Market fluctuations impacting cruise bookings

[navybankerteacher]

In addition to currency fluctuations, we watch market fluctuations in price.

 

As a result we typically book inside the final payment window and only when the pricing becomes attractive to us. We typically follow pricing on two or three ships on a target itinerary and then push the buy button when the price fluctuates downward to our target price. A bit like the stock market actually. Plus, we always have a back up plan just in case we cannot snag what we want.

 

This works if price is major concern, but because most of our cruises involve land arrangements as well as selecting ship and itinerary (visiting family in San Diego, Seattle or London for example, or land travel in Europe), we need to lock in sailings fairly early as part of a larger activity.

[iancal]

Our cruises are almost always part of a land trip. We make our land plans first, keep them very flexible and then look to pick up late booking cruises if we see something that is attractive in terms of itinerary/price/ship. The last time was touring in Sicily. Picked up a late booking Med cruise from Rome to Barcelona and took advantage of cruise air home. We have done the same in Australia and in the US.

[sail7seas]

If I still had my DH, I know we would be doing lots of crusing as we did for many years though he was not retired. I can olnly iimagine if we had been so lucky he would have lived to retire.

[grandmarnnurse]

I hope not.

 

This Bitcoin is nut IMHO.

 

I wish people would learn the lessons of the past.

 

But I guess they don't.

 

Keith

 

 

 

Excuse me, but what the heck is a bitcoin?

 

 

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[navybankerteacher]

Excuse me, but what the heck is a bitcoin?

 

 

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Bitcoin has been described by respected financial professionals as a "fraud" and as a "mirage".

 

They are "mined" by manipulation of block chains - and then hyped as prefererable to traditional currency - largely because transactions in them are largely untraceable - making them ideal means of exchange in money laundring, illicit drug transactions, handling extortion payments, etc.

 

If you do not understand what a Bitcoin is, you should not worry - it is pretty clear that many, if not most -or even all - of the present "investors" in them do not either.

[Keith1010]

Some people don't learn from history.

Anyone want to buy some tulips?

 

Yes.

 

I remember the days of copper, silver, how about the Madoff scandal and another one in Texas too.

 

Tech boom and collapse.

 

This one though is really crazy IMHO. Some will make a killing and others will lose it all or most of it all.

 

Happy Holidays.

 

Keith