atfreud17 Posted July 27, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Looking at cruises for my grandparents anniversary and WOW they seem to be expensive for cruises out of San Juan for late January/ early Feb of 2015. It is their first cruise and they want a balcony. I need all the help I can get. Is 1600ish pp too much for a 7night balcony? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maureencruiser Posted July 27, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 27, 2014 That's more than I'd be willing to pay. Just curious, why does it have to be Southern Caribbean? Somewhere they've always wanted to visit? There are less expensive cruises from the Mainland. I see you are from KY, are your grandparents, as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maureencruiser Posted July 27, 2014 #3 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Also, did you check for senior rates? Are either of them retired military? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maureencruiser Posted July 27, 2014 #4 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Just looking quickly, the EX is doing a 9 night SoCar out of Canaveral in January. Interior is 787pp, balcony 1424. They could do 2 cruises if they did interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADICALBURN Posted July 27, 2014 #5 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Air fares are high. Look for something leaving from the us. Book a senior in both rooms to get the discount. Anybody can sleep in either room, get them connecting. Also look for a sale and state discounts. Good luck..................................RADICAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEtue Posted July 27, 2014 #6 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I see balcony cabins in January in the $700 range pp on the Jewel of the Seas, Celebrity Summit and Carnival Valor - all out of San Juan. Is the $1600. price you are seeing include airfare? Even so, that seems high to me! January is normally one of the lowest priced months so I would keep checking prices using the large travel sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouhunter Posted July 27, 2014 #7 Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) Yes 1600 pp is high. Rates right now are absurd. We've sailed out of San Juan the past five years in Jan and March and paid less than 3000 each time for three people in a balcony. We have Adventure booked for March 2016 from SJU, 2,650 for three in a balcony. I checked it yesterday and it's 4,000..........:( Rates will fluctuate and sooner or later you should find something more reasonable. If the post above is correct, Jewel is a great ship we sailed on it last March. As for the comments above about other cruises, the usual cruisecritic responses telling someone to do something entirely different than what they're looking at:rolleyes: The southern Caribbean is a GREAT trip, don't give up yet. SJU cruises normally run LESS than those from Florida. Air to SJU can run more, but if you shop around sooner or later decent airfare can be found. Air to Florida for next winter is running very high right now. Edited July 27, 2014 by bouhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deatsch Posted July 27, 2014 #8 Share Posted July 27, 2014 To save money, this is WAY too late to be booking such a cruise in Jan/Feb. We booked 5 months ago and it was a LOT cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacsmom Posted July 27, 2014 #9 Share Posted July 27, 2014 The prices are still high after the sale this summer. Hopefully they will have another sale soon or the prices will start to drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Vickie Posted July 27, 2014 #10 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'm seeing prices of just over 1100 to just over $1200 for Jewel on 1/31/15. If your price includes gratuities and air, you're in the ballpark, if not, that's too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseapril Posted July 27, 2014 #11 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Is a 7 night cruise from Florida to Eastern Caribbean out of the question? It would be relaxing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maureencruiser Posted July 27, 2014 #12 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Well, the OP hasn't come back. Maybe the grandparents live in San Juan? I guess until we get more information, there is not much we can do to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfreud17 Posted July 29, 2014 Author #13 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Is a 7 night cruise from Florida to Eastern Caribbean out of the question?It would be relaxing? It is not out of the question, but this will be their first cruise and they don't know if they will get another chance to cruise again. They are in their 70s and you never know what can happen with health. So they really want to see a lot and the southern is a really port intensive cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfreud17 Posted July 29, 2014 Author #14 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Well, the OP hasn't come back. Maybe the grandparents live in San Juan? I guess until we get more information, there is not much we can do to help. Sorry, my alerts have not been sending to the email. I thought I wasn't getting hits. They do not live in San Juan but for some reason my grandfather really wants to leave out of Puerto Rico. He is getting older and wants to see as much as he can and feels like cruises out of San Juan offer the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr4mjc Posted July 29, 2014 #15 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I would say that is high, but I do see better rates that that though in Jan. 1/24 sailing, $2300 for 2, senior rate in a D2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted July 29, 2014 #16 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Sorry, my alerts have not been sending to the email. I thought I wasn't getting hits. They do not live in San Juan but for some reason my grandfather really wants to leave out of Puerto Rico. He is getting older and wants to see as much as he can and feels like cruises out of San Juan offer the most. How definitive is your time frame? We paid a bit less than that for our May cruise out of SJ. It wasn't in full summer heat yet and the weather was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfreud17 Posted July 29, 2014 Author #17 Share Posted July 29, 2014 How definitive is your time frame? We paid a bit less than that for our May cruise out of SJ. It wasn't in full summer heat yet and the weather was great. Unfortunately they would like it in late January or anytime in Feb. It is their 51st anniversary during that time and they do not want to wait much longer because of a new grandchild being on the way around March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekekasyunx Posted July 29, 2014 #18 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Look for something leaving from the us. Book a senior in both rooms to get the discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidygirl Posted July 29, 2014 #19 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Looking at cruises for my grandparents anniversary and WOW they seem to be expensive for cruises out of San Juan for late January/ early Feb of 2015. It is their first cruise and they want a balcony. I need all the help I can get. Is 1600ish pp too much for a 7night balcony I'm not sure when you checked prices but I was just looking and they have cruises on the Jewell end of Jan balcony starting at $762 if you want to go with an inside starting at 462! We just did this cruise in April and have it booked again next April and loved it! (we are in our late 40's.) We had booked an inside and after final payment called and got upgraded to an oceanview prices dropped again I called and got a balcony for $32 Personally we didn't really use the balcony (went out to watch a couple of times but I wouldn't pay $300pp on one!) though some people won't cruise without a balcony. I guess see what is most important are you cruising for the ship or are you going to be busy with the ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Vickie Posted July 29, 2014 #20 Share Posted July 29, 2014 We're booked on JW for 1/24 and 1/31/15. If you book for that timeframe jump over to our roll call and say hi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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