Would you take this risk?

[SS Cruise Lady]

If there was a priceline for cruises where you could enter what you wanted to pay, when you wanted to go, rating for cruiseline/ship, etc, would you be willing to take the risk of not knowing what you might get in exchange for a great price?

[morriscats]

Yes I would.

[Druke I]

Not for me, thank you.

 

I want more info - ship, itinerary, cabin, date, etc.

[usha]

Nope.

[AuntieBon]

My only issue would be where the ship sails from. Would hate to win a cruise and then find out the tickets to fly to embarkation was out of my range.

[superjerryw]

I have to agree with the last poster. I would need to know where the ship was sailing from before I would bid. I would also need to know where the ship was going to return to in case it might be a repo cruise that would require expensive one way air fare. I would also wait until others had used the service and had provided reviews on what they bid on and what they acutally got.

[newmexicoNita]

wouldn't even consider it. NMNita

[joramrose]

I'd have to say it depends == particularly on time of year and price. I love just to goooo and would be eager to see all corners of the world.

 

How to get to the ship, I agree, would be a problem. Maybe if air is included?

 

love

joan

[kitty9]

Not ever. I don't want to play the cruise version of Russian Roulette and not have any idea if I'm going to be stuck on a real yuck of a ship.

[aloanldy]

Nope

[bplazo]

I like to pick out my can and the ship.

[Barry ATL]

My luck, I would end up on a spring break Carnival Cruise.

[luv2fish]

Nope

[operafan]

Add one more to the "NOPE" column........

[Vistadeck]

Sure would, priceline has been good to us, I'd love to try it with cruises.

 

Tina.

[Schplinky]

I would do it in a minute. Our friends who refuse to use Priceline seem to refuse to understand how it works. We bid on 4 star hotels and our friends' chief objection is the possibility that you'll get stuck in a Days Inn. Well, unless there are 4 star Days Inns we don't know about, that's not going to happen. If Priceline was using star ratings, there is a little chance you would be bidding in hopes of Celebrity and would end up on a Carnival ship.

 

I would do this in a second, especially for a last-minute trip.

[chessbriar]

No, Celebrity diehard, Sorry

[Tuna]

Great idea, but it probably wouldn't work. With sites such as bidfortravel, you can pretty much figure out which hotel you're getting w/ Priceline. I don't think you can do the the cruise version of Priceline w/o specifying the departure port, number of days, and possibly the ship rating as well. At that point, it would be a piece of cake to figure out which ship you'll be on.

But even if I couldn't, I would probably bid on a cruise. Often, you can save over 50% w/ Priceline. Imagine getting a guarantee cabin for 1/2 or a 1/3 of the advertised price.:)

[fllady]

only if they had the star ratings like priceline. 4 star couldn't be Carnival or NCL IMPO

[SS Cruise Lady]

only if they had the star ratings like priceline. 4 star couldn't be Carnival or NCL IMPO

 

Hi fllady :)

 

Your post makes sense but unfortunately, logic does not always prevail. Cruise Critic rates some NCL and Carnival Ships as high as 4 1/2 stars out of 5, while they only give 3 1/2 stars to Celebrity's Millennium, Century, Mercury, and Galaxy. These ratings are not just confined to Cruise Critic because some travel sites use Cruise Critic as a source for their ratings. At the same time, there are other travel critics/guides who consider the Celebrity Experience to be superior to Carnival/NCL and that is reflected in their ratings. With this in mind, I think Priceline would not work well for Cruising unless a person is willing to take a big chance, or feels that if a cruise is cheap enough they don't care what they get.

[gillianrose]

Although we like to book very close to the sail date, I still want to be able to research the sailing, including checking to see if there are large affiniity groups onboard.

[emptynest1]

Not a chance. I may not cruise as often as I would like to, but I go first class when I do cruise. I don't think I could get a suite on Celebrity or Crystal for a cheap price.

[RetiredMom11]

No way!! I really enjoy booking a year out and the anticipation of a particular ship, cabin and itinerary.I am too nervous to take a chance.

[Danno]

Not for me...but, as long as you don't complain about what you got for your money (many will)...your call.

[lisiamc]

I'm very happy to play the Priceline game with pre-cruise hotels, because it's only for a night or two. For a cruise, I would need to know date, cabin, itinerary and ship before paying. So that would pretty much rule out a Priceline-type gamble.

 

Lisa