #13 Share Posted September 11, 2023 8 hours ago, hmorrow said: I saved over $500 on their sale. Finally! A REAL SALE! Booked additional items for the same price I originally spent. It may be a real sale with Celebrity but their excursion prices can be over the top. I was looking at a NZ excursion that was more than AU$800 with Celebrity. While searching for alternatives I found exactly the same tour listed with several other cruise lines for less than AU$400. When the recent sale was on, the price jumped to over AU$900 with the reduced price still more than other lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare chemmo Posted September 11, 2023 #14 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) In our experience tours by coach or minibus are often listed sold out then reappear. I assume they initially book x coaches then add more depending on uptake. It is tours using sea planes, specific types of boats etc that seem to go and then rarely come back up. Understandable, there are finite number of these resources. Still worth checking as if people cancel then limited places will reappear. On 9/7/2023 at 11:48 PM, FolsomMike said: We are cruising Japan next May and I see that many excursions are already showing as sold out. What are the chances that Celebrity will add more excursion availability in the coming months? It might be worth looking at the roll call for your cruise and seeing what tours others have arranged and companies they would recommend. Some may be booking tours that have spaces on them you could join. If you are reluctant to book independently going through a roll call can be a great idea as many who do the arrangements are really well travelled and very experienced. Edited September 11, 2023 by chemmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysey222 Posted September 11, 2023 #15 Share Posted September 11, 2023 The 45% off sale for shore excursions was a solid deal and I suspect that's why so many are sold out. I noticed some are sold out for our South America cruise next April. If you're comfortable going on a non-ship tour, check out shoreexcursions.asia. They have lots of Japan excursions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCPIV Posted September 12, 2023 #16 Share Posted September 12, 2023 We have a cruise that sails in about 13 months, and some excursions are sold out. Yeah, I think that sale did a number on inventory. As for whether they add more, that's been pretty well covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted September 12, 2023 #17 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I have found that some of the small group excursions tend to sell out fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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