Poll to see how many cruisers are booked on vouchers

[RoyalC]

Purpose is to see why RCL prices are running high. Demand is obviously up for various reasons. 

[Funky Fusion FoodsJ]

Many who had vouchers are already used.

[firefly333]

There cant be many people who have managed to get covid vouchers that were to expire dec 2022 extended to this year.

 

I guess OP you think the demand is fake. 

[GW248]

Are vouchers the same as FCC?

[neverbeenhere]

Is the newest ship the Vouchers of the Seas. If so, I don’t have a cruise booked on that ship. 
 

 

 

 

(which vouchers?) 

[RoyalC]

18 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

Is the newest ship the Vouchers of the Seas. If so, I don’t have a cruise booked on that ship. 

"a form or check indicating a credit against future purchases or expenditures"

Edited October 17, 2023 by RoyalC

[RoyalC]

19 minutes ago, GW248 said:

Are vouchers the same as FCC?

By definition, yes

[RoyalC]

24 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

There cant be many people who have managed to get covid vouchers that were to expire dec 2022 extended to this year.

 

I guess OP you think the demand is fake. 

Incorrect and stop assuming (I already said demand is up for various reasons besides that.)

 

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2022/06/16/royal-caribbean-future-cruise-credit-what-you-need-know

Edited October 17, 2023 by RoyalC

[neverbeenhere]

Not that the Cruise critic member represents the average cruiser, but perhaps the number of cruises which a member has booked, might be more informing.  
We have only 4 Royal Caribbean cruises booked. But we are stuck using up credit from Princess line. (None of our Princess credit is vouchers) 

[smokeybandit]

This poll would have worked better 2 years ago.

[Ourusualbeach]

1 hour ago, RoyalC said:

Purpose is to see why RCL prices are running high. Demand is obviously up for various reasons. 

I haven't had a client use an FCC from Covid in ages.  I would say mist sre used.  Prices are high because of demand not because of unused FCC's.

[Ourusualbeach]

1 hour ago, firefly333 said:

There cant be many people who have managed to get covid vouchers that were to expire dec 2022 extended to this year.

 

I guess OP you think the demand is fake. 

Many FCC's issued as a result of Covid do not expire 

[LilBlackDress]

 My FCCs from COVID have all been spent. I do have some FCC from an error made to one of my bookings. I did not receive any extra money from the FCC it was just an easier transaction for me  

[Tree_skier]

I've got 8 cruises coming over the next 508 days.  None are booked with any kind of FCC attached to them.

 

Demand is high because people want to cruise.  No other reason.

[orville99]

Doubtful that there is much unspent FCC activity left from the shutdown. Much more likely that the capacity surge that we have seen over the last six months is from cruises booked when free money was flowing like water from the Potomac. I expect that both the little FCC that is still out there and the free money rapidly disappearing due to inflation will soften demand as financial reality rears its long overdue ugly head. By the time the next season of new itineraries comes out at the end of the year, demand will be down substantially - Carnival is already predicting a softening in its earnings statements.

Edited October 17, 2023 by orville99

[PompeySailor]

We have 40 vouchers between us and I’ll be using all of them starting soon at a bar near you - 5 a day baby - Cheers 🍻 

 

Sorry wrong thread 😉

Edited October 17, 2023 by PompeySailor