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Looking at doing a B2B on Grand Princess out of San Francisco in March 2019. The cruises are a 10 day Mexican Rivera followed by a 7 day California Coastal. Neither of these cruises show any type of promo at all. Usually it seems that pretty much any cruise is under some sort of Princess promo but these offer zip. Poop. What's up with that?

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I’ve been noticing the website has been glitchy lately. I check out a cruise and it looks like there isn’t a promo attached. Then if I do a mock booking or hold something, the promo is there. I actually called last week and they said they were having issues.

 

I see the sun drenched deal for the 3/20/19 Grand sailing followed by the 3/30/19 Grand sailing. Are you looking at other dates? They are the only ones I see.

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Looking at doing a B2B on Grand Princess out of San Francisco in March 2019. The cruises are a 10 day Mexican Rivera followed by a 7 day California Coastal. Neither of these cruises show any type of promo at all. Usually it seems that pretty much any cruise is under some sort of Princess promo but these offer zip. Poop. What's up with that?

 

If they are selling well, no need for promos.

 

Mid March is K-12 March break for public schools across most of Canada, plus most Catholic and private as well. Most of Canada's schools are closed a week in March. You have likely hit that period.

 

In my experience, the week of my kids March Break is always more expensive than other weeks around it, and the past few years the weeks around it have had promos but their break week has not had anything. But that is the week we can sail. :rolleyes:

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I’ve been noticing the website has been glitchy lately. I check out a cruise and it looks like there isn’t a promo attached. Then if I do a mock booking or hold something, the promo is there. I actually called last week and they said they were having issues.

 

I see the sun drenched deal for the 3/20/19 Grand sailing followed by the 3/30/19 Grand sailing. Are you looking at other dates? They are the only ones I see.

 

Yes! Those are the two. I had them saved and the link from there showed no promo so I logged out and then logged back in and did a regular search and still didn't see any promo. Are you saying that, if I do a mock booking, the promo will show up? If so.... THANK YOU! I'll give that a shot. I was pretty blown away not to see any kind of "deal" at all.

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I’ve been noticing the website has been glitchy lately. I check out a cruise and it looks like there isn’t a promo attached. Then if I do a mock booking or hold something, the promo is there. I actually called last week and they said they were having issues.

 

I see the sun drenched deal for the 3/20/19 Grand sailing followed by the 3/30/19 Grand sailing. Are you looking at other dates? They are the only ones I see.

 

I agree, I am seeing the same thing.

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Hmmm... Just did a mock booking and no promo shows but, at one point I can see a link to "View Special Offers". I see $20 OBC each and a specialty restaurant freebie. I also see a pop up that says deposit is 100% non-refundable. D'Oh!

 

I wonder why the Sun Drenched Deals doesn't show up as a promo for me. Perhaps I'll clear all Princess cookies and try again.

 

Sigh... The "crack" Princess IT team (the Princess IT team on crack) has done it again. Removing cookies didn't help so I tried a different browser. With Chrome I see the sale banners. With Firefox there is nothing. As I have often said, I believe the Princess IT team is composed of people who failed as Walmart greeters.

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Sigh... When I don't log in with Chrome I see the "sale". However, the price is higher. When I do log in, even with Chrome, there is no sale banner at all. What a joke. At least the price is better than the "sale" price when I'm not logged in. As the line goes in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, "Who are those guys?"

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I'm new to Princess and when I booked there were no promos. I keep looking at the sailing and still no promos.. Even if they did have some, do I have to cancel my existing to get the promos?

 

Only if there is a big price change. For instance the Sip and Sail promo looked good until I realized they had raised the price of my cabin by $500 per person. They said I would have to rebook at the higher price to get the promo. Nope. Not a chance. An extra $1000 to get the "sale" wasn't worth it to me.

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Looking at doing a B2B on Grand Princess out of San Francisco in March 2019. The cruises are a 10 day Mexican Rivera followed by a 7 day California Coastal. Neither of these cruises show any type of promo at all. Usually it seems that pretty much any cruise is under some sort of Princess promo but these offer zip. Poop. What's up with that?

 

This is the California resident sale I’m getting on the first leg. I’m using safari on my iPad at the moment.

DatesInteriorOceanviewBalconyMini-SuiteSuitesale-corner.pngWed, Mar 20, 2019

Grand Princess

$748.00*

$958.00*

$1,398.00*

$1,768.00*

$2,591.00*

Guests 3 & 4 - same stateroom$479.00*

$479.00*

$679.00*

$679.00*

$979.00*

 

Taxes, Fees & Port Expenses additional: $195.00*

 

Cruise Details

Cruise Details

 

 

SPECIAL RESIDENT FARES

 

Terms & Conditions

 

 

 

Sale ends September 10, 2018, 11:59pm PT

Save up to 40%†

†Savings (up to 40% off) is based on a discount off applicable Launch Fares on a space-available basis at time of booking on select categories and sailings. Launch Fares are offering fares and may not have been in effect for the past 90 days or resulted in actual sales in all categories. Intermediate discounts may have been taken and fares may remain at discounted levels after this promotion.

*Fares are per guest and based on the minimum lead-in category on a space-available basis at time of booking. Fares for other dates and categories may vary. Fares are non-air, cruise or cruisetour-only, based on double occupancy and apply to the first two guests in a stateroom. These fares do not apply to third/fourth berth guests or single occupancy. This offer has limited space and may not be combinable with any other public, group or past guest offers, including Air discounts. Offer is available to residents of California only who are 21 years of age or older and receive this offer. Fares quoted in USD.

Note: For assistance reserving a wheelchair-accessible stateroom, please call 1-800-774-6237.

Offer expires: September 10, 2018

Reference promo codes: RSC

©2018, Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. Ships of Bermudan and British registry.

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Looking at doing a B2B on Grand Princess out of San Francisco in March 2019. The cruises are a 10 day Mexican Rivera followed by a 7 day California Coastal. Neither of these cruises show any type of promo at all. Usually it seems that pretty much any cruise is under some sort of Princess promo but these offer zip. Poop. What's up with that?

 

This is the sudrenched deal I’m showing on the second leg.

 

DatesInteriorOceanviewBalconyMini-SuiteSuitesale-corner.pngSat, Mar 30, 2019

Grand Princess

$829.00*

$899.00*

$1,169.00*

$1,359.00*

$2,799.00*

Guests 3 & 4 - same stateroom$479.00*

$479.00*

$679.00*

$679.00*

$879.00*

 

Taxes, Fees & Port Expenses additional: $135.00*

 

SUN-DRENCHED DEALS

 

Terms & Conditions

 

 

Sale ends September 24, 2018, 11:59pm PT

 

Bonus Offer (Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexico, and Hawaii only) ends August 31, 2018, 11:59pm PT

 

Up to 40% off†

 

†Up to 40% off is based on a discount off applicable Launch Fares on a space-available basis at time of booking on select categories and sailings. Launch Fares are offering fares and may not have been in effect for the past 90 days or resulted in actual sales in all categories. Intermediate discounts may have been taken and fares may remain at discounted levels after this promotion.

‡FREE Onboard Spending Money of up to $200 per stateroom ($100 per guest) is based on voyage length and stateroom type. Offer is applicable on select Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexico, and Hawaii voyages from December 2018 to April 2019. Offer is applicable to first two guests in a stateroom. Guests with single occupancy will receive double the per guest credit amount. Offer does not apply to third or fourth guests. Spending Money may be used on a single voyage only, is not redeemable for cash, cannot be used in the casino, expires at the end of that voyage and is not applicable during the land portion of cruisetours. Onboard Spending Money is based on the ship’s onboard currency.

Onboard Spending Money per guestInteriorOceanviewBalcony and Above7-13 Days$20$20$5014+ Days$50$50$100

*Fares apply to minimum lead-in categories on a space-available basis at time of booking. Fares for other categories may vary. Fares are per guest, non-air, cruise- or cruisetour-only, based on double occupancy and apply to the first two guests in a stateroom. These fares do not apply to singles or third/fourth-berth guests. This offer has limited space regardless of cabin availability. Offer is available to residents of the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bermuda and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older and receive this offer. Fares quoted in USD. Deposit of 10% of cruise fare per guest for bookings made under Sun-Drenched Deals is non-refundable.

Bonus Offer Combinability: Offer is combinable with Standard Groups (including amenities and counts toward TCs), and recipient-only promotions. Offer is not combinable with Air Promotions, Casino Discounts, Flash, Interline, Travel Agent, and Friends and Family rates. The promotion will be subject to capacity control and is not transferable.

Deposit of 10% of cruise fare per guest for bookings made under Sun-Drenched Deals is non-refundable.

Note: For assistance reserving a wheelchair-accessible stateroom, please call 1-800-774-6237.

Sun-Drenched Deals Offer expires: September 24, 2018

Bonus Offer expires: August 31, 2018

Reference promotion code: K7A, K7B, K7C, K7D, K7E, K7F and ZDB.

©2018, Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. Ships of Bermudan and British registry.

 

 

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This is the California resident sale I’m getting on the first leg. I’m using safari on my iPad at the moment.

DatesInteriorOceanviewBalconyMini-SuiteSuitesale-corner.pngWed, Mar 20, 2019

Grand Princess

$748.00*

$958.00*

$1,398.00*

$1,768.00*

$2,591.00*

Guests 3 & 4 - same stateroom$479.00*

$479.00*

$679.00*

$679.00*

$979.00*

 

Taxes, Fees & Port Expenses additional: $195.00*

 

Cruise Details

Cruise Details

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL RESIDENT FARES

 

Terms & Conditions

 

 

 

Sale ends September 10, 2018, 11:59pm PT

Save up to 40%†

†Savings (up to 40% off) is based on a discount off applicable Launch Fares on a space-available basis at time of booking on select categories and sailings. Launch Fares are offering fares and may not have been in effect for the past 90 days or resulted in actual sales in all categories. Intermediate discounts may have been taken and fares may remain at discounted levels after this promotion.

*Fares are per guest and based on the minimum lead-in category on a space-available basis at time of booking. Fares for other dates and categories may vary. Fares are non-air, cruise or cruisetour-only, based on double occupancy and apply to the first two guests in a stateroom. These fares do not apply to third/fourth berth guests or single occupancy. This offer has limited space and may not be combinable with any other public, group or past guest offers, including Air discounts. Offer is available to residents of California only who are 21 years of age or older and receive this offer. Fares quoted in USD.

Note: For assistance reserving a wheelchair-accessible stateroom, please call 1-800-774-6237.

Offer expires: September 10, 2018

Reference promo codes: RSC

©2018, Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. Ships of Bermudan and British registry.

 

Interesting to note that those are specials for your California residents yet I get better rates for everything but the suite.

 

 

$699

$909

$1299

$1669

 

 

I wonder if one is better calling. I must be seeing the latest promo rather than resident rates.

 

Thrak, let us know if you call today and get different pricing than when you look on line!

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If they are selling well, no need for promos.

 

Mid March is K-12 March break for public schools across most of Canada, plus most Catholic and private as well. Most of Canada's schools are closed a week in March. You have likely hit that period.

 

In my experience, the week of my kids March Break is always more expensive than other weeks around it, and the past few years the weeks around it have had promos but their break week has not had anything. But that is the week we can sail. :rolleyes:

 

I booked on August 4, a Sun Drench cruise (Eastern Caribbean on Caribbean Princess) for our Ontario March break with no perks, my agent said it was a great price. Last week, I noticed Princess was offering a Bonus Offer for the Sun Drench Cruises that ends August 31 with OBC perks per person. I now have OBC for this cruise with no price increase.

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Looking at doing a B2B on Grand Princess out of San Francisco in March 2019. The cruises are a 10 day Mexican Rivera followed by a 7 day California Coastal. Neither of these cruises show any type of promo at all. Usually it seems that pretty much any cruise is under some sort of Princess promo but these offer zip. Poop. What's up with that?

 

My PC trip in Jan 2019 had no promos. The only reason I booked PC was my friend wanted to try them.

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