Price drops....

[hoosier sailor]

When looking for price drops, what websites are you using to compare prices for your ship?

[Ourusualbeach]

9 minutes ago, hoosier sailor said:

When looking for price drops, what websites are you using to compare prices for your ship?

The only one that matters is Royals site as they will only grant price drops to what they have listed.

[hoosier sailor]

3 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

The only one that matters is Royals site as they will only grant price drops to what they have listed.

Thanks but that's not what I asked.

 

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, hoosier sailor said:

Thanks but that's not what I asked.

 

Well it doesn't do you any good looking at another site thinking you see a lower price and finding out Royal won't honor it does it.

[firefly333]

16 minutes ago, hoosier sailor said:

Thanks but that's not what I asked.

 

Maybe rephrase if you wanted a different question? 

[budmeister]

I only look at Royal C own site.

[HicksRA]

I guess he’s just wondering how many others are wasting their time searching sites other than Royal’s for price drops. 

[cruiseguy1016]

1 hour ago, hoosier sailor said:

When looking for price drops, what websites are you using to compare prices for your ship?

 

Nobody looks at other sites because their prices don't matter. There, does that answer the question you asked?

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, hoosier sailor said:

Thanks but that's not what I asked.

 

Other sites are likely TA affiliated sites which can’t be mentioned on CC. 

[smokeybandit]

Use the RC watchlist. 

[jean87510]

18 hours ago, hoosier sailor said:

When looking for price drops, what websites are you using to compare prices for your ship?

on the royal website there is a section to check to be notified of a price drop.  That's if you already have a booking.  Otherwise, as others have said, there are quite a few TA sites that can't be mentioned.  Google would help you more than Cruise Critic.

[Florida Fan]

2 hours ago, jean87510 said:

on the royal website there is a section to check to be notified of a price drop.  That's if you already have a booking.  Otherwise, as others have said, there are quite a few TA sites that can't be mentioned.  Google would help you more than Cruise Critic.

I'm sure they appreciated your polite response. They were just asking for help.

[jean87510]

53 minutes ago, Florida Fan said:

I'm sure they appreciated your polite response. They were just asking for help.

I realized that.  It's why I suggested googling as a lot of people both new and experienced cruisers who may not want to use a TA (and cc has many TAs on it and TA loyalists) have this question about how to get a good price.  It is a legitimate question.

[jerseyjjs]

57 minutes ago, Florida Fan said:

I'm sure they appreciated your polite response. They were just asking for help.

And they were helped.....and they came back with a terse response.

[cruisinfanatic]

I look at a particular site because it takes a LOT less time to get to the final cost. If it goes down, most likely it did on Royal's site. Then I look

[nelblu]

5 hours ago, jean87510 said:

on the royal website there is a section to check to be notified of a price drop. 

As an aside, a couple of weeks ago, I was doing a mock booking on an 8 nite Oasis sail.  This past week I get an e-mail with an announcement of a $1,200+ price drop on that sail.  All excited I go thru the exercise of calculating my fare and the damn price is the same.  Yesterday, I got another e-mail and this time a price drop of $1,300+-guess what, no movement in pricing.

 

Bottom line--FUBAR price drop announcements.

[soremekun]

I used to use cruisewatch.com

 

For me, fare reductions are like unicorns.

Edited December 17, 2023 by soremekun

[Scottdalfonso]

So if your category is sold out, there is no way to check for a price drop, correct?  I can no longer see any cabins in my category, so I guess it's just up to my TA to keep an eye out...and assume that if it's sold out...it's not dropping. 

Edited December 17, 2023 by Scottdalfonso

[mets123]

5 hours ago, Scottdalfonso said:

So if your category is sold out, there is no way to check for a price drop, correct?  I can no longer see any cabins in my category, so I guess it's just up to my TA to keep an eye out...and assume that if it's sold out...it's not dropping. 

Correct.

[jean87510]

8 hours ago, nelblu said:

As an aside, a couple of weeks ago, I was doing a mock booking on an 8 nite Oasis sail.  This past week I get an e-mail with an announcement of a $1,200+ price drop on that sail.  All excited I go thru the exercise of calculating my fare and the damn price is the same.  Yesterday, I got another e-mail and this time a price drop of $1,300+-guess what, no movement in pricing.

 

Bottom line--FUBAR price drop announcements.

That stinks.  I have actually been successful when I tried it for price drops for fall sailings.