Rare babs135 Posted April 13, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2023 When is false advertising not false? Just received an email from a travel agency we've used before advertising a no-fly cruise for £299 pp. Clicked on the link and the cruise in question is shown as from £449 pp!! Surely this can't be right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 13, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, babs135 said: When is false advertising not false? Just received an email from a travel agency we've used before advertising a no-fly cruise for £299 pp. Clicked on the link and the cruise in question is shown as from £449 pp!! Surely this can't be right? Almost certainly they’ll claim, rightly or wrongly, that the availability was there, but you missed it. It would be very difficult to prove otherwise, unless there’s an evidenced pattern, but there is legislation aimed at stopping bait and switch selling. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1277/schedule/1/madeParagraphs 5 and 6 are relevant, but not easy to establish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted April 13, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2023 What type of cabins are £449 ? And are there any inside cabins available? Could be bait & switch, or could genuinely be that the webite is nore up-to-date than their e-mails. JB 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare babs135 Posted April 13, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted April 13, 2023 John, since I posted earlier I've done a bit more digging. It's the Carnival Pride out of Dover to Norway 9 nights in June. The agency is £449 pp for an inside cabin so I went to another online agency and found it for an inside cabin from £379 pp. Finally I went to Carnival website where it is advertised as from $754 (£602) pp for an inside cabin. At £379 pp for 9 nights it's a good price. Just rereading the original flyer of £449 - they are offering either a hotel the night before sailing or car parking which could be why the price differs from the £299? Not sure if we'll pursue it as we've got a cruise booked for the end of july. I was just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare babs135 Posted April 14, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted April 14, 2023 23 hours ago, John Bull said: What type of cabins are £449 ? And are there any inside cabins available? Could be bait & switch, or could genuinely be that the webite is nore up-to-date than their e-mails. JB 🙂 16 hours ago, babs135 said: John, since I posted earlier I've done a bit more digging. It's the Carnival Pride out of Dover to Norway 9 nights in June. The agency is £449 pp for an inside cabin so I went to another online agency and found it for an inside cabin from £379 pp. Finally I went to Carnival website where it is advertised as from $754 (£602) pp for an inside cabin. At £379 pp for 9 nights it's a good price. Just rereading the original flyer of £449 - they are offering either a hotel the night before sailing or car parking which could be why the price differs from the £299? Not sure if we'll pursue it as we've got a cruise booked for the end of july. I was just curious. Because I had the time I went to a few more online agents and the price is all over the place. If nothing else, it proves that before you book anything do a search across all agencies !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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