leerathje Posted February 7, 2022 #1 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I was speaking with my TA yesterday, as I'm planning on booking a sailing on the Rotterdam for November 30 - December 11, 2022. She told me that next week, HAL will have a 72 hour sale offering free crew incentives, and reduced deposit. She also told me that it will be on "selected cruises" but not sure which ones those are. However, I do know that mine will be! Just a heads up for anyone planning on booking in the very near future. L. 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted February 7, 2022 #2 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted February 7, 2022 #3 Share Posted February 7, 2022 @leerathje Could you be a little more specific on the date? Next week? I understand you spoke to your TA on Saturday so is 'Next Week' therefore week commencing Monday 7th? Also did TA specifically say 'Free' grats or 'included' grats. (Don't want price to go up by the same amount as the 'free' grats!). Reason I ask is that I have a cruise on 'Courtesy Hold' since Thursday night and am due to confirm today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerathje Posted February 7, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted February 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, VMax1700 said: @leerathje Could you be a little more specific on the date? Next week? I understand you spoke to your TA on Saturday so is 'Next Week' therefore week commencing Monday 7th? Also did TA specifically say 'Free' grats or 'included' grats. (Don't want price to go up by the same amount as the 'free' grats!). Reason I ask is that I have a cruise on 'Courtesy Hold' since Thursday night and am due to confirm today! So, we want to book an 11 day S.Caribbean in December with HIA. We talked about this booking face to face, and that's when she said there was a sale coming up, and she would check when she got to work. She assured me that our cruise would be part of the sale. She did say it does start this week, but not sure exactly when. She then emailed me, and this is what the email said: "Holland America is having a 72hr sale next week and grats wil be included...." L. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted February 7, 2022 #5 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I assume it will start when the current promo ends. The current promo runs through Tuesday (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted February 7, 2022 #6 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thanks! I will hold off on confirming for a few days. There is no current promo in Europe, except for Have It All and as we are not in the position to be able to cancel and rebook we will wait until later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted February 7, 2022 #7 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy&Frank Posted February 7, 2022 #8 Share Posted February 7, 2022 @leerathje Thanks for sharing this info 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted February 8, 2022 #9 Share Posted February 8, 2022 So I see that this promotion is now going on, need to be booked by Thursday, 2/10. Called HAL to see if I could add this to my current booking in 2023.......still on hold 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YXU AC*SE Posted February 8, 2022 #10 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted February 8, 2022 #11 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Thank you....................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted February 8, 2022 #12 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Thanks for all of the info, no savings for me on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted February 8, 2022 #13 Share Posted February 8, 2022 US and Canada only! **** ** (I put asterisks there to save the censor the bother!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted February 8, 2022 #14 Share Posted February 8, 2022 31 minutes ago, Mary229 said: Thanks for all of the info, no savings for me on this one. I think that’s the norm but good marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAKcruiser Posted February 8, 2022 #15 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I tried to add it to my booking but they said new bookings only. Why am I not surprised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanni-shanni Posted February 8, 2022 #16 Share Posted February 8, 2022 44 minutes ago, KAKcruiser said: I tried to add it to my booking but they said new bookings only. Why am I not surprised? Me too. As well, the new prices have gone up approximately the same amount as the gratuity. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadarocks Posted February 8, 2022 #17 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just cancelled 4 cruises because they wouldn't budge on the New Bookings Only policy..... Then rebooked them all with my Travel Agent. Got the same cabins and the same pricing, plus the Free Gratuities. 🙂 Holland America is so silly sometimes. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie201 Posted February 8, 2022 #18 Share Posted February 8, 2022 My category is sold out so that’s not an option unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost4sure Posted February 8, 2022 #19 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Looking to book a 18+ days cruise and the crew appreciation is upto $100 value is included, my question is the incentive only $100 value or is it free gratuity for the duration of the cruise? Confuse, Grace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted February 8, 2022 #20 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I have a group sailing, we all have cabins next to each other and don’t want to chance losing a cabin, not worth it for us……still have a long way to go, maybe a better promotion will come along that we can take advantage of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadarocks Posted February 8, 2022 #21 Share Posted February 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, lost4sure said: Looking to book a 18+ days cruise and the crew appreciation is upto $100 value is included, my question is the incentive only $100 value or is it free gratuity for the duration of the cruise? Confuse, Grace The length of the cruise. Not sure why they always put the $100 value.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost4sure Posted February 8, 2022 #22 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Thanks for clarifying, canadarocks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted February 9, 2022 #23 Share Posted February 9, 2022 4 hours ago, canadarocks said: Just cancelled 4 cruises because they wouldn't budge on the New Bookings Only policy..... Then rebooked them all with my Travel Agent. Got the same cabins and the same pricing, plus the Free Gratuities. 🙂 Holland America is so silly sometimes. We recently booked a short cruise to tack onto the beginning of the Grand SA&Antarctica later this year. The 7 day cruise was booked about 4 days ago. I've heard of the new booking excuse in the past, but the cruise lines generally add it. If they don't this time, I'll be ticked. Hate to have to cancel and rebook like you did. Definitely silly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadarocks Posted February 9, 2022 #24 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) My four were so new that HAL hadn't even transferred them to my TA. When I told the HAL agent that I would cancel all four if they didn't give me the free gratuities, she put me on hold to talk to a supervisor. Came back with the "sorry, no they won't allow it" a few minutes later. She was far more upset and frustrated than I was when she had to cancel each cruise one by one. Silly HAL. Good luck with yours @StLouisCruisers! Edited February 9, 2022 by canadarocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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