Buzzard05 Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I see several posts regarding finding rooms that become available and I was wondering how you do that on the RC site? I can go through the process and make a "fake" reservation and get their list of suggested rooms, and used their search to manually search specific rooms....but is there an easier way to see all of the rooms that are currently available? I even called yesterday to change rooms (that showed up as suggestions during my fake reservation)...but even then, I had to walk the guy through which rooms were available to me (I would have thought he would have had access to a master list, but it seemed like he was having to manually search rooms as well). Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Personally I use my TA's website since it lists all available rooms in each category. I have also heard that using the UK version of RCI's website does the same thing but I have not felt the need to test that hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yes, the UK Version does work when you want to see what available rooms are out there... just go to www.royalcaribbean.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwtom Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I've used this website: book.bestpricecruises.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard05 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks. Between the UK site and the regular site, I was able to find what I was looking for. Interesting enough, rooms that you can manually search for on the regular site that come up as available, don't always show on the UK site. I'm going to take a look at that last site mentioned as well. Thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Has anyone ever heard of a travel agency buying up rooms to then book their customers on? For example, if all the suites are sold out on a certain cruise, is there a chance that a certain agency is holding them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Has anyone ever heard of a travel agency buying up rooms to then book their customers on? For example, if all the suites are sold out on a certain cruise, is there a chance that a certain agency is holding them? TAs do grab rooms for groups. MEI does that for our group cruises, but RC can rescind any unsold rooms back to the "pool" at anytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 TAs do grab rooms for groups. MEI does that for our group cruises, but RC can rescind any unsold rooms back to the "pool" at anytime. I wonder if that's why certain categories will come up as "sold out" --- then magically reappear as being available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I've used this website: book.bestpricecruises.com I also use BPC for research purposes. Pull up the cruise you are interested in. Select the category you are interested in and it will list all available cabins. Click on the magnifying glass next to any cabin number and it will pull up the entire deck plan for the corresponding cabin. Every available cabin will have a blinking light. coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahm4211 Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I also use BPC for research purposes. Pull up the cruise you are interested in. Select the category you are interested in and it will list all available cabins. Click on the magnifying glass next to any cabin number and it will pull up the entire deck plan for the corresponding cabin. Every available cabin will have a blinking light. Have you booked with BPC? They have really good prices and I wonder if they're good, or legit. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Have you booked with BPC? They have really good prices and I wonder if they're good, or legit. Thanks. I did once, but Royal cancelled the cruise due to a charter. My experience with BPC was good, but I have read several reviews that are not very positive. I have used CruCon for many years and have enjoyed excellent service and great booking perks. Not fan of their website. I can say that based on my recent experience with MEI they will receive the opportunity to earn my business again. They were very patient with me during my struggle to commit to the Freedom group cruise. I am happy that I drank from the Matt/MEI Kool-Aid. LoL DocLC and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocLC Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I did once, but Royal cancelled the cruise due to a charter. My experience with BPC was good, but I have read several reviews that are not very positive. I have used CruCon for many years and have enjoyed excellent service and great booking perks. Not fan of their website. I can say that based on my recent experience with MEI they will receive the opportunity to earn my business again. They were very patient with me during my struggle to commit to the Freedom group cruise. I am happy that I drank from the Matt/MEI Kool-Aid. LoL I concur regarding MEI. bcarney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Me too ! bcarney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I can say that based on my recent experience with MEI they will receive the opportunity to earn my business again. They were very patient with me during my struggle to commit to the Freedom group cruise. I am happy that I drank from the Matt/MEI Kool-Aid. LoL Thank you for supporting our sponsor, which in turn, supports the blog directly. bcarney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpoole813 Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 I just saw this thread and was checking out BPC on-line. If I used them to book the same cruise I've already booked directly with RCCL the price comes out $393 cheaper ($54 less pp, plus no additional $98 for a mid-ship room plus they pay the $189 gratuities) . However the RCCL price included $100 OBC but, even by forfeiting that, I would still be $293 ahead. I have yet to find out about their cancellation policies but now I'm wondering whether this is something I should jump on. I think it would negate me being able to see if RCCL drops the price significantly before the final payment is due. This is for an Oct 2017 sail date on Harmony of the seas, ocean balcony room. I wonder if I should gamble on the company being legitimate and also on the fact that RCCL won't drop the fare price by more than the current savings in the next year. Hmmmmmm!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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