New flash sale confusion

I received an email this morning from X promoting "Save up to 20% on exciting shore excursions and more for your upcoming cruise." You may need to have a current booking to have received it. In any case, after exploring the sale with 'cruise planner," something isn't quite right.

On the one hand I'm excited because the drink packages are 25% off the usual price and that will be a good deal for my booking. Yes, 25% not 20% :p

On the other hand, when I look at some of the discounted excursions, the price is exactly the same as it was previously. I can tell because I took some notes a month ago on which excursions interested us for budgeting purposes. I'm specifically looking at some Costa Maya excursions that are the exact same price, despite having a big 20% off label and a sign next to the price that says, "Price Reflects Your Discount." I tried adding it to the cart to see if the price changed, but it did not. :confused:

I'll need to call X later and see what they say, but just beware that the discount may not be what it appears to be.

I received it also, but the “Excursion” I was looking at was reduced significantly ... from $199pp to $159pp. There was no banner indicating it was on sale, I just happen to know the original price, as I was also pricing it as a private tour through local company. The cheapest I could find it was $175pp. I went a head and booked it through the ship a few mins ago with a nice savings.

It was strange, as they normally have a banner across the “Excursion” on sale.

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I received it also, but the “Excursion” I was looking at was reduced significantly ... from $199pp to $159pp. There was no banner indicating it was on sale, I just happen to know the original price, as I was also pricing it as a private tour through local company. The cheapest I could find it was $175pp. I went a head and booked it through the ship a few mins ago with a nice savings.

 

It was strange, as they normally have a banner across the “Excursion” on sale.

 

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Wow, what a mess. :rolleyes:

When is your cruise? have one booked an no offers for us :(

I received the email also. Was excited until I read the fine print. Only good for cruises that depart after Jan 1, 2018. We sail Dec 24 so doesn’t apply.

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Hmmm, that's odd. I checked and definitely notice that a couple of the excursions I was considering had dropped in price.

Maybe it could be a website issue? As good as X is about so many things, their website is just terrible and terribly unpredictable. I've experienced many glitches with it. I just can't figure out why they can't get that thing functional. But, that's a rant for another thread, I suppose.

Perhaps a phone call to confirm pricing would be helpful?

Good luck.

I just received the email for our cruise departing Jan 7th. I looked at the supposed discounted offers but couldn't see any difference in the price of the speciality dining package that we booked months ago. When is a sale not a sale ? Obviously when it's a Celebrity sale !

The excursion that I have been eyeing on our January 2019 cruise is actually MORE than when I checked last even though it has a 20% off banner across it. Not much of a sale!

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Does anyone know if it is possible to cancel a shore excursion and then rebook it under the sale price?

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Does anyone know if it is possible to cancel a shore excursion and then rebook it under the sale price?

 

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I have done it in the past.

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I received an email this morning from X promoting "Save up to 20% on exciting shore excursions and more for your upcoming cruise." You may need to have a current booking to have received it. In any case, after exploring the sale with 'cruise planner," something isn't quite right.

 

 

 

On the one hand I'm excited because the drink packages are 25% off the usual price and that will be a good deal for my booking. Yes, 25% not 20% :p

 

 

 

On the other hand, when I look at some of the discounted excursions, the price is exactly the same as it was previously. I can tell because I took some notes a month ago on which excursions interested us for budgeting purposes. I'm specifically looking at some Costa Maya excursions that are the exact same price, despite having a big 20% off label and a sign next to the price that says, "Price Reflects Your Discount." I tried adding it to the cart to see if the price changed, but it did not. :confused:

 

 

 

I'll need to call X later and see what they say, but just beware that the discount may not be what it appears to be.

If you’re interested you can get a Buy One and get a second package at 50% off. This applies to the Premium and Classic Alcohol packages only. This is per the Captains Club.

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When I log into the Celebrity website I see the message "Up to 20% off Specialty Dining". When I scroll down to see what's available or to book I get a message, "Sorry we cannot reserve this right now. Please try again onboard the ship." This sale is just for this weekend, so definitely won't be available at a 20% discount onboard the ship when I cruise in May 2018.

When I log into the Celebrity website I see the message "Up to 20% off Specialty Dining". When I scroll down to see what's available or to book I get a message, "Sorry we cannot reserve this right now. Please try again onboard the ship." This sale is just for this weekend, so definitely won't be available at a 20% discount onboard the ship when I cruise in May 2018.

KEY WORDS = Up to 20% off

Not 20% off.

I couldn’t find any excursions with sales banners attached.

However I think the Speciality restaurant 3 meal package at $84 seemed a good price.

KEY WORDS = Up to 20% off

 

 

Not 20% off.

My point was that there is a banner saying up to 20% off, but no way to determine if there is any discount.

I couldn’t find any excursions with sales banners attached.

However I think the Speciality restaurant 3 meal package at $84 seemed a good price.

$84 is a good rate for the 3 meal package. It's usually $109

For the excursions, somewhere in the fine print, it notes 'Up to 20% off' ... you know that advertising trick, right? On my last cruise, on 2 tours for 2 persons, I saved a whopping $6 ... I used that for the tip on one. Not really much of a savings but both were good tours ... one was great!! Anyhow, there was discussion on our roll call about this and some thought it was false advertising. I noticed the 'up to' verbiage so don't really think mine was that deceptive ... yours, however, doesn't appear to be discounted at all, so would question that. Just don't expect any sizable discount as that is not how they work.

For the dining packages that are discounted, if they've sold their quota, they are no longer available under the discount. They do save some for onboard purchases and comps. On my most recent cruise, the only package available at the 20% discount was for at least 7 dinners ... and this was on a 10 night cruise. It was a very good price but way too many dinners for me.

$84 is a good rate for the 3 meal package. It's usually $109

..................or in Canada......$139.52 per person (sale price.) 28% exchange rate.

Didn’t get the email, any info on how long this offer is good?

The beverage package is reduced on a upcoming booking but because of a significant price drop after final payment ($2000) we are considering cancelling & rebooking forfeiting $900. But the $2000 price drop hasn’t resulted in any of the available suites being booked so we are thinking another price drop will be forthcoming. In a ideal world we could take advantage of another price drop & the reduced beverage pkg price.

I just checked our cruise and dinner packages were not discounted.

"Didn’t get the email, any info on how long this offer is good?"

E-mail reads

Hurry, this special offer expires Monday night

Thanks OP for the post - I haven't had an email but on logging in to my cruise planner I can see that beverage packages have 25% off! Did the email say when the sale ends? Wondering how quickly we need to book?

Thanks

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The email says sale ends Monday night. When you’re logged onto your cruise planner, you should see a countdown banner at top of page.

Does anyone know if $125 for 4 specialty restaurants is a sale or normal pre-cruise offering? I don’t see any mention of a sale when I login, so I’m not sure. Guess it may depend on the cruise.

We have Celebrity cruises booked in Jan 2018, March 2018, and Jan 2019 that stop in Antigua.

I looked at one excursion (See Antigua by Sea) that we were thinking of taking on one of the three cruises.

In January 2018 it is one of the few excursions without a discount, and it is $109.

In March 2018 it has a 20% discount and is $98.10, so that would make the regular price , $122.62

On our Jan 2019 cruise it has a 20% discount and is $109, so t.he regular price would be $136.25

So, maybe the price is increasing, and I should book now, or... it's just another example of Celebrity's creative math.

Oh, and one more thing, and I saw this on more than one excursion, if you look at details, it shows for the footnote for the Prices Starting From*

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*Saving is applied as 25% off to each guest(s) package.