"Massive savings"!!

[crazy4themouse]

RC cracks me up sometimes... Just got an email from them titled, "*Amazing Offer Alert* Open to receive MASSIVE savings on your next getaway"

So okay, I'll bite. Go look up the same Harmony sailings for next year we were kinda toying around with -- Same exact fare they've been at for months, lol. 🙄 I think Royal and I differ on the definition of the word "massive." 😄

 

[Merion_Mom]

While I agree that RC's marketing can be over the top, *I* am amazed that people think that a sale/savings will apply to EVERY sailing on EVERY ship and EVERY excursion and EVERY beverage package and EVERY dining package.

[crazy4themouse]

12 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

While I agree that RC's marketing can be over the top, *I* am amazed that people think that a sale/savings will apply to EVERY sailing on EVERY ship and EVERY excursion and EVERY beverage package and EVERY dining package.

 

Oh I definitely don't think that.. I've been doing this a while. I just think they need to calm down a bit with their enthusiasm over basically nothing. Do those "massive savings" only apply to one cruise on one date? Two cruises? There are a number of sailings we routinely follow for price drops just in case, and nothing has changed.

 

 

[Merion_Mom]

1 hour ago, crazy4themouse said:

 

Oh I definitely don't think that.. I've been doing this a while. I just think they need to calm down a bit with their enthusiasm over basically nothing. Do those "massive savings" only apply to one cruise on one date? Two cruises? There are a number of sailings we routinely follow for price drops just in case, and nothing has changed.

 

 

 

Maybe on older ships?  Or ships without the high demand that occurs with ships out of Galveston?

[George C]

I was looking at harmony a couple of weeks ago and suites had great prices, so I checked again during harmony sailing last week prices went up , so my December cruise is going to be on MSc yacht club.

[cruiseboy89130]

2 hours ago, crazy4themouse said:

 I think Royal and I differ on the definition of the word "massive." 😄

So do my wife and me!😝

[HicksRA]

The one cruise I have left, in an OS, (may be my last) went up almost $200 pp on this fabulous sale…

And oddly, a panoramic suite is more than a GS. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by HicksRA

[TheDawg79]

Prices go up and down regardless if there is any actual sale going on. I’ve seen price drops with no “sale” and price increases during a sale. Supply vs demand dictates prices, not sales

[time4u2go]

Don't complain!  They are "enhancing your cruise experience"! 😁😉

[Mum2Mercury]

Eh, that's what advertisers do.  They exaggerate.  

[Slidell_Cruiser]

Massive Savings Definition Explained for Dummies

 

Cruise Ship Guests

30%-40% lower fares than what they have booked or are looking at now 

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Miami Accountant's

Not RAISING the current fare structure.

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[FamilyCruiserUK]

Royal are very cleaver at wording deals that are not actually deals. Once you work it out and compare it to other "deals" its usually the same or very little difference..... 🤣

[Ret MP]

15 hours ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

So do my wife and me!😝

A "massive" nothing burger!!!

[Ret MP]

48 minutes ago, FamilyCruiserUK said:

Royal are very cleaver at wording deals that are not actually deals. Once you work it out and compare it to other "deals" its usually the same or very little difference..... 🤣

Yep.  And never trust their advertised %age off sales.  It's usually or sometimes a %age off of their most expensive price, not the usual price which then works out to be the usual price or maybe a hair below it.

[Mum2Mercury]

1 hour ago, FamilyCruiserUK said:

Royal are very cleaver at wording deals that are not actually deals. Once you work it out and compare it to other "deals" its usually the same or very little difference..... 🤣

Not unique.  That's what advertisers do:  They say you'll save "up to" this percent.  They show the lowest price (like an inside room), knowing that many /most people will actually end up going with a more expensive option.  They emphasize the deal, then in small wording hit you with the big costs. 

 

I teach -- or, used to teach -- a whole unit on this topic, and I had so many excellent examples to share with students.  I've always advertising interesting -- the layers of meaning, the carefully crafted images, the hidden messages -- but most of my students weren't particularly interested.  

[Tree_skier]

 

1 hour ago, Mum2Mercury said:

Not unique.  That's what advertisers do:  They say you'll save "up to" this percent.  They show the lowest price (like an inside room), knowing that many /most people will actually end up going with a more expensive option.  They emphasize the deal, then in small wording hit you with the big costs. 

 

I teach -- or, used to teach -- a whole unit on this topic, and I had so many excellent examples to share with students.  I've always advertising interesting -- the layers of meaning, the carefully crafted images, the hidden messages -- but most of my students weren't particularly interested.  

All the angst over "its not a real sale" is hilarious. Like somehow this is unique to Royal or even cruising. LOL

 

Didn't anybody go Black Friday shopping... "UP TO 70% OFF... STOREWIDE!!!"  

 

There was one rack of stuff nobody wanted that was 70% off.  The pants I wanted were 20% off 🙂 .  I didn't go online complaining about Columbia Outdoors dishonesty.  

 

 

 

 

[lovesthebeach2]

22 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

 

All the angst over "its not a real sale" is hilarious. Like somehow this is unique to Royal or even cruising. LOL

 

Didn't anybody go Black Friday shopping... "UP TO 70% OFF... STOREWIDE!!!"  

 

There was one rack of stuff nobody wanted that was 70% off.  The pants I wanted were 20% off 🙂 .  I didn't go online complaining about Columbia Outdoors dishonesty.  

 

 

 

 

Or the airlines with initials ”SW” that constantly advertises fares as low as 49 or 59…. But never to anyplace we want to fly.  So I ignore their fantastic deal emails now,

[deliver42]

There are no massive sales anywhere. Not even minimal sales.

[Cigar King]

It's called advertising...

[nelblu]

I'm on Harmony now and booked a CP balcony for same time next year and got a price of $1,289 with solo supplement and balcony discounts.  Earned a Casino credit of $250 off fare and $200 in OBCs.

 

Good deal for me.

[nelblu]

Hey, at least Ohtani got his price of 10 years and $700 million from the LA Dodgers baseball team⚾

[cruiseguy1016]

The reality is, there are of few hundred (maybe more, maybe less) of us that follow RCI pricing and know a good deal when we see one. There are thousands of people out there that hear about a "sale" and book at that price because they were told it was a sale. Those are the people putting money in RCI's pockets.

Edited December 9, 2023 by cruiseguy1016