Rare LACruiser88 Posted July 19 #1 Share Posted July 19 (edited) Fyi, just received this email promotion. Anyone else receive it? This was tied to our October of 2025 Sun Princess Med/TA cruise. Edited July 19 by LACruiser88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted July 19 #2 Share Posted July 19 No, didn’t get it yet, but I’ll check it out! Thanks again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara4166 Posted July 19 #3 Share Posted July 19 (edited) I wonder if it is good for 2025 Sky Princess. Purchased several excursions for our April med cruise last week. I will keep an eye out Edited July 19 by Mara4166 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddingtonbear Posted July 19 #4 Share Posted July 19 Just check the prices after the sale is over (if you haven’t done so before the sale). Sometimes they double the excursion prices just before the BYOG50% sale. They might come back down after the sale. Best idea, if you are set on a princess excursion, is to book it as early as you can and keep watching prices. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LACruiser88 Posted July 19 Author #5 Share Posted July 19 4 minutes ago, paddingtonbear said: Best idea, if you are set on a princess excursion, is to book it as early as you can and keep watching prices. This sale does not affect us as we rarely book any Princess excursions, especially in Europe. We prefer privately booked excursions or DIY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombud Posted July 19 #6 Share Posted July 19 I got it on my September 2024 Transatlantic but not on my other 4 (see signature). Not terribly useful for me as there's a town shuttle from Port to castle at 1st port, Vigo is walkable, and I've been to the Canaries before so thats a definite DIY. Was hoping it should up on BA -> FL but no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Globaler Posted July 19 #7 Share Posted July 19 I got the email also on our TA that includes Iceland. Looking at the excursions they are pretty expensive. Anybody have any experience on the cost of Iceland excursions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 19 #8 Share Posted July 19 It would be nice for our late 2025 cruises - especially for getting to Paris. With a 3 hour drive each way I'm hesitant to trust a private tour. Haven't seen anything though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndhoney Posted July 19 #9 Share Posted July 19 I just did a cruise with NCL with Iceland - the excursions from the cruiselines are very expensive, but pretty much everything there was expensive. There were some places in Iceland that people booked their own excursions or rented a car (if available). There was a town walk & walk to a waterfall in Grundarfjordur - for the both of us it was $142.80 (that was the cheapest excursion we did) and it really wasn't worth the cost - we could have walked to the waterfall ourselves. Most other excursions were over $200pp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Globaler Posted July 19 #10 Share Posted July 19 9 minutes ago, Globaler said: I got the email also on our TA that includes Iceland. Looking at the excursions they are pretty expensive. Anybody have any experience on the cost of Iceland excursions? I just looked back and I had already booked the Best of the Golden Circle at $510 it’s now $640 so if I had purchased on 50% offer it would have been 480. Still less but not the large savings you would hope for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinsc1 Posted July 19 #11 Share Posted July 19 This morning I received the BOGO 50 off email. Talk about a misleading sale. They raised prices last week and now they are back to where they were the week before. Reading the fineprint "Buy One, Get One 50% off is based on a discount of up to 25% off a single ticket purchase.". So its Up to 25%, and price displayed reflects discount. So where is the sale? How do they get away with calling this a BOGO sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted July 19 #12 Share Posted July 19 Same price I booked at months ago. Did not take 1/2 off as advertised. Dud not get email but see Bogo on my booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted July 19 #13 Share Posted July 19 Yeah this kinda sux. I had gone through a bunch of excursions on two Northern Europe cruises for Fall of 2025 and saved them to favorites. When I looked at the BOGOHO prices they were higher than the prices I saved. Yes they showed the old prices but clicking through, the new prices show. Some sale. Seems all the "sales" are just new ways of showing you the same prices. At this point I figured they weren't getting any lower so I booked some. Should have done so a while ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Paula_MacFan Posted July 19 #14 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, Thrak said: It would be nice for our late 2025 cruises - especially for getting to Paris. With a 3 hour drive each way I'm hesitant to trust a private tour. Haven't seen anything though... We did the Paris City Drive and Seine lunch cruise last fall while on the Island, and it was a marvelous day. I know a lot of people say it's too far to go to Paris etc etc, but we have no regrets. We had a fabulous guide who made the 3 hour drive go by so fast, our bus was modern and comfortable, the group size was nice and the bus wasn't full so we could spread out. We had a nice tour of all the sights, then a wonderful lunch on the Bateau Parisiens boat (with three courses of wine 😀) and a nice cruise. We had time for about 1.5 hours on our own afterwards so we walked around the Eiffel Tower, across the bridge, took some pictures and did some shopping. It was a long day but it honestly flew by. We also had a beautiful weather day which helped. I personally would not attempt a private tour for such a distance and we were happy with the Princess tour. We booked it several years in advance and it was postponed several times due to covid before we finally got to go last fall, so we paid $250 (quite a bit less than they are asking now). We are also going back in late 2026 and are hoping to do the Mont St. Michel excursion this time. Edited July 19 by Paula_MacFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCX22 Posted July 19 #15 Share Posted July 19 10 minutes ago, Paula_MacFan said: We did the Paris City Drive and Seine lunch cruise last fall while on the Island, and it was a marvelous day. I know a lot of people say it's too far to go to Paris etc etc, but we have no regrets. We had a fabulous guide who made the 3 hour drive go by so fast, our bus was modern and comfortable, the group size was nice and the bus wasn't full so we could spread out. We had a nice tour of all the sights, then a wonderful lunch on the Bateau Parisiens boat and a nice cruise I'm glad you were able to enjoy the excursion for what it was. If you haven't already, I hope you get a chance to experience more time in Paris by doing a land trip. The Princess excursion from Le Havre doesn't even take a small bite of what Paris has to offer. You literally spend more time on a bus than walking the streets, living, breathing, and experiencing Paris. There are certain cities that can be seen in a day, but Paris isn't one of them. If you choose the excursion to Paris with the Seine River Cruise, it looks like the free time has been eliminated from the itinerary. I highly recommend visiting Mont Saint Michel. Really interesting place that can be fully experienced in a day. This really waters down the experience, but it kind of reminds me of a historical Harry Potter land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Paula_MacFan Posted July 19 #16 Share Posted July 19 17 minutes ago, SCX22 said: I'm glad you were able to enjoy the excursion for what it was. If you haven't already, I hope you get a chance to experience more time in Paris by doing a land trip. The Princess excursion from Le Havre doesn't even take a small bite of what Paris has to offer. You literally spend more time on a bus than walking the streets, living, breathing, and experiencing Paris. There are certain cities that can be seen in a day, but Paris isn't one of them. Thanks for the lecture I guess. I never said it was the best or only way to visit Paris, I was responding to another poster who mentioned looking for a Princess Paris tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 19 #17 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Paula_MacFan said: We did the Paris City Drive and Seine lunch cruise last fall while on the Island, and it was a marvelous day. This is the one my wife thinks would best suit her and I have no issue with it - other than the exorbitant pricing. I can use OBC to pay for it but still find the price crazy. Ah, well. The BOGO would make it more palatable but we will book it anyway. I probably should go ahead and book it now even though the cruise is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay far off but I want to use OBC and doubt I can get the Shareholder OBC applied yet since they moved to Stockperks. Maybe I should go ahead and try the "old way" and see if it goes through. Edited July 19 by Thrak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that Posted July 19 #18 Share Posted July 19 @Thrak Suggest submit now Stockperks for the 2025 cruise excursions should book with your OBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpeabody Posted July 19 #19 Share Posted July 19 Yes, I did get the email, for 2 of my future cruises. I just do not have the time to be looking at excursions because I leave Tuesday for my next cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpeabody Posted July 19 #20 Share Posted July 19 2 minutes ago, that said: @Thrak Suggest submit now Stockperks for the 2025 cruise excursions should book with your OBC AFIK, there is still a max 90 day prior rule in effect. I doun't know if they make exceptions since outsourcing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that Posted July 19 #21 Share Posted July 19 (edited) @hpeabody Not our experience. We have rec’d benefit submitted for cruises thru New Year’s Eve 2025. Bon Voyage Tuesday Edited July 19 by that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike A Posted July 19 #22 Share Posted July 19 I just received the email for my 4/21/25 Mediterranean cruise on the Majestic Princess. I will investigate once I am able to get into the Princess website as I am getting the “unavailable” message which I get more often than not☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dickinson Posted July 19 #23 Share Posted July 19 I received the email and looked at my cruise for next June. Hadn't looked before so don't know what prices were. One port, Kusadasi, the excursion I would want only has 18 tickets available so there is some pressure to purchase now. It is refundable though. I checked Viator and they are much less expensive but don't include tickets. I also didn't see the Terrace Houses in a tour but maybe they did have one. Feel a little uncomfortable in Turkey with a private tour with us three people and would rather be on a larger excursion. So how does this work? If I book one excursion for two people does Princess discount the second person or is it when I book a second excursion in a different port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimum Posted July 19 #24 Share Posted July 19 1 minute ago, dickinson said: I received the email and looked at my cruise for next June. Hadn't looked before so don't know what prices were. One port, Kusadasi, the excursion I would want only has 18 tickets available so there is some pressure to purchase now. It is refundable though. I checked Viator and they are much less expensive but don't include tickets. I also didn't see the Terrace Houses in a tour but maybe they did have one. Feel a little uncomfortable in Turkey with a private tour with us three people and would rather be on a larger excursion. So how does this work? If I book one excursion for two people does Princess discount the second person or is it when I book a second excursion in a different port? The discount is split between the two guests. Reading the fine print it is up to 25% off per person. The excursion I booked it works out at 19% pp discount. Only valid on select sailings, select excursions in the Med area. Not the greatest but we have more OBC than we can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted July 19 #25 Share Posted July 19 Checked the two Princess excursions I had booked and price is now higher than I paid. Obviously not going to cancel and rebook. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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