Deployment 2025-26 booking season begins

[tottenhamfc]

45 minutes ago, eel said:

We will book the Anthem B2B as soon as my TA gets their group pricing straightened out!

How much are the discounts with a TA generally. I have always booked direct just to control the booking.

[Biker19]

52 minutes ago, tottenhamfc said:

How much are the discounts with a TA generally?

There's not a general amount and sometimes the group rate is higher than the regular sales price.

[tottenhamfc]

37 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

There's not a general amount and sometimes the group rate is higher than the regular sales price.

ok thanks. This one is well priced I think.

[cruisin from florida]

We just booked the b2b. Cancelling a couple of other itineraries to do these. Thanks for the heads-up!

Edited December 22, 2023 by cruisin from florida

[eel]

5 hours ago, Biker19 said:

There's not a general amount and sometimes the group rate is higher than the regular sales price.

 

4 hours ago, tottenhamfc said:

ok thanks. This one is well priced I think.

 

In this case, the refundable deposit fares through my TA are a few hundred dollars less per cabin than the nonrefundable deposit fares available from Royal for the same balcony category. 

 

If you booked refundable deposit fares directly through Royal, you can always transfer your bookings into a TA's group as long as they still have group space in the category you booked.

[tottenhamfc]

1 minute ago, eel said:

 

 

In this case, the refundable deposit fares through my TA are a few hundred dollars less per cabin than the nonrefundable deposit fares available from Royal for the same balcony category. 

 

If you booked refundable deposit fares directly through Royal, you can always transfer your bookings into a TA's group as long as they still have group space in the category you booked.

Too late already booked non refundable. I will keep it in mind for the future. I think these two cruises will be sold out relatively quickly.

[MuyBueno]

7 hours ago, eel said:

We will book the Anthem B2B as soon as my TA gets their group pricing straightened out!

We are also waiting for our TA’s group pricing. We have the same TA. 😉

[Ourusualbeach]

13 hours ago, eel said:

We will book the Anthem B2B as soon as my TA gets their group pricing straightened out!

Royal did not release any group rates for the Singapore to Tokyo leg.  There are rates for the TP.

[Ourusualbeach]

6 hours ago, eel said:

If you booked refundable deposit fares directly through Royal, you can always transfer your bookings into a TA's group as long as they still have group space in the category you booked.

What you booked has nothing to do with the ability to transfer into or get the group rate.

 

You could have booked a non refundable deposit in a category not offered at a group rate and move that booking into the group and switch to a category that is held in the group and get the lower price.  The booking will still remain non refundable even though it is inside of the group.

[Ourusualbeach]

13 hours ago, tottenhamfc said:

I just called and they said that RCL is now increasing the time before final payment to 120 days for 14 days and more.

Longer final payment dates are for sailings longer than 14 days.  14 day sailings are still 90 days

[tottenhamfc]

1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Longer final payment dates are for sailings longer than 14 days.  14 day sailings are still 90 days

It said 14 days on website but the cruise is actually 15 days. The issue is people could miss the payment as they assume that the second leg TP is due after the first leg when it is actually before. 

[Ourusualbeach]

12 minutes ago, tottenhamfc said:

It said 14 days on website but the cruise is actually 15 days. The issue is people could miss the payment as they assume that the second leg TP is due after the first leg when it is actually before. 

Didn't realize the consumer website was advertising it as a 14 day cruise .  This is what I see.

 

 

[crzndeb]

1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Didn't realize the consumer website was advertising it as a 14 day cruise .  This is what I see.

Yes, it seems that on the consumer website, they never calculate the repeat day for coming back over International Dateline. On this TP, we repeat May 5 2025.

[tottenhamfc]

Ah ok. Just want everyone to check their contract final payment dates, 

 

[GimmeOcean]

13 minutes ago, crzndeb said:

Yes, it seems that on the consumer website, they never calculate the repeat day for coming back over International Dateline. On this TP, we repeat May 5 2025.

Hmm. Do they screw you out of the extra night of C&A points too?

[Tlbecker1]

7 minutes ago, GimmeOcean said:

Hmm. Do they screw you out of the extra night of C&A points too?

They have changed it on the website to a 15N.

[Steeler Nation At Sea]

27 minutes ago, crzndeb said:

Yes, it seems that on the consumer website, they never calculate the repeat day for coming back over International Dateline. On this TP, we repeat May 5 2025.

 

Not what I'm seeing and the repeated day is May 11 it says further into the booking.

 

 

[Steeler Nation At Sea]

6 minutes ago, Tlbecker1 said:

They have changed it on the website to a 15N.

 

Oops, just missed this while I was posting the same thing.

[crzndeb]

10 minutes ago, Steeler Nation At Sea said:

Not what I'm seeing and the repeated day is May 11 it says further into the booking.

Interesting, since we get back to Seattle on May 8 with an overnight, and debark on May 9. I’m looking at the confirmation email from Royal, with the itinerary attached.

Edited December 22, 2023 by crzndeb

[Ourusualbeach]

37 minutes ago, crzndeb said:

Yes, it seems that on the consumer website, they never calculate the repeat day for coming back over International Dateline. On this TP, we repeat May 5 2025.

Hey Deb

 

FYI, I was able to get the TP adjusted to a 150% solo supplement.  They will most likely disallow the Singapore to Tokyo as it is over Easter.

[Ourusualbeach]

[Steeler Nation At Sea]

7 minutes ago, crzndeb said:

Interesting, since we get back to Seattle on May 8 with an overnight, and debark on May 9. I’m looking at the confirmation email from Royal, with the itinerary attached.

 

You are absolutely right ✅️ 

 

I read "day 11" repeating and added the May all by myself.  Dangerous before my second cup of coffee.

Edited December 22, 2023 by Steeler Nation At Sea

[cruiselvr04]

Where is Anthem just before these 2 sailings?  

[crzndeb]

9 minutes ago, cruiselvr04 said:

Where is Anthem just before these 2 sailings?  

I wonder if it’s time for dry dock? Its last short cruises from Singapore, end about a month before the April 13 cruise. 

[cruisin from florida]

1 hour ago, GimmeOcean said:

Hmm. Do they screw you out of the extra night of C&A points too?

No, but it takes them a minute to figure it out. We crossed the dateline last spring, and they originally only gave us 17 days credit. Then the fixed it.