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srphnx

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Responsibilities?... That must be it, we just push the shopping cart up to the dock, grab the top three trash bags (checking for formal wear) and jump aboard.

 

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If you only book one for $100 and add others later you will be the only ONE getting cabin credit!

 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by coiran:

If you only book one for $100 and add others later you will be the only ONE getting cabin credit!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Not according to the booking I made on Friday. I got that in writing from Princess.

 

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Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

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Century 12/97

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skarletohara

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So help me here, if I'm understanding this correctly. My mom and I are going on the Diamond if September. However, I can do an

open booking by putting a $100 deposit down for both my husband AND myself for a future cruise or is it $100 for me and $100 for my husband? That's where I'm a bit confused. Someone said I could just put down my name and

add a name later, but I already know that I want to take my husband on a future cruise in February.

Also, what is the shipboard credit? Is it $50 per cabin for inside and $100 for an outside cabin? Or is that shipboard credit per person

 

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Yes, you can put $100 down for you and hold the booking, you have an option to put the other $100 down for him, I know who I was taking to but didn't put the money down untill I booked. Got more bang for the buck that way.

Works out in the end as you have to pay 100% 75 days prior just like everyone else.

 

As to the cabin credit, that is a present from Princess for booking while aboard. It is a folio credit and you start you sailing with a positive balance rather than a zero. The size depends on what you book and for how long, $50 for a 7 day inside cabin, $300 for a 15 day balcony.

 

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<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

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Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

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We did an open booking on the Diamond Princess for 3. We put down the deposit amount $200 for this booking (didn't know that you could do it any other way!). We used it to book our February cruise.

 

Steve - my question is this - did you have to pay the other $100 when you added the second person to your booking or no? I want to make sure I have this straight when we cruise in November because I will be doing open bookings then.

 

Also where did you get the "Share the Wealth" coupons - onboard?

 

Meg (who completely missed the boat this time around but will get it right next time!)

 

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Yes the second hundred was charged at the time the second name was added. We did not get the coupons but knowing of their existence called Princess and had them note in the file that we were bringing others along and they told us to make sure the TA cross references the two or three bookings together. I figure I will "open" two more on the 22nd, leaving me with three.

 

 

 

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bostongal:

We did an open booking on the Diamond Princess for 3. We put down the deposit amount $200 for this booking (didn't know that you could do it any other way!). We used it to book our February cruise.

 

Steve - my question is this - did you have to pay the other $100 when you added the second person to your booking or no? I want to make sure I have this straight when we cruise in November because I will be doing open bookings then.

 

Also where did you get the "Share the Wealth" coupons - onboard?

 

Meg (who completely missed the boat this time around but will get it right next time!)

 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do then by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

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<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

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thanks!

 

Meg

 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do then by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

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mimi2

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I always pre book onboard, but have always made a deposit of $100 per person. If I only made one $100 deposit, came home and book a cruise, will my husband's deposit be only $100 or the usual deposit amount?

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Let me just add this. I just e-mailed my

TA and asked about a future booking for March '05. My mom and I are traveling on the Diamond in September, but I already think I'm

going in March again because my husband's friends are going, so I e-mailed my TA and she

says that I can book now, put down the regular

$250 per person deposit, but she'll give me a cabin credit of $100. AND she said then I can

do an "open" booking when I sail, but I'd have

to come up with the $100 per person open-booking fee, but could apply it to this future sailing AND I can also get the $100 ADDITIONAL

cabin credit. So, therefore, $350 per person

deposit it was it actually comes down to,

BUT $200 cabin credit! That's not a bad deal

either. It's a creative way of getting more

cabin credit!

Has anyone ever heard of that?

 

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Only the $100, same as you, not the "usual" amount. That is why it makes sense.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mimi2:

I always pre book onboard, but have always made a deposit of $100 per person. If I only made one $100 deposit, came home and book a cruise, will my husband's deposit be only $100 or the usual deposit amount?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

One open Princess booking

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by skarletohara:

Let me just add this. I just e-mailed my

TA and asked about a future booking for March '05. My mom and I are traveling on the Diamond in September, but I already think I'm

going in March again because my husband's friends are going, so I e-mailed my TA and she

says that I can book now, put down the regular

$250 per person deposit, but she'll give me a cabin credit of $100. AND she said then I can

do an "open" booking when I sail, but I'd have

to come up with the $100 per person open-booking fee, but could apply it to this future sailing AND I can also get the $100 ADDITIONAL

cabin credit. So, therefore, $350 per person

deposit it was it actually comes down to,

BUT $200 cabin credit! That's not a bad deal

either. It's a creative way of getting more

cabin credit!

Has anyone ever heard of that?

My TA routinely has cabin credits, I did it backwards, did the $100 deposit on the ship, got the cabin credit from Princess, called the TA when home and asked for a date thats she had cabin credits. I got $200 in credits with $100 down for deposit.

 

Carnival Holiday 6/92

RCCL Monarch of the Seas 6/94

Celebrity Infinity 6/28/01

Star Princess 2/08/03

Golden Princess 12/06/03

Diamond Princess 9/25/04<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

One open Princess booking

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

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NO, I have compared with that person from time to time and have found my agency and my gal at it to be as good or better by a few pennies.

 

I don't want to be specific, but not for the usual reasons, she is hard enough to get through to on the phone now. icon_razz.gif

 

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<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

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Don't know if I am repeating the same question here again (a bit confused with the number of cabins and people) This July, only DH and myself with be on board. Can we book 2 cabins (one for the children even if they are not with us at this sailing)Is this where the share the wealth coupons come in? If yes, do I use my name for one cabin with $100 deposit and DH name for the second cabin with another $100 deposit? Or is it $200.00 PER cabin? Thank you.

 

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Yes it is the same question, but ok.. you can reserve a cabin with ONLY $100 down on ONLY one name. When you book the cruise as opposed to reserve it, you add the other name and the other $100(s) to the booking. The share the wealth is for people you bring NOT in your cabin at least usually not in your cabin.

 

 

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by roe2ship:

Don't know if I am repeating the same question here again (a bit confused with the number of cabins and people) This July, only DH and myself with be on board. Can we book 2 cabins (one for the children even if they are not with us at this sailing)Is this where the share the wealth coupons come in? If yes, do I use my name for one cabin with $100 deposit and DH name for the second cabin with another $100 deposit? Or is it $200.00 PER cabin? Thank you.

 

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04

http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;7;3;17;0;00&timezone=GMT-0500

 

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One open Princess booking

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

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So I can put $100 my name for a double cabin? Hubby $100 his name for a triple cabin (even if the kids are not with us at the time, right) Does everybody receive a shipboard credit?

 

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by roe2ship:

So I can put $100 my name for a double cabin? Hubby $100 his name for a triple cabin (even if the kids are not with us at the time, right) Does everybody receive a shipboard credit?

 

Haven't tried it on a triple, but you aren't booking a cabin, you are booking an open booking. When you book the cabin back at home thru your own TA, you add the other people and their deposits, and yes all get the cabin credits.

 

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04

http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;7;3;17;0;00&timezone=GMT-0500

 

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

One open Princess booking

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

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I booked when on the TP last year . Two weeks ago I booked a 10 day cruise on the Dawn , February 18, 2005 Cat. BB Balcony for $1070.33.....

 

Because I booked on the TP last year I was guaranteed $200.00 on board credit. But I also received from my TA another $250.00 for a total of $450.00 on board credit and also 2 coupone books worth $120.00 each. Which I think is pretty good......

 

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The cabin credit is VERY good, the coupon books are pretty useless. We managed about $30 in value out of two of them perhaps someone could get more out of it than we did. It was a two-fer on this and 10% off $100 worth of that. We did use the match play in the casino with some good result and the $5 off internet usage was good but otherwise.. not so much.

 

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Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 12/04

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

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