How to check for price changes/sales

[brookmill18]

I often read about people finding much better rates before sailing, or good deals on upgrades after final payment. The "big" sales I feel like I hear about, but how do you stay in touch about the smaller sales? We do cruise at peak summer times (though this time had a big savings on that big sale at the end of spring) so there won't be as many. Is it just old fashioned hard work and literally putting in my room requests every few days on RCCL website and seeing if the price dropped?

 

Thanks!

[leaveitallbehind]

I often read about people finding much better rates before sailing, or good deals on upgrades after final payment. The "big" sales I feel like I hear about, but how do you stay in touch about the smaller sales? We do cruise at peak summer times (though this time had a big savings on that big sale at the end of spring) so there won't be as many. Is it just old fashioned hard work and literally putting in my room requests every few days on RCCL website and seeing if the price dropped?

 

Thanks!

 

Frequent RCI website checks will certainly provide the information with mock bookings verifying total price. There are also websites that you can google that track cruise pricing including one associated with CC at the following link:

 

http://www.cruisecritic.com/price-drop/

Edited August 5, 2014 by leaveitallbehind

[Ken at the beach]

I often read about people finding much better rates before sailing, or good deals on upgrades after final payment. The "big" sales I feel like I hear about, but how do you stay in touch about the smaller sales? We do cruise at peak summer times (though this time had a big savings on that big sale at the end of spring) so there won't be as many. Is it just old fashioned hard work and literally putting in my room requests every few days on RCCL website and seeing if the price dropped?

 

Thanks!

 

As Mike said their are monitoring sites that will help out. Price drops quite often last less than a couple of days so many will check multiple times a day. The last one that I was able to take advantage of lasted less than 2 hours.

[emdia43]

You can also look at the weekly sales here-

 

http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Multi_Dest/Special_Offers/rci_sales_event.pdf

[crilski]

http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/R...ales_event.pdf

 

How do I find the above link every week? Is it always the same site? I like the fact it shows the solo supplement.

[Ken at the beach]

http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/R...ales_event.pdf

 

How do I find the above link every week? Is it always the same site? I like the fact it shows the solo supplement.

 

Use the same link. It usually updates weekly Thursday afternoons about 4pm.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Ourusualbeach

[molly361]

The last one that I was able to take advantage of lasted less than 2 hours.

 

 

:D:D Amen!!! Same here (But I think you know that)

Edited August 5, 2014 by molly361

[Ken at the beach]

:D:D Amen!!! Same here (But I think you know that)

 

The only downside to finding that deal was now I spend even more time looking at Royals website hoping for another great deal.:D

[FLACRUISER99]

Use the same link. It updates weekly Thursday afternoons about 4pm.

 

 

Or Friday or Saturday or Sunday or not at all. LOL

[Ken at the beach]

Or Friday or Saturday or Sunday or not at all. LOL

 

Forgot about the gremlins.:D

[cruiseguy1016]

Another quick, easy way to check prices on a cruise is to go through the booking process on line until you get to the point where it shows prices of the rooms in the category you want. Then, Bookmark that page. When you want to check the price, just open the bookmarked page.

[Desert Cruizers]

That link didn't work for me, got an error message, page not found. I will regularly check the cruise line web site for any price drops.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Desert Cruizers

[Ken at the beach]

That link didn't work for me, got an error message, page not found. I will regularly check the cruise line web site for any price drops.

 

This link just worked.

 

http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Multi_Dest/Special_Offers/rci_sales_event.pdf

[lv2bcruzin]

Another quick, easy way to check prices on a cruise is to go through the booking process on line until you get to the point where it shows prices of the rooms in the category you want. Then, Bookmark that page. When you want to check the price, just open the bookmarked page.

That works ok, but there are sites out there that show you all current cabin prices (along with the pricing history) on one screen which is very efficient. Sometimes a higher category cabin is cheaper than a lower category, so it's good to see all the info. And, those prices are what you would see on the Sales Event flyer.

Edited August 5, 2014 by lv2bcruzin