kirtihk Posted April 14, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 14, 2023 We booked this cruise 4 weeks ago while on-board of the Venture. It's just exactly 1 year until boarding! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Luxury Posted April 14, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Well done Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SailingNomads Posted April 15, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Nice itinerary. Might have to look into it. But would prefer to sail into Sydney as opposed to a flight. Need to check the next and previous segments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted April 15, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted April 15, 2023 10 hours ago, 2SailingNomads said: Nice itinerary. Might have to look into it. But would prefer to sail into Sydney as opposed to a flight. Need to check the next and previous segments. The previous is from San Antonio, Chili to Tahiti; the next is to Guam. There is no cruise sailing to Sydney, only flights included in the itinerary and built in a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted April 15, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Seabourn has the 35% book-on-board expedition cruise discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisr Posted April 16, 2023 #6 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I wonder what airline they are using for the charter to Sydney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLSD Posted April 26, 2023 #7 Share Posted April 26, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 9:42 AM, kirtihk said: Seabourn has the 35% book-on-board expedition cruise discount. You don't even have to book on board. They have sent out letters/cards etc. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted April 26, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, SLSD said: You don't even have to book on board. They have sent out letters/cards etc. I Are you saying this promotion is for anyone? When I called Seabourn 2 weeks ago about something else, and brought this topic, too, they told me that this promotion is still for book-on-board only. Otherwise, everyone (who is planning a Seabourn cruise) would do it - it's obvious to book with this gigantic (35%) saving (in my case it's $10,000 for a cabin; and, yet, might be even doubled-quadrupled saving based on a cabin category and itinerary)! Edited April 26, 2023 by kirtihk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLSD Posted April 26, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, kirtihk said: Are you saying this promotion is for anyone? When I called Seabourn 2 weeks ago about something else, and brought this topic, too, they told me that this promotion is still for book-on-board only. Otherwise, everyone (who is planning a Seabourn cruise) would do it - it's obvious to book with this gigantic (35%) saving (in my case it's $10,000 for a cabin; and, yet, might be even doubled-quadrupled saving based on a cabin category and itinerary)! We have been frequent SB cruisers--but have not cruised since the pandemic. We received a large postcard in the mail offering the $35% discount. I posted a photo of the postcard we receive in the "President's Cruise" thread. I don't know who they sent the cards to. One of us having a milestone birthday was mentioned in the text on our card. I had a milestone birthday last year. Edited April 26, 2023 by SLSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted April 26, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted April 26, 2023 13 minutes ago, SLSD said: We have been frequent SB cruisers--but have not cruised since the pandemic. We received a large postcard in the mail offering the $35% discount. I posted a photo of the postcard we receive in the "President's Cruise" thread. I don't know who they sent the cards to. One of us having a milestone birthday was mentioned in the text on our card. I had a milestone birthday last year. Oh, that’s nice to getting this kind of personal promotions from cruise lines for dedicated cruisers! That’s the way it actually should be to make more sense to stay loyal. Also, I think it makes sense to always sell a cruise with a higher discount at the beginning of when a cruise goes to booking (like Ponant does it - they always start with 30% discount, and upon cabins are sold out, they gradually reduce the discount to 25%, then 20% until no discount). That makes earlier booking so much more attractive which is an opposite what the majority of cruise lines do - sell at deep discount left over cabins a few weeks prior to selling when people who already paid final payment before that time stuck with paying more (sometime a lot more) just for giving deposits to cruise lines 2-3 years ahead of cruise (with luxury cruise lines it’s 15-25% of a cruise fare that expensive to begin with). We booked Ponant twice (both times 2.5 years before cruise, and we enjoyed 30% discount!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbnovak Posted May 9, 2023 #11 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 10:42 AM, kirtihk said: Seabourn has the 35% book-on-board expedition cruise discount. We took advantage of that on the Ovation last month and booked Pursuit Chilean Fjords and Antarctica for Sept. 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted May 9, 2023 Author #12 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, kbnovak said: We took advantage of that on the Ovation last month and booked Pursuit Chilean Fjords and Antarctica for Sept. 2024. Very nice! The best place on the Pursuit (a Venture's replica) will be the hot tub on deck 9 - a gorgeous overview especially when you stand on top of it near the edge; in Antarctica it would be my spot to warm up a few times a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbnovak Posted May 9, 2023 #13 Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, kirtihk said: Very nice! The best place on the Pursuit (a Venture's replica) will be the hot tub on deck 9 - a gorgeous overview especially when you stand on top of it near the edge; in Antarctica it would be my spot to warm up a few times a day! Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kej1 Posted May 10, 2023 #14 Share Posted May 10, 2023 We will be on the trip from Papeete to Guam in April 2024. Really looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted May 10, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted May 10, 2023 10 hours ago, kej1 said: We will be on the trip from Papeete to Guam in April 2024. Really looking forward to it! Oh, double joy! Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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