Carnival has aprice protection program where you can get onboard credit if your cruis

[gladimhere]

if the price of your cruise goes down Does royal have anything like this?

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

You can get your price adjusted if you are before final payment.

 

If you are after final payment, you can upgrade to a higher category if that price has dropped, but you will not get any OBC or adjustments.

[Clarea]

if the price of your cruise goes down Does royal have anything like this?

Royal has no equivalents to Carnival's Early Saver or FTTF.

[maryann2]

 

If you are after final payment, you can upgrade to a higher category if that price has dropped, but you will not get any OBC or adjustments.

Not always. If they say it is a going going gone sail for new bookings only they will refuse the upgrade.

[Big_G]

Early Saver:

 

A non-refundable and non-transferable deposit is required at the time of booking for all guests to secure confirmed accommodations.

Price Protection:

 

Price protection applies to new Early Saver bookings only and requires payment of a non-refundable and non-transferable deposit.

[Merly]

You can get your price adjusted if you are before final payment.

 

If you are after final payment, you can upgrade to a higher category if that price has dropped, but you will not get any OBC or adjustments.

 

Not if you book in England. The price at booking is the price you pay whether it goes up or down.

[Naomigruis]

We have had our price drop over $1600 for our next cruise for our cabin type since booking.

 

I Was able to have the price adjusted on our booking 3 times. We are pre final payment. Most likely wouldn't be able to get this after the final payment.

 

Another good reason not to pay until you have to.

 

Sylva.

[deliver42]

Final payment has nothing to do with when you pay it, but the date it HAS to be paid. You can pay a year in advance, but that's not considered final payment.

[BillOh]

Early Saver:

 

Price Protection:

 

I assume these quotes are from Carnival's site and your showing what the restrictions are since the OP brought it up? That's probably helpful info. It wouldn't hurt the cruise lines to offer something like this as a marketing tool that was less restrictive. Sure it cost money, but OBC is probably worth 40 cents on the dollar.

[Big_G]

I assume these quotes are from Carnival's site and your showing what the restrictions are since the OP brought it up? That's probably helpful info. It wouldn't hurt the cruise lines to offer something like this as a marketing tool that was less restrictive. Sure it cost money, but OBC is probably worth 40 cents on the dollar.

 

Yes and those are their links you quoted. We usually book very early and often and haven't seen a price drop before or after final since our 2014 Allure cruise. I think I'd prefer the flexibility of a regular booking than the restrictions required of a Carnival type Early Saver program but it seems to be working for others.

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

Not always. If they say it is a going going gone sail for new bookings only they will refuse the upgrade.

 

Yes, should've mentioned that.

 

Not if you book in England. The price at booking is the price you pay whether it goes up or down.

 

Well the OP isn't from England so I didn't mention that.

[gladimhere]

I assume these quotes are from Carnival's site and your showing what the restrictions are since the OP brought it up? That's probably helpful info. It wouldn't hurt the cruise lines to offer something like this as a marketing tool that was less restrictive. Sure it cost money, but OBC is probably worth 40 cents on the dollar.

You are so right!Im sure it wuld increase sales because no matter how much when you get that obc its like winning at a casino It never dawned on me that it doesnt cost them the full dollar

[papaflamingo]

You are so right!Im sure it wuld increase sales because no matter how much when you get that obc its like winning at a casino It never dawned on me that it doesnt cost them the full dollar

 

To be perfectly honest, Royal Caribbean doesn't have to do this. Has anyone sailed on anything but a full ship lately? If the ships are filling up, why give money back to increase sales? Plus, when you compare cruise line to cruise line you need to compare all aspects, not just "pick and choose." For example, Carnival's drink package must be purchased by all people in the cabin, and is limited to 15 drinks per day. RCCL's package can be purchased by only one person if desired and is unlimited. So maybe this outweighs any OBC, maybe not.

Edited June 28, 2016 by papaflamingo

[densol]

Ive cruised on Carnival many times and taken advantage of the price reductions - once was around $3000 when a baltic cruise dropped dramatically. Ive realised with RC its not like that and prices of my cruise on RC for August have dropped a LOT. I was toying with the idea of upgrading to a GS ( more money and would lose the drinks packages ) but delayed and now they are gone anyway.

 

I was getting bored with Carnival and also need a European cruise that allowed alcohol for my 20 yo son. So whilst Im ( at the moment ) happy to try RC and if we like it, may have to try a different booking strategy than simply booking early like I normally do

[BillOh]

You are so right!Im sure it wuld increase sales because no matter how much when you get that obc its like winning at a casino It never dawned on me that it doesnt cost them the full dollar

 

 

While I have no idea what things cost the cruise line, I bet somethings have really high profit margins. I recently used $300 in OBC for the All access tour on Oasis. I'll bet that has a high profit margin. Had I bought a $25 shirt that profit margin is probably more in the 50% or less. What does a $12 drink cost RC? (I really have no idea)

 

I'm thinking the photos for sale have a really high profit margin. If they gave $50 in OBC that was used as photos, it might only cost them a few actual dollars.