Why is a "sale" never a "sale"..?

[hannahsmomtoo]

So I was all excited.. to "watch out for Thursday"... "big sale"..

 

ummm... sure.. the prices skyrocketed $200 overnight on each cruise I am watching.. to accomodate the "sale" discounts..

 

sigh :mad:

 

ok vent over.

[craftykitty]

I got a $60 pp reduction on our cruise. So far $90 pp and I'm a happy girl.

[pirate4me2]

Mine cruise stayed the same. Guess becuase we are so far out, but I was hopeful.

[PSkinner]

Mine went down but is still $130 more that I paid.

[golfadj]

Mine did not change. Hopes up for nothing but par for the course with Carnival sales.

[camper49]

One of our booked cruises went up $50 three days ago, so i was pretty sure it wouldn't be a sale for us!! No price drops means we booked at a good price to start with!!

[PittsburghGirlee]

Nothing for me either....My category is sold out...:(

[craftykitty]

Mine cruise stayed the same. Guess becuase we are so far out, but I was hopeful.

We don't sale until March 2013, guess we just got lucky!

[hannahsmomtoo]

One of our booked cruises went up $50 three days ago, so i was pretty sure it wouldn't be a sale for us!! No price drops means we booked at a good price to start with!!

 

Agreed. I did book at the lowest price I have seen all year...

[Express Man]

Ours has gone up $60 PP last 30 days and still going...I dont expect a price drop during Spring Break. Same crusie lastyear from time we looked ,to cruise time went up 50% so Im happy we booked early and ES for this 1.

[ccruisequeen]

Our rates are still $150 more than when we booked :rolleyes::eek::(

[reginaphalange]

Our rate is $220 more than what we booked at. On the plus side, I guess, we got a good rate when we booked!

[KPGirl]

Ours has gone up $60 PP last 30 days and still going...I dont expect a price drop during Spring Break. Same crusie lastyear from time we looked ,to cruise time went up 50% so Im happy we booked early and ES for this 1.

 

 

My New Years Cruise has had 3 price drops so I bet March break will too. Maybe only a little. I have save $360 so far and cabins don't seem to be selling so I am expecting more.

[Vettebuf]

Neither of our cruises have changed since we booked. Oh, well, maybe we'll get a little extra OBC when we get close to the cruise dates.

[misstopgun]

Mine went up $40 overnight. Thank goodness I applied for my $20 price drop yesterday.

[cruise pup]

Mine did not change. Hopes up for nothing but par for the course with Carnival sales.

 

It's the same with Royal Caribbean. Whenever they have a "Wow" sale it turns out to me a "Meh" sale. You do much better with their weekly specials.

[golfadj]

It's the same with Royal Caribbean. Whenever they have a "Wow" sale it turns out to me a "Meh" sale. You do much better with their weekly specials.

 

Guess they both think their customers are a bunch of morons who will fall for a sales that is not a sale.

[H82seaUgo]

the only "sales" i ever see are the least desireable rooms they are trying to offload after placement and selling upgrades.

 

see a price drop on your room? you most likely are in the aforementioied

[waldocruiser1]

This is what I saw also, both of mine stayed the same.

 

Strange they can get away with fake sales.

[hannahsmomtoo]

Mine is $190 up ( per person ) since we booked

[NCTribeFan]

See! I said it in the thread with the "insider info" that this sale was coming. I absolutely knew there'd be a thread complaining about how the sales aren't sales.

 

But of course they're sales! It's all marketing, people!

 

It's to get NEW cruisers to cruise! Sales aren't designed to give already-booked Cruise Critic members price drops.

 

Sheesh. Every single time we have threads like this.

 

Do people only book hoping the price will drop? Maybe I just have really excellent timing, but the prices for my cruises rarely drop.

 

Maybe I'll start booking when the price seems high so I can get really excited because I get a few dollars drop! Woot! :rolleyes:

[Fourkids4us]

I got $30 back. So Im up to $130total back on my November cruise. I paid for upgrades and since upgrades are free for this sale I got the refund.

[Spring1onu]

the only "sales" i ever see are the least desireable rooms they are trying to offload after placement and selling upgrades.

 

see a price drop on your room? you most likely are in the aforementioied

 

$60 drop on L-shaped extended balcony. Probably not the best room to some, but we are certainly excited about it.

[vache]

Our cruise went down $90 each, I submitted the form hopefully it's approved. I booked under ES rate 6 months ago. I'm sure about how to verify the specific category but hopefully it will all workout. $180 would help out with those DOD

[craftykitty]

the only "sales" i ever see are the least desireable rooms they are trying to offload after placement and selling upgrades.

 

see a price drop on your room? you most likely are in the aforementioied

 

We're in one of the bowling alley cabins on the Pride. I don't think we all into this category!