Attention Black Friday shoppers, here is what Royal Caribbean has in store for guests next week.
Royal Caribbean's Cyber Week Sale will run between November 24 - December 1, 2020 and offer a bundle of savings, with up to $550 off cruise fares.
The cruise line will change the name of the promotion over the course of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but the promotional offer is the same for each named offer.
Royal Caribbean Black Friday 2020 details
Dates: November 24, 2020 – December 1, 2020
Instant Savings up to $400 per stateroom on select sailings departing on or after January 1, 2021.
- Sailings 5 nights or less, $75 savings for Interior and Ocean View, $100 for Balconies and $200 for Suites
- Sailings 6 nights or longer, $100 savings for Interior and Ocean View, $150 for Balconies and $400 for Suites
- Instant savings do not apply to China departures
November savings up to $150 instant savings:
- Sailings 5 nights or less, $25 savings for Interior and Ocean View, $75 for Balconies and Suites
- Sailings 6 nights or longer, $50 savings for Interior and Ocean View, $75 for Balconies, and $150 for Suites
60% off second guest: 60% off second guest when booking a cruise departing on or after January 1, 2021
Kids Sail Free: Kids Sail Free provides free cruise fare for 3rd guests and higher who are 12 years old or younger as of cruise departure date, booked in the same stateroom as the first two qualifying guests in a triple or quad-occupancy stateroom.
- Kids Sail Free applies to select 3-night or longer Alaska, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Caribbean, CaribNE, Coastal, Europe, Hawaii, and Repositioning sailings departing between December 1, 2020 – December 17, 2020 and January 8, 2021 – December 17, 2021.
- Offer excludes 2021 President’s Day Sailings (Sailings between February 12 – 15, 2021), 2021 Spring Break and Easter sailings (Sailings between March 13 – April 4, 2021), 2021 Thanksgiving Sailings (Sailings between November 19 – 26, 2021), SR and RD Cruisetours.
BOGO60 and Kids Sail Free + Summer are combinable with each other as well as promotional OBCs, NextCruise offers, instant savings, restricted discounts (for example, Seniors, Residents, Military), Promo Code driven offers, Free Upgrades, Crown and Anchor discounts and Shareholder Benefits. Cyber Week Sale is combinable with BOGO60 and Kids Sail Free + Summer as well as with promotional OBCs, NextCruise offers, Instant Savings, restricted discounts (for example, Seniors, Residents, Military), Promo Code driven offers, Free Upgrades, Shareholder Benefits, but not combinable with Crown and Anchor discounts. Resident rates apply to select states on select sailings; valid address must be entered at time of booking to redeem savings. Offers are not combinable with any other offer or promotion, including, but not limited to, Standard Group, Interline, Travel Agent, Travel Agent Friends and Family, Weekly Sales Events, and Net Rates. Promo Code driven offers are based on select ships and sail dates and must be applied at time of booking; limit one promo code per booking.
Offer available to residents of United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and select countries in the Caribbean.
What you should do right now to prepare for Black Friday
If you are looking over this Black Friday offer and thinking it sounds like a great deal, you should still book something right now.
One of the best strategies for saving money on a cruise is to book early and re-price it if there is a price drop.
Booking a cruise today will lock in the current price. When the Black Friday sale begins next week, if there is a better price, you can have the cruise repriced for you under the Best Price Guarantee.
Up until Final Payment date, you can reprice the price of a cruise as many times as you want if you happen to spot a lower price.
With the enhanced Cruise with Confidence program, this opportunity is available to all guests, not just North Americans.
By booking a cruise now, you can ensure you have the lowest price. If the price on Black Friday is lower, you can reprice at the lower price. If the price happens to go up, you already locked in the lower rate and are set.
The strategy of booking early and then taking advantage of price drops ensure you always have the lowest price, as opposed to trying to time a price drop later (which may or may not happen).
How to check if the price is lower
The most straight forward method for seeing if there is a price drop is to go to Royal Caribbean's website and do a mock booking.
Be sure to go through as much of the checkout process as you can to ensure you are comparing exactly what you have booked, as things like cruise fare (refundable vs non-refundable), gratuities, taxes and other fees may not be levied until later in the checkout.
Another option is to let you travel agent handle this for you. Some travel agents (the really good ones) will take it upon themslves to check for lower prices on behalf of their clients.
I recommend this travel agency for booking a Royal Caribbean cruise, and they will reprice for you during sales like this. If you are not convinced using a free travel agency right for you, read this post discussing the benefits travel agents offer.
