The_Big_M Posted January 15, 2015 #801 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The websites contradict themselves then.I got my details off their website (http://www.royalcaribbean.com.au/findacruise/experiencetypes/category.do?pagename=onboard_cat_dining_options) click on the PDF. I can see why the prices are different. The prices in the PDF are without gratuities, whereas the prices I quoted from their site are including gratuities. So ultimately you pay the same price. It's just whether you prefer prices quoted with or without gratuities. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted January 15, 2015 #802 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I tried to look on the website but unless I put my cruise details in I couldn't get more info, apart from what Big M listed (which I saw some of in FAQ), but I didn't see the 4 day thing. It's in their Food and drink FAQ: http://www.royalcaribbean.com.au/customersupport/faq/details.do?pagename=frequently_asked_questions&pnav=5&pnav=2&faqType=faq&faqSubjectId=336&faqSubjectName=Food+%26+Drink&faqId=5925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 15, 2015 #803 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I will be interested to hear how you like the offerings on the level you have gone for Mic. no worries.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 15, 2015 #804 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I can see why the prices are different. The prices in the PDF are without gratuities, whereas the prices I quoted from their site are including gratuities. So ultimately you pay the same price. It's just whether you prefer prices quoted with or without gratuities. :D That makes sense although they are doing a bit of rounding then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted January 18, 2015 Author #805 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Ship Name: Pacific Princess Cruise Code: K504 Departure Date: Sunday, 15 February 2015 Cruise Name: Sydney to Hong Kong Nights: 18 Departing: Sydney From $1266 (obs oceanview), $1383 (Oceanview) Single $2593 (obs oceanview) $2728 (Oceanview) Ship Name: Ocean Princess Cruise Code: 7507 Departure Date: Saturday, 14 March 2015 Cruise Name: Sydney to Singapore Nights: 20 Departing: Sydney Inside $1709 pp, Obs Oceanview $1804 pp , Premium Oceanview $1975 Edited January 18, 2015 by icat2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader1111 Posted January 18, 2015 #806 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Ship Name: Pacific Princess Cruise Code: K504 Departure Date: Sunday, 15 February 2015 Cruise Name: Sydney to Hong Kong Nights: 18 Departing: Sydney From $1266 (obs oceanview), $1383 (Oceanview) Single $2593 (obs oceanview) $2728 (Oceanview) What a complete rort. Can someone (anyone) please explain how Princess can justify charging singles 204.8% of the twin share price? How is it possible to be cheaper for 2 people to sail than 1 person sailing alone? What an absolute rip-off. Disgusting Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted January 18, 2015 Author #807 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) What a complete rort. Can someone (anyone) please explain how Princess can justify charging singles 204.8% of the twin share price? How is it possible to be cheaper for 2 people to sail than 1 person sailing alone? What an absolute rip-off. Disgusting Princess. I guess they have a lot of space to fill up in the ship. You can book the 2 person rate. Just put a second person in the booking and say they didn't turn up. And we are only talking $61 more for the obs oceanview. However, the oceanview is cheaper for a solo by $38. Its up to the individual, if you don't like the price, you don't buy. It is what it is. I think its a good price for a small ship. Cheaper than what I am paying on the Diamond Princess 19 days leaving on the 27 March in and inside guarantee cabin sailing solo. I paid $2797. Edited January 18, 2015 by icat2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader1111 Posted January 18, 2015 #808 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I have no plans or desires to go on this particular cruise. My objection is on principle alone. This is not the first time I have seen Princess offering single cabins at more than double the twin share price. There is no excuse for it. I accept that many of the expenses are on a per cabin basis and as such I can understand why the solo price would be much higher than twin share - a 70% loading is probably not unfair. Charging more than double is not only unfair, it is unjustifiable, extortionate and a complete rip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmw Posted January 18, 2015 #809 Share Posted January 18, 2015 What a complete rort. Can someone (anyone) please explain how Princess can justify charging singles 204.8% of the twin share price? How is it possible to be cheaper for 2 people to sail than 1 person sailing alone? What an absolute rip-off. Disgusting Princess. we know its a rip off but the poor single person gets slugged all the the time and its not only princess, every one does it so you either pay it or stop home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted January 18, 2015 #810 Share Posted January 18, 2015 And they get less on board spending from one than from two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader1111 Posted January 18, 2015 #811 Share Posted January 18, 2015 we know its a rip off but the poor single person gets slugged all the the time and its not only princess, every one does it so you either pay it or stop home Not to the extent that Princess do it. I have purchased more than one cruise with Royal Caribbean with loadings of well under 50%. I regard figures around 70% as being fair, given the "per cabin" nature of many expenses. 105% is a rort, pure & simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted January 18, 2015 Author #812 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Yeap. All lines do it. Celebrity and RCL are some of the worse. Princess does have fares at 160% up to 200% for solos. It depends on the cruise. And they are not single cabins. The cabins available to 1 person can fit anywhere between 1 to 4 people in it depending on the cabin type. Princess to my knowledge doesn't have solo cabins. Anyway, you need to put it into context and look at the price as a whole. Is it good value. And in my opinion YES. 18 nights in little ship for that price. Bargain. Edited January 18, 2015 by icat2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 18, 2015 #813 Share Posted January 18, 2015 It explains why so many people are looking for cruise buddies to share with.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted January 19, 2015 #814 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Anyway, you need to put it into context and look at the price as a whole. Is it good value. And in my opinion YES. 18 nights in little ship for that price. Bargain. True. 18 nights for 1 person is about $144/night. That is around the cost of a hotel room alone, and then you're getting meals, entertainment and transport included on top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B'Elanna Posted January 19, 2015 #815 Share Posted January 19, 2015 True. 18 nights for 1 person is about $144/night. That is around the cost of a hotel room alone, and then you're getting meals, entertainment and transport included on top! This is what I look for - the cost per night. I regularily travel by myself for land based holidays. I have paid more than $200 a night in hotels around the world and have to pay the full cost then. I have no choice. I have cruised before but they have been with a friend. I want to start cruising solo, so I will be looking for that price per night figure. $144 per night is a price I would pay. Of course lower would be better but I am willing to pay that. I have decided that I won't go above $150 per night when I do book that solo cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted January 19, 2015 Author #816 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) I have decided that I won't go above $150 per night when I do book that solo cruise! Ideally that my benchmark I look for as a solo cruiser. However, sometimes if you really want to do a cruise and its over say Christmas or NYE you have to pay more. Here an example how Princess gives solo much better deal than RCL over peak times. Ship Name: Radiance Of The Seas Cruise Code: RD26DEC15 Departure Date: Saturday, 26 December 2015 Cruise Name: South Pacific Nights: 12 Departing: Sydney - Australia Inside solo $4358 Inside $2179 per person. Solo rate per night $363 Ship Name: Dawn Princess Cruise Code: D601 Departure Date: Monday, 21 December 2015 Cruise Name: South Pacific Nights: 13 Departing: Sydney Inside solo $3644 Inside $2351 per person. Solo rate per night: $280 Now much Princess is much better for solo cruiser as it goes over Christmas and New Year. Edited January 19, 2015 by icat2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 21, 2015 #817 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Welcome to Cruise critic sciencegirl1404, I see you only have a few posts. I suggest reading the rules on posting on these threads and roll calls. Here is a link to the guidelines http://boards.cruisecritic.com/faq.php?faq=guidelines which has a number of segments relating to rules and such. cheers mic :D Edited January 21, 2015 by MicCanberra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencegirl1404 Posted January 21, 2015 #818 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Whoops, sorry everyone. :) I didn't realise! How can I edit my post to remove the link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 21, 2015 #819 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Whoops, sorry everyone. :) I didn't realise! How can I edit my post to remove the link? Don't worry about it, if the edit button is gone then it is too late. Hopefully the administrator will be kind. The rules are CCs, personally, I would love to have travel agents mentioned but that may lead to people advertising and that goes against their rules.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted January 21, 2015 Author #820 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Ship Name: Voyager Of The Seas Cruise Code: VY05FEB15 Departure Date: Thursday, 5 February 2015 Cruise Name: New Zealand / Fiji Nights: 14 Departing: Sydney - Australia Inside from $739 pp ($1,298 solo) or Ocean view $939 pp or ($1672 solo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted January 22, 2015 #821 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Inside from $739 pp ($1,298 solo) or Ocean view $939 pp or ($1672 solo) It does indeed! Great bargains in off-peak period, but there's a reason for that of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted January 22, 2015 Author #822 Share Posted January 22, 2015 It does indeed! Great bargains in off-peak period, but there's a reason for that of course! Cause I'm not on that cruise. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 22, 2015 #823 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Cause I'm not on that cruise. :D Wish I was, then I could just stay aboard for my sampler.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodycruising Posted January 22, 2015 #824 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The balcony on that 14 night Voyager has just gone cheap again. On one online sale site it is showing $849! Direct a couple of hundred more. Saw that last night for a short while and before I could post that it disappeared. So many bargains! We are going on Rhapsody 7th, so no can do :( Happy with the deal we got over a year ago for a JS on that trip anyhow. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 22, 2015 #825 Share Posted January 22, 2015 10 Night- Rhapsody Of The Seas Ports of Call: Sydney, Australia | Noumea, New Caledonia | Mystery Island Vanuatu | Port Vila, Vanuatu | Mare, New Caledonia | Isle Of Pines, New Caledonia 28 January 2015 Inside Guarantee for $59 per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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