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Take in not only the best bid price but are they offering any On Board Credits . when dealing with a TA I alwau=ys rate them o nease of communicating & their ability to follow up for us like on the HAL AARP special on board credit ,can they take our AARP gift cards ie
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You will have to search the net as we can not tell you the identity on Cruise Critic .Their rules . When on a cruise ,especially of there is a Meet & Greet set up oj your Roll Call . when on the ship ask about of any one is using the cruise bidding web site . .Again we have saved a lot of money over the years . Each TAS that bids our cruise already has a track recird of accomplishments that you can read . You should also check them on web sites like Yelp We were using a particular person until he wanted to do every thing by e-mail .That would work but not all the time .so we now use TAs will the best posted bid price
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We use a cruise bidding board service for all our cruises . We check out their standings with inthe industry .That info is shown always . We then look at the prices we been quoted by different TAs. We go with the best pricing . From there we may or may not build a relationship with that particular TA . It has been very cost effective over many years of booking cruises
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It seems to us that the Tamarind restaurant on koningsdam is our best choice over the pther 2 restaurants for what you get
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Club Orange sells out very fast . So if you want CO then book it very early . Cost is under 14 day cruise $50 per day for 2 people 14c days or longer $30 perc day for 2 people .Good luck
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March 2024 Update HAL Dry Docks, Charters & Groups Onboard
mcrcruiser replied to VMax1700's topic in Holland America Line
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cruisermom that is a lot of new inventory . We are amazed that you were able tp post all those ships entering into the cruise business since 2021 . More amazing is filling that new inventory with passengers .Now the question could be do the cruise lines have too much capacity .Only time will tell all
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Thanks for all your replies . Planing future travels takes a llot of planing & your replies shed light on booking future cruises
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We can agree that while ships are sailing full pricing will remain high . About a potential recession that card is still in the deck imo . Federal government spending is at a all time high but ,it can't keep growing with out very severe consequences ;which most people will agree . Then the other side of the coin is consumer spending . Can consumer spending be as robust as it has been or will it slow down ? Is a recession possible , imo yes it is possible this year .We see crypto & gold prices reaching all time highs ,so we got to ask ourselves ,why ? .Thus ,should a recession happen ,by all means cruise prices will go down as the cruise line costs will also go down ,imo
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Yes we would agree that the longer itineraries are people with deep pockets thaqt taqke those cruises . Perhaps like you indicate ,the shorter ,Caribbean cruises or Mexico could drop in price . Thanks for your input
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Seems to us that high government spending is keeping the economy afloat but , that too must slow down or stop i. Credit card debt has reached a all tome high of a Trillion dollars . Will consumers pull back on spending ? . Then what will happen to the stock market ;as consumer spending represents 2/3 of the National economy ? Since cruises still are considered a luxury can consumer demand still keep cruise bookings moving higher while consumers face harder times ? Thus could we see cruise prices actually drop from these lofty high levels ? It will be interesting what other people think
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We see a ship sold out for handicap balcony cabins . Can we ask HAL to contact us if one opens up ? TIA
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We never buy the HIA because we rarely drink & if we do it is a glass of wine at dinner . Wonder if you can buy a glass of wine at the Happy Hour 4 to 5 PM & bring it into the dining room for easrly dinner ? When we sailed RCCL we get free drink tickets ,like 4 each per day because we are Diamond with RCCL .We could even order using our tickets in the MDR a glass of wine
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It was so much simpler years ago . Take your bottle of wine to the dining room & there pay corkage . If you were to drink it in your cabin then no corkage fee . imo this was the simplest method . now it has gotten too complicated imo
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You may also ask id a Chase lounge is available from your room steward . at times that has worked as well
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January 2026 Holland will not have Koningsdam doing Hawaii or Mexico cruises .They will ve using Nieuw Amsterdam ,a smaller ship . Just checking the 18 day Early Booking Hawaii cruise prices have really soared , additionally ,if any one requires a handicap cabin ,this shi calls standard size cabins handicap , so we tried booking a outside state room to upgrade to a deck 6 way up front handicap which are the few that woud be real handicap state rooms . I was willing to pay the outside price with the early booking Have It All , The resolution dept would not budge . Imo ,people who are handicapped can not use a standard size stateroom which does not have roll in showers . Check it out on deck plans
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yes this cruise is amazing . We sent the information to our friends in Calgary Canada . Wish we could do this cruise but health issues prevent it for us
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This is not for us but a friend who lives in Calgary . I could do this cruise but my wife can not fly is the problem We have done a Trans Pacific to Sydney from San Diego in 2015 & then flew back to SD .Now my DW has a kneee problem & she can not get a knee replacement . Cliff
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About a year or 2 ago we saw a HAL cruise circumnavigating the continent of Australia . does HAL do that kind of cruise often & is it available now ? What ship would they be using ? TIA