Why not "student rate"?

[sherry7]

Hey, get in line. The parents want a childrens' rate or at least an infants rate first. :D

 

As long as I continue to pay $899 for a 4 year old (times 2 kids) for 3rd/4th rate -- you can pay full price as a poor college student. ;)

 

I agree with Cruisinmama06! :D I just paid full rate for my 8 month old baby. We booked 2 adjoining rooms, so I didn't have the benefit of 3rd/4th person rates.

[CarefreeCruising]

And we see how that turns out on MTV Spring Break, COPS, Girls Gone Wild, TruTV, and the nightly local news when they get drunk and belligerent and fall off hotel 5th floor railings and die. And you want that on your cruise? On a 140,000+ ton 17-story cruise ship? No thanks. :eek:

 

Hey... you're describing the cruise we took last March! Although no one fell off of a balcony, they just dove into an empty pool at 3 am in the morning! Needless to say, the ship had to divert the route to get the injured student to a hospital on land. I hope that he is alright but it was a very sad thing to hear about! Having a large presence (think groups of fraternaties or sororities) of college students on one cruise really changed the tone, and not in a good way.

[koterry]

Because they would rather let millions of dollars go to Cancun, South Padre Island or Cabo San Lucas.

Because most students are broke:rolleyes:

[koterry]

And we see how that turns out on MTV Spring Break, COPS, Girls Gone Wild, TruTV, and the nightly local news when they get drunk and belligerent and fall off hotel 5th floor railings and die. And you want that on your cruise? On a 140,000+ ton 17-story cruise ship? No thanks. :eek:

There you have it, thank you;)

[koterry]

Hey... you're describing the cruise we took last March! Although no one fell off of a balcony, they just dove into an empty pool at 3 am in the morning! Needless to say, the ship had to divert the route to get the injured student to a hospital on land. I hope that he is alright but it was a very sad thing to hear about! Having a large presence (think groups of fraternaties or sororities) of college students on one cruise really changed the tone, and not in a good way.

I remember that incident last year! Hope he was ok, but still an idiot;)

[lovemylab]

I only wish I had the extra money to cruise when I was in university!

[ehfl]

We were looking at cruises this past December, and saw a rate of $399 for 7 days on the Allure. Where can a student go on vacation for a week for $399? Cruising is already pretty cheap if you can shop around.

[dajulieness]

Yea ok. Loud students. Really relaxing. lol

 

How about a discount for Nurses? :) Now that would be very nice.

[koterry]

Yea ok. Loud students. Really relaxing. lol

 

How about a discount for Nurses? :) Now that would be very nice.

Ok with me!;)

[d4nigirl]

The point of getting an education is that you sacrifice your short term luxuries and invest in something that will provide you long term security. Grow up and wait until you can afford it. Earning the good things in life makes you appreciate them more.

 

I couldn't agree more! After rewarding myself for completing my first full year of teaching and finishing a double masters, I swear I didn't know what relaxation and satisfaction was until I booked my first "big girl" vacation because I knew I worked towards/was able to afford it.

[koterry]

I couldn't agree more! After rewarding myself for completing my first full year of teaching and finishing a double masters, I swear I didn't know what relaxation and satisfaction was until I booked my first "big girl" vacation because I knew I worked towards/was able to afford it.

Congratulations and happy cruising:)

[dmdicato]

I'd definitely go with a discount for teachers! Otherwise, none of these other discounts would apply if the education wasn't there from the beginning.

[Merion_Mom]

We were looking at cruises this past December, and saw a rate of $399 for 7 days on the Allure. Where can a student go on vacation for a week for $399? Cruising is already pretty cheap if you can shop around.

 

And why do you think that that cruisefare was so low?

 

Because all of the students were in school.

 

Early December is one of the cheapest times to cruise.

 

Supply and demand, supply and demand.

[MrsPete]

All discounts have one focus: To bring in customers who otherwise would've kept their money in their pockets. Discounts aren't intended to "help" anyone except the company and the stockholder.

 

Here's an example: I'm a teacher, and we CONSTANTLY get stuff in our school mailboxes about discounts. Phone plans, gym memberships, spa visits, restaurants, etc. Are these businesses concerned about teachers' budgets? NO WAY! They know that we're a large group that's easy to advertise to. It's cheap to copy a bunch of flyers and ask the school secretary to put them in our mailboxes. They know that by offering a two-for-one pizza deal on Tuesday-Wednesay-Thursday night, they may get a customer (on an off-night) who otherwise would've stayed home and cooked. They're gaining business by doing this.

 

To bring it back to cruises, senior citizens and Florida residents are often offered special deals. It's not that the cruise lines like them (or their money) better than they like the rest of us. It's that they know these people are more likely to travel on the spur of the moment, and it's better for the ships to sail FULL (even if some people pay a reduced rate) than it is to let some cabins go empty.

[SkaterJasp]

Try going in January. It's still warm enough to enjoy the sun and beaches. Thats what I did when I was a college students.

[fleckle]

To bring it back to cruises, senior citizens and Florida residents are often offered special deals. It's not that the cruise lines like them (or their money) better than they like the rest of us. It's that they know these people are more likely to travel on the spur of the moment, and it's better for the ships to sail FULL (even if some people pay a reduced rate) than it is to let some cabins go empty.

But as hotel owners and managers can also tell you, that is a very desirable demographic because senior citizens are not likely to trash their rooms, cause damage or throw loud, wild parties. So even if students could travel on the spur of the moment, they would still rather give the discounts to the seniors.

[galavant3]

I tend to think that is Not the Target Group of cruisers RCCL wants to get.

 

I can only imagine the threads if those kinds of discounts were to appear.

 

As the parent of two college age students (will be three next year) this was my first thought exactly!

[amybear912]

I have seen al kind of rates, but no student rate for people that are on a really low budget. What do you think?

 

It is because students are on a really low budget and therefore, their potential for generating additional revenue onboard is not likely... Except in alcohol sales... But that revenue probably isn't worth the hassle it brings...

 

It reminds me of a cruise we took a few years ago during college spring break time....

 

We boarded the ship around 2 pm, the pool area was packed with college kids... When we approached the bar there was a girl calling home to ask mommy and daddy to load more funds into her account... DH and I just smiled at each other as we heard her say, "but I won't have enough money to make it through the week... How was I supposed to know everything on the ship would be so expensive?".

 

We hadn't even sailed yet and this girl had already spent beyond her budget...

 

The bonus about sailing with college kids was that on sea days we had no problems finding deck chairs wherever we wanted... Most of them didn't make it down to the pool area until late morning... Almost noon...

 

All in all though... Not too rowdy, very polite and boy, they took Formal night literally.... The only cruise I've been on where the vast majority of passengers were dressed to the nines...

[Wilda]

Students come in all shapes, sizes.....and ages! I'm on the other side of 50 and am going back to school;) For RCI to enforce that type of a discount they would have to determine what age qualifies as a student, which could appear to be discrimination.

[Ace Cruiser]

Become a crew member, and then they'll pay YOU to cruise

 

:D

Too flaming true. In what I suppose you might call my gap year - many years ago - at the age of 19, I signed on a freighter as Engine Boy (yes! scrubbing the engine room plating with deisel oil) so as to see some of the world. Don't suppose, in this equal society, many girlies would take this option. They'll be looking for a student rate Business Class airfare next.

Get real kids.

 

Ace Cruiser

[Rancher Dave]

Too flaming true. In what I suppose you might call my gap year - many years ago - at the age of 19, I signed on a freighter as Engine Boy (yes! scrubbing the engine room plating with deisel oil) so as to see some of the world. Don't suppose, in this equal society, many girlies would take this option. They'll be looking for a student rate Business Class airfare next.

Get real kids.

 

Ace Cruiser

 

Bet after that year of work you studied harder as well.

 

If RCCL can fill the ship without discounting, that is what they must do or they will lose sharholder confidence.

[spanner14]

Too flaming true. In what I suppose you might call my gap year - many years ago - at the age of 19, I signed on a freighter as Engine Boy (yes! scrubbing the engine room plating with deisel oil) so as to see some of the world. Don't suppose, in this equal society, many girlies would take this option. They'll be looking for a student rate Business Class airfare next.

Get real kids.

 

Ace Cruiser

 

Exactly. And student or not, adults still take up a bed in a stateroom, a chair in the dining room, and eat as much food as any other adult.

 

I'd like to see better discounts for children first, then discounts for UK Police/Firefighters etc. before they start thinking about student discounts! :)

[PACollegeCruisers]

As you can tell by my screen name, I am in college currently.

I have a cruise planned for my BF and I for December and at the time I'll be 21 and he'll be 20. I (along with Cody) do not like the stereotypes that students get. Just because a few students are obnoxious and rude and constantly drunk does not mean all of us are.

 

I think there should be a student discount. I'm not saying a heavily weighted one. But if somebody gets a discount for living in Florida, why shouldn't a student? If a senior citizen gets a discount because of their age why doesn't a student? Students in college will find a way to make the money and spend it, in the casino, on a few drinks, maybe even some bingo games. For our cruise in December we're booked in an E2 Balcony room, and I'm paying for it. I just know how to budget money. It's not always that college students are poor, drunk and stupid but rather most don't know how to budget for things they want.

 

I think there should also be a child rate just like Michelle said earlier.

[CruiseKeeper]

As you can tell by my screen name, I am in college currently.

I have a cruise planned for my BF and I for December and at the time I'll be 21 and he'll be 20. I (along with Cody) do not like the stereotypes that students get. Just because a few students are obnoxious and rude and constantly drunk does not mean all of us are.

 

I think there should be a student discount. I'm not saying a heavily weighted one. But if somebody gets a discount for living in Florida, why shouldn't a student? If a senior citizen gets a discount because of their age why doesn't a student? Students in college will find a way to make the money and spend it, in the casino, on a few drinks, maybe even some bingo games. For our cruise in December we're booked in an E2 Balcony room, and I'm paying for it. I just know how to budget money. It's not always that college students are poor, drunk and stupid but rather most don't know how to budget for things they want.

 

I think there should also be a child rate just like Michelle said earlier.

 

My kids and my money went to Penn State. I think there should have been a discount for parents that pay tuition for students. :cool:

[fleckle]

Students come in all shapes, sizes.....and ages! I'm on the other side of 50 and am going back to school;) For RCI to enforce that type of a discount they would have to determine what age qualifies as a student, which could appear to be discrimination.

It could be just like other current types of student discounts, not based on age at all. For example, even if you were over 80 you would qualify for the student discount to purchase software or tickets to many shows and sports events just by showing your student ID.