icequeen813 Posted March 29, 2013 #1 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Less than 24 hrs after "Past Guest Promotions",Friends &Family Promotion started with lower prices! Since I booked less than 48hrs ago &paid in full was able to get lower price with money credited to credit card!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjiRodney Posted March 29, 2013 #2 Share Posted March 29, 2013 My may cruise has not dropped anymore, I got $272.00 back last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepotatoes Posted March 29, 2013 #3 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Less than 24 hrs after "Past Guest Promotions",Friends &Family Promotion started with lower prices! Since I booked less than 48hrs ago &paid in full was able to get lower price with money credited to credit card!:) I love it when that happens :) We booked last week and got $60 back last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD64 Posted March 30, 2013 #4 Share Posted March 30, 2013 My August cruise went up $30 pp since the Friends and Family promo ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlscruise2011 Posted March 30, 2013 #5 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Less than 24 hrs after "Past Guest Promotions",Friends &Family Promotion started with lower prices! Since I booked less than 48hrs ago &paid in full was able to get lower price with money credited to credit card!:) Did you get approved and the OBC and money credited already? I had the same thing happen last week and still have not received my OBC. I'm sailing with friends who booked the same day as me and applied for the 110% price guarantee and they got their OBC already. I sent a 2nd request today, over one week later :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takevtr1 Posted March 30, 2013 #6 Share Posted March 30, 2013 My August cruise went up $30 pp since the Friends and Family promo ended. so did mine. Valor 8/4/13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwalk03 Posted March 30, 2013 #7 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Less than 24 hrs after "Past Guest Promotions",Friends &Family Promotion started with lower prices! Since I booked less than 48hrs ago &paid in full was able to get lower price with money credited to credit card!:) Its the same promotion. They extended it again, this time until April 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIPPINTIME0413 Posted March 30, 2013 #8 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Im loving all the recent sales. I upgraded from an interior 4a on the Pride to and extended balcony for $80 and still have $320 in obc. I can't see how they can afford to go any lower on the prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mitsugirly Posted March 30, 2013 #9 Share Posted March 30, 2013 What exactly is the friends and family promo? Is it just basically a reduced price booking on sale? Does Carnival ever have a kids sail free promo during the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_duck Posted March 30, 2013 #10 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Does Carnival ever have a kids sail free promo during the year? Never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bride123105 Posted March 30, 2013 #11 Share Posted March 30, 2013 This is the sale that never ends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargent_Schultz Posted March 30, 2013 #12 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Promotions are just that - something to increase sales. It must be working. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo's Rule Posted March 30, 2013 #13 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I hate it now....I loved it when it was first introduced. I thought this one would be something better. Why didn't they just say they extended it instead of renaming it? And I'm sure this one is going to get extended too. My cruise went up, but I'm looking for price drops on sailings after August!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargent_Schultz Posted March 30, 2013 #14 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Marketing 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingoftheicedragons Posted March 30, 2013 #15 Share Posted March 30, 2013 What did they rename it as? When I go to the Carnival site, it still says Friends and Family event, and then there is the Friends and Family Europe sale. When I go to do a mock booking on my sailing, it still has it listed as the friends and family price (and the same amount of money as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready2cruzagain Posted March 30, 2013 #16 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Looking for sailings after August here and still seeing nothing but increase in prices. Unless they drop drastically will more than likely be sailing either Princess, Holland America or NCL on our next cruise...they are cheaper for the same amount of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzn buckeye Posted March 30, 2013 #17 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I think that right now they are concentrating on getting the summer sailings filled. Knowing that if they drop the September prices, people may wait to see if things and incidents calm down. They don't want to sail, when the ships aren't full. I am sure that after the ships start filling up for the summer, the fall sailings prices will drop also. My biggest thing is, I would like to see the dry dock schedule. I know I have said this before, but hopefully Carnival will read one of these threads and provide us with it. People that aren't booked yet, don't want to book because they don't want their cruise cancelled for the drydock. i am already booked, and have been holding back on getting airfare because of the idea that they may change my sailing to put the ship in drydock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koukla21 Posted March 30, 2013 #18 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I booked for July Cruise on the Dream over a month ago. Wanted a balcony cabin on the Empress deck and got an upgrade to Deck 8 (verandah) because I am a past guest. Total was $979.00 pp. Last week the price I saw was $100.00pp less while doing a mock booking so I called and got the reduction applied to my account since its not paid in full yet. My question is.....is $879 pp a good price for a balcony cabin on the Verandah deck? Do you think it will go any lower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mitsugirly Posted March 30, 2013 #19 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Never seen it. Well darn. They should consider it. :D I have to say that I received quotes (from TA's) a few months ago for booking the Dream in May and now, going on Carnivals website, it is about $300-400 cheaper at the moment than it was back then. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMcoolX Posted March 30, 2013 #20 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Im loving all the recent sales. I upgraded from an interior 4a on the Pride to and extended balcony for $80 and still have $320 in obc. I can't see how they can afford to go any lower on the prices. I agree. Seems to me that they're going lower than they have to go. I was already very happy when my booking dropped a few hundred, but now it's dropped lower than I would have ever imagined. Heck, it even dropped another $50 on the final payment day. I never imagined I could get a Lido Deck balcony for 3 fares for only $1900 total. Thanks CCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_duck Posted March 30, 2013 #21 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Well darn. They should consider it. :D Why they are a business not your friend. There is no money in free rides, especially to people who don't run up bar bills. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bostonjetset Posted March 30, 2013 #22 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I booked for July Cruise on the Dream over a month ago. Wanted a balcony cabin on the Empress deck and got an upgrade to Deck 8 (verandah) because I am a past guest. Total was $979.00 pp. Last week the price I saw was $100.00pp less while doing a mock booking so I called and got the reduction applied to my account since its not paid in full yet. My question is.....is $879 pp a good price for a balcony cabin on the Verandah deck? Do you think it will go any lower? In November I booked a 4 night on the Glory to Canada in June for $379pp, inside Lido cabin [4G]. After this recent sale I was able to uprade to a balcony cabin on Empress deck [8B] for $359pp! I saved $20pp and got a much better room. Not too bad. I only wish they sailed to Bermuda as we are considering going in Sept. Gives an excuse to try the new NCL Breakaway though! [too bad they don't have these great prices!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjiRodney Posted March 30, 2013 #23 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Would like the November cruise to drop again, only seen one reduction on it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusandgidgetsmom Posted March 31, 2013 #24 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Our October Hawaii sailing keeps raising, but I managed to get two rooms instead of one on Splendor in June for only 100.00 more than I originally paid for one room and I thought that was a bargain when I booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlscruise2011 Posted April 2, 2013 #25 Share Posted April 2, 2013 In November I booked a 4 night on the Glory to Canada in June for $379pp, inside Lido cabin [4G]. After this recent sale I was able to uprade to a balcony cabin on Empress deck [8B] for $359pp! I saved $20pp and got a much better room. Not too bad. I only wish they sailed to Bermuda as we are considering going in Sept. Gives an excuse to try the new NCL Breakaway though! [too bad they don't have these great prices!] I wish Carnival sailed to Bermuda also. Being from Boston too, I don't want to go to Canada on a cruise :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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