D+ buy one get one speciality restaurant benefit

[scottraveller]

I’ve booked the three speciality restaurant package but wondered, as both my wife and I are D+, if it might be better waiting on the bogo benefit. Does anyone know what’s on offer with the bogo please? Do both my wife and I have the benefit so in theory we could have four meals for the price of two? 

[Clarea]

7 minutes ago, scottraveller said:

...  Do both my wife and I have the benefit so in theory we could have four meals for the price of two? 

 

Correct, and the rule is that those meals must be on day 1 or day 2.

[FOXTROT]

We have taken another couple & only pay for 2 meals total.

[nelblu]

1 hour ago, scottraveller said:

I’ve booked the three speciality restaurant package but wondered, as both my wife and I are D+, if it might be better waiting on the bogo benefit. Does anyone know what’s on offer with the bogo please? Do both my wife and I have the benefit so in theory we could have four meals for the price of two? 

If you want to use both D+ coupons, you need to use them on day 1 & 2 only.

[scottraveller]

Thanks for the heads up. Don’t think there’s much in it either way really. 

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, scottraveller said:

I’ve booked the three speciality restaurant package but wondered, as both my wife and I are D+, if it might be better waiting on the bogo benefit. Does anyone know what’s on offer with the bogo please? Do both my wife and I have the benefit so in theory we could have four meals for the price of two? 

On a 5 night cruise on Independence last May I pre- booked FNDR plus i also booked the last night with 30% discount.

Night 2 on board I booked Giovanni's with 30% discount and used our D+ BOGO for night's 3 and 4 in Giovanni's where we only paid for 1 meal each night.

Graham.

 

 

 

[Arzeena]

5 hours ago, grapau27 said:

On a 5 night cruise on Independence last May I pre- booked FNDR plus i also booked the last night with 30% discount.

Night 2 on board I booked Giovanni's with 30% discount and used our D+ BOGO for night's 3 and 4 in Giovanni's where we only paid for 1 meal each night.

Graham.

 

 

 

What a pretty picture!

[grapau27]

7 hours ago, Arzeena said:

What a pretty picture!

Thank you.

This was Pauline in Giovanni's on Independence.

Graham.

[little britain]

13 hours ago, scottraveller said:

I’ve booked the three speciality restaurant package but wondered, as both my wife and I are D+, if it might be better waiting on the bogo benefit. Does anyone know what’s on offer with the bogo please? Do both my wife and I have the benefit so in theory we could have four meals for the price of two? 

For one of our upcoming cruises we are planning on using my D+ BOGO for lunch day 1, DHs D+ BOGO for dinner day 2, and then we have bought the 3 meal deal for subsequent dinners during the rest of the cruise. 

I appreciate using D+ BOGO at a lunch isn’t getting the most bang for your buck, but it is cheaper then turning up and hoping they may have a day 1 sale on! 

[papaflamingo]

If I want to use my D+ BOGO on day one or two, can I pre-book or do I have to wait until I board? 

[grapau27]

7 minutes ago, papaflamingo said:

If I want to use my D+ BOGO on day one or two, can I pre-book or do I have to wait until I board? 

Book on board it is mentioned on the D+ letter in your cabin.

 

[Clarea]

8 minutes ago, papaflamingo said:

If I want to use my D+ BOGO on day one or two, can I pre-book or do I have to wait until I board? 

 

One technique that has worked is to pre-book for one person and once onboard change the reservation to two.

[Barklee]

Is there a BOGO benefit available for a solo cruiser? My next cruise will be my first as a D+, but my wife won't be going along.

[little britain]

18 minutes ago, Barklee said:

Is there a BOGO benefit available for a solo cruiser? My next cruise will be my first as a D+, but my wife won't be going along.

Yes you get 2 dinners - use it first 2 nights. 

[Colorado Babe]

I have found that the bogo on the ships is very expensive.  It is cheaper to just buy a three night pkg ($69.00 and get three meals).  I believe we were charged $50 plus 18 percent gratuity the last time we did bogo.  We will never use it again.  

[Arubamoose]

Recently on a B2B on the Serenade, we went to book onboard but both restaurants were booked the first and second night.  The CL concierge was able to make a reservation for us later in the cruise.

[Barklee]

On 4/24/2019 at 9:22 AM, little britain said:

Yes you get 2 dinners - use it first 2 nights. 

Thank you

[kccrzr]

On 4/23/2019 at 12:05 PM, Host Clarea said:

 

Correct, and the rule is that those meals must be on day 1 or day 2.

 

We have found that some ships will make an exception to the rule that BOGO must be used on day 1 and/or 2.  Most recently on Radiance we were able to use ours on day 2 and day 6. 

[ILCTCRUISER]

On ‎4‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 12:05 PM, Host Clarea said:

 

Correct, and the rule is that those meals must be on day 1 or day 2.

Bob, we've had times when we could buy the D+ BOGO and use the GO on a night other than day 1 or 2.  As a matter of fact we've done this quite a bit.  We each buy a BOGO.  We tend to use first one on day 2 and then the second one later during the cruise.  Just did this on Jewel in April.  I'm sure it depends on the cruise and the ship.

 

[little britain]

On 4/24/2019 at 2:46 PM, Colorado Babe said:

I have found that the bogo on the ships is very expensive.  It is cheaper to just buy a three night pkg ($69.00 and get three meals).  I believe we were charged $50 plus 18 percent gratuity the last time we did bogo.  We will never use it again.  

Never seen 3 n for $69..... it’s $99 or once I got it for $89...?

[grapau27]

2 hours ago, little britain said:

Never seen 3 n for $69..... it’s $99 or once I got it for $89...?

Our total bill for 3 nights in Giovanni's including D+ BOGO was $96.

Additionally I gave $32 in cash tips to our wonderful waiters.

Edited May 30, 2019 by grapau27

[Milwaukee Eight]

On 4/24/2019 at 8:55 AM, Host Clarea said:

 

One technique that has worked is to pre-book for one person and once onboard change the reservation to two.

Isn’t this a good way for Royal to stop providing this benefit for D+. I am not sure why Royal offers this benefit on only days 1 & 2 but speculate it’s because the first two nights are more difficult to fill. It’s used to entice filling empty seats first two nights.  By booking one online prior to the cruise, Royal loses opportunity to sale two or more seats (at a discount).  If the seats/reservations are full prior to the cruise,  D+ wouldn’t get seats at BOGO. 

 

Asking for a friend 

[Colorado Babe]

4 hours ago, little britain said:

Never seen 3 n for $69..... it’s $99 or once I got it for $89...?

Its $79.00 right now on the adventure in september

[Milwaukee Eight]

11 hours ago, ILCTCRUISER said:

Bob, we've had times when we could buy the D+ BOGO and use the GO on a night other than day 1 or 2.  As a matter of fact we've done this quite a bit.  We each buy a BOGO.  We tend to use first one on day 2 and then the second one later during the cruise.  Just did this on Jewel in April.  I'm sure it depends on the cruise and the ship.

 

The description says nights 1 & 2. If Royal enforced their requirements, I wonder how many would complain?

[grapau27]

9 minutes ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

Isn’t this a good way for Royal to stop providing this benefit for D+. I am not sure why Royal offers this benefit on only days 1 & 2 but speculate it’s because the first two nights are more difficult to fill. It’s used to entice filling empty seats first two nights.  By booking one online prior to the cruise, Royal loses opportunity to sale two or more seats (at a discount).  If the seats/reservations are full prior to the cruise,  D+ wouldn’t get seats at BOGO. 

 

Asking for a friend 

Hi Rory.

We have just got off a 3 night cruise on Independence from Southampton UK.

We went to Giovanni's every night and the food was fantastic.

We used the D+ BOGO on board and on all 3 nights Giovanni's was never more than 25% full even with the waiters trying to upsell.

The manager was brilliant and gave us 50% off the last night so our total bill for the 3 nights was $96 plus I gave $32 cash to our excellent waiters.

Edited May 30, 2019 by grapau27