Rare Saint Greg Posted January 21, 2020 Author #101 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, jmb5081 said: Good news! I was approved! However, if you saw what I had added above I almost had a snafu with it. Scott emailed me the other day asking about the $49.99 price I saw because it didn’t match what he was seeing online. When I went back to the website the price had gone up to $69.99 which was the same amount as Carnival. I let him know my suspicions, but also told him that I had found an identical trip elsewhere, and asked if it could be considered. I got the response back that we will be getting $21.99 each in OBC. I’m so happy! First time cruising and first attempt at a price match. Thank you all for your advice and tips! 😁 was this the one you got approved? https://www.discoverbelize.bz/tours/altun-ha-maya-ruins/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb5081 Posted January 21, 2020 #102 Share Posted January 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Saint Greg said: was this the one you got approved? https://www.discoverbelize.bz/tours/altun-ha-maya-ruins/ Yes! That is the one that they approved. 🙂 As far as I can tell it is identical to the Carnival excursion with the addition that they provide water, and Carnival does not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 21, 2020 Author #103 Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 hours ago, jmb5081 said: Yes! That is the one that they approved. 🙂 As far as I can tell it is identical to the Carnival excursion with the addition that they provide water, and Carnival does not. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1d1 Posted January 21, 2020 #104 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Does anyone know how far in advance of a sailing a price match can be done? Amber Cove excursions are showing up for a May 2021 sailing. I’m interested in trying a price match for the Damajagua waterfalls excursion mentioned in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb5081 Posted January 21, 2020 #105 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 minute ago, j1d1 said: Does anyone know how far in advance of a sailing a price match can be done? Amber Cove excursions are showing up for a May 2021 sailing. I’m interested in trying a price match for the Damajagua waterfalls excursion mentioned in the first post. As I’ve mentioned to others before your post I’m a little new, but thought I might try to help out. I know the LATEST you can do the price match is 7 days before your cruise starts. To specifically answer your question, I haven’t seen any limit to how early you can price match. It seems that as long as you have bought the Carnival excursion, and filled out the form with the comparable excursion’s information that they will consider it. I hope this helps. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 22, 2020 Author #106 Share Posted January 22, 2020 15 hours ago, jmb5081 said: Yes! That is the one that they approved. 🙂 As far as I can tell it is identical to the Carnival excursion with the addition that they provide water, and Carnival does not. I'm assuming this is the carnival one you matched it with? https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/belize/altun-ha-mayan-ruins-with-lunch-509048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb5081 Posted January 22, 2020 #107 Share Posted January 22, 2020 10 hours ago, Saint Greg said: I'm assuming this is the carnival one you matched it with? https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/belize/altun-ha-mayan-ruins-with-lunch-509048 Yes that is the one we are going to go on, and one that they matched. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkzs Posted January 22, 2020 #108 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 12/30/2019 at 10:15 AM, Saint Greg said: I’m interested to know which carnival excursions you’ve successfully price matched and which excursion you’ve price matched them with. I’ll start Lamanai Ruins in Belize last year https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/belize/lamanai-mayan-ruins--river-boat-safari-with-lunch-509098 Carnival price: 124.99 (looks like they’ve lowered it 10 dollars since then) partially price matched with this excursion and $32.99 OBC was issued. https://belizecruiseexcursions.com/excursion/lamanai-belize-excursion-mayan-ruins/ Damajagua waterfalls in the Dominican Republic (Amber Cove) this month. I didn’t do this one but others on my ship did. https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/amber-cove-dominican-republic/waterfalls-of-damajagua-adrenaline-adventure-445108 Carnival price: $89.99 They price matched with this excursion and $33pp OBC issued.https://www.shoreexcursioneer.com/amber-cove/damajagua-waterfalls.html Thanks for this thread I just matched the Ambercove waterfall excursion and got $23.10/person in OBC for my cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PrincessArlena'sDad Posted February 11, 2020 #109 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Bermuda Ultimate Catamaran: Sail, Snorkel, Swim carnival.com price: $95 adults, $80 children Third party: $80 adults, $60 children For 3 adults, 2 children, OBC = $93 Does this OBC show up in your cruise documents, and added to the OBC I got for booking? If so, how long will it take to show up there? Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted February 11, 2020 Author #110 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said: Bermuda Ultimate Catamaran: Sail, Snorkel, Swim carnival.com price: $95 adults, $80 children Third party: $80 adults, $60 children For 3 adults, 2 children, OBC = $93 Does this OBC show up in your cruise documents, and added to the OBC I got for booking? If so, how long will it take to show up there? Thanks. Do you have a link to the third party excursion? How long did it take you to get approved? I don't remember if mine was on the documents before the cruise or not. I did bring a copy of the letter with me in the event it wasn't on my account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PrincessArlena'sDad Posted February 11, 2020 #111 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Saint Greg said: Do you have a link to the third party excursion? How long did it take you to get approved? I don't remember if mine was on the documents before the cruise or not. I did bring a copy of the letter with me in the event it wasn't on my account. Expedia and viatar both had it for $80/$60 under "Rising Son Catamaran Cruise and Snorkeling" Same operator as Carnival. I put in for it Sunday afternoon, and it came today. So, 48 hours for a Sunday submittal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted February 11, 2020 Author #112 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said: Expedia and viatar both had it for $80/$60 under "Rising Son Catamaran Cruise and Snorkeling" Same operator as Carnival. I put in for it Sunday afternoon, and it came today. So, 48 hours for a Sunday submittal. So that'll be this one: https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/bermuda/ultimate-catamaran-sail-snorkel-swim-421022 and one of these two: https://www.viator.com/tours/Bermuda/Catamaran-Cruise-with-Snorkeling-Paddleboarding-and-Kayaking/d966-5478SON https://www.expedia.com/things-to-do/rising-son-catamaran-cruise-snorkeling.a285025.activity-details Got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PrincessArlena'sDad Posted February 11, 2020 #113 Share Posted February 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: So that'll be this one: https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/bermuda/ultimate-catamaran-sail-snorkel-swim-421022 and one of these two: https://www.viator.com/tours/Bermuda/Catamaran-Cruise-with-Snorkeling-Paddleboarding-and-Kayaking/d966-5478SON https://www.expedia.com/things-to-do/rising-son-catamaran-cruise-snorkeling.a285025.activity-details Got it. Yes thank you. Haven't had a chance to find the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PrincessArlena'sDad Posted February 15, 2020 #114 Share Posted February 15, 2020 In case anyone is wondering, the credit for our price match is not showing in the OBC portion of the cruise documents. However, in the pre-purchase section of the cruise documents, the excursions line item shows the adjusted amount (what I paid minus the OBC I'll be getting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted February 15, 2020 Author #115 Share Posted February 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said: In case anyone is wondering, the credit for our price match is not showing in the OBC portion of the cruise documents. However, in the pre-purchase section of the cruise documents, the excursions line item shows the adjusted amount (what I paid minus the OBC I'll be getting). Think I've got that going on as well. I price matched the cabo whale watching excursion and I never received an email from them but the price of the excursion has adjusted. I'm probably going to call just to make sure they have the OBC on my account since I don't have the email and it isn't showing in my documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E@syPe@zy Posted February 16, 2020 #116 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Has anyone found another vendor for this Belize Shore excursion: " Spectacular Snorkel at Rendezvous Caye with Lunch"?? It's currently being offered for $80.99 per adult thru Carnival. Also, has anyone done this excursion? Any good? TIA😻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsay0526 Posted February 16, 2020 #117 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I booked this one in Cozumel- It's $109/adult on the Carnival website: https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/cozumel/elite-champagne-catamaran-sail--snorkel-304286 And It's $89/adult on Viator https://www.viator.com/tours/Cozumel/Exclusive-Champagne-Catamaran-Sail-and-Snorkel/d632-72864P1 I just submitted it today after reading this thread. If they honor their "Low Price Guarantee," we will be refunded $44 to our OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted February 17, 2020 Author #118 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 4:45 PM, Saint Greg said: Think I've got that going on as well. I price matched the cabo whale watching excursion and I never received an email from them but the price of the excursion has adjusted. I'm probably going to call just to make sure they have the OBC on my account since I don't have the email and it isn't showing in my documents. I called today. They said I was approved for $16.50 OBC which will show on my account when I board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsay0526 Posted February 18, 2020 #119 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 5:12 PM, lindsay0526 said: I booked this one in Cozumel- It's $109/adult on the Carnival website: https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/cozumel/elite-champagne-catamaran-sail--snorkel-304286 And It's $89/adult on Viator https://www.viator.com/tours/Cozumel/Exclusive-Champagne-Catamaran-Sail-and-Snorkel/d632-72864P1 I just submitted it today after reading this thread. If they honor their "Low Price Guarantee," we will be refunded $44 to our OBC. I just got the email saying that they approved my request and our OBC will be credited $22 each ($44 total). Woot! Thanks for posting this thread or I would have never known about this! ❤️❤️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drinal01 Posted February 20, 2020 #120 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Grand Cayman -- 54.95 Carnival https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/grand-cayman/deluxe-stingray-city-sandbar-for-families-417084?selectedVariant=VS20200822007417084202008260745 Accepted 40.00 on Viator https://www.viator.com/tours/Cayman-Islands/Stingray-City-Experience-from-Grand-Cayman/d31-6681STINGRAY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dltvermont Posted February 21, 2020 #121 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I dont remember the numbers, but on our Fascination cruise a few years back I wanted to book a catamaran tour to swim with turtles etc, believe it was Tamiami. We dont generally do ship excursions but when I contacted the company, they were booked and had no openings. I looked and Carnival's tour looked the same so booked that one and filed for the price match and received it for all 6 of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 25, 2020 Author #122 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I wonder if anyone has anything to add during our downtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacationlover16 Posted March 25, 2020 #123 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) I price matched for our cruise in October. Total OBC is $113.26. We are getting $12.09 per adult ticket & $44.54 per child ticket. We booked the All Inclusive Outback Dominican Adventure thru Carnival & price matched to the Outback Experience Puerto Plata (basically the same company but this tour is for hotels/resorts in the area). I honestly didn’t know if they would accept it since it’s basically the same company. When you visit their site it even directs you to Carnival’s excursion site for Amber Cove tours. The reviews on Carnival’s site and a third party review site are awesome! We are excited! We don’t normally do ship tours but since our kids will be with us & it’s our first time visiting Amber Cove we want the extra assurance of not being left. Plus none of the third party sites I found had tours we wanted or could do with the kids (ages 6&8). Our other ports are HMC & Grand Turk so we didn’t want to do a beach excursion or stay at the port pool in AC even though this tour does stop at a beach for a short period. Edited March 25, 2020 by vacationlover16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 25, 2020 Author #124 Share Posted March 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, vacationlover16 said: I price matched for our cruise in October. Total OBC is $113.26. We are getting $12.09 per adult ticket & $44.54 per child ticket. We booked the All Inclusive Outback Dominican Adventure thru Carnival & price matched the same company that does the same tour for hotels. I honestly didn’t know if they would accept it since it’s basically the same company. When you visit their site it even directs you to Carnival’s excursion site for Amber Cove tours. The reviews on Carnival’s site and a third party review site are awesome! We are excited! We don’t normally do ship tours but since our kids will be with us & it’s our first time visiting Amber Cove we want the extra assurance of not being left. Plus none of the third party sites I found had tours we wanted or could do with the kids (ages 6&8). Our other ports are HMC & Grand Turk so we didn’t want to do a beach excursion in AC even though this tour does stop at a beach for a short period. Think I got it. That should be matching this one: https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/amber-cove/outback-dominican-adventure-with-lunch-445023 with this one: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/outbackadventuresdr/items/118514/calendar/2020/03/?flow=119165&full-items=yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacationlover16 Posted March 25, 2020 #125 Share Posted March 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Think I got it. That should be matching this one: https://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/amber-cove/outback-dominican-adventure-with-lunch-445023 with this one: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/outbackadventuresdr/items/118514/calendar/2020/03/?flow=119165&full-items=yes You got it! We are pretty excited! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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