cruiserccl Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 I'm very new to RCCL, so forgive me if this is a silly question. But ... what is Resident NRD? I assume NRD is non-refundable deposit...but what does the "Resident" part refer to? I'm inquiring because on one of my cruise I recently booked, it provided a very good discount under Resident NRD. But the second one, I booked yesterday, it doesn't offer that discount. Any insight would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG Cruiser Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, cruiserccl said: but what does the "Resident" part refer to? The only thing I can think of is "Florida Resident" cruiserccl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 My guess is you entered your state of residence and that particular cruise had a discount available to residents of that state and the second cruise did not. My husband is a veteran and WHEN a military discount is available, it lists as Military NRD. Again I am guessing but there must be a reason they ask for state of residence under other exclusive discounts. CruisingOz, cruiserccl, CruiseGus and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKMCruising Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Yeah, it's a state residency discount. I've gotten it on some cruises before, but there's not currently one for either of my two booked for next year. No idea how or when Royal decides to offer them though. Maybe @Sharla might have more insight? CruisingOz, cruiserccl and Neesa 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Yes there are sometimes sales specific to certain states and if you are lucky enough to get one it is awesome. I scored a $500 discount for my nephew because the particular day I was checking prices for our cruise Royal was giving RI residents a discount! cruiserccl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Yes the military discount is very hit or miss. For our Explorer cruise, was not there to start, found it a month or two later at $620! It’s still there now but down to around $200. Boy you gotta look ALL THE TIME!! Neesa, IRMO12HD, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Alt Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Im in NY and I got the Resident NRD as well. Robert M, cruiserccl and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharla Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 13 hours ago, GKMCruising said: Yeah, it's a state residency discount. I've gotten it on some cruises before, but there's not currently one for either of my two booked for next year. No idea how or when Royal decides to offer them though. Maybe @Sharla might have more insight? Yep, resident discount. I have no idea the cruises Royal decides to give them on, but it seems like 2022 doesn't really have them right now. As with any reprice the resident discount could make the price go down, but it's at prevailing rates so the overall cruise care could also rise, I don't know how their algorithms work. cruiserccl and Chadster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserccl Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Thanks everyone! At first I thought it had something to do with the state or website. So for this Dec cruise I received a discount and I'm Canadian and I put Canada and the province when booking. So I thought, perhaps I should try the Canadian website, and it provides it as well. So, I thought it must be offered in NY since my cruise is out of Cape Liberty. But then I tried another cruise in 2022 departing from Cape Liberty and it didn't offer it. So, perhaps it is just offered whenever Royal wants to offer. I'm new so I couldn't understand why I got the discount for one cruise and not the other. I'll keep checking for my 2022 cruise, it may come up again. Thanks again...I couldn't figure it out. I guess Royal just offers it whenever they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Honestly you could check prices every day and find different pricing and discounts over 50% of the time! Once I book a cruise that is pretty much what I do…I figure the 5 or so minutes it takes me to check prices is worth what I most likely will end up saving! Of course once you have hit your best price (which you really never know when that is) then the checking gets a bit tiring. But…you will never know unless you check! Baked Alaska, cruiserccl and Neesa 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 3 hours ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said: Honestly you could check prices every day and find different pricing and discounts over 50% of the time! Once I book a cruise that is pretty much what I do…I figure the 5 or so minutes it takes me to check prices is worth what I most likely will end up saving! Of course once you have hit your best price (which you really never know when that is) then the checking gets a bit tiring. But…you will never know unless you check! I go through the cruise booking exercise about once a week until final payment date. We have back to back cruises booked in 2022 and the price dropped on both cruises. We realized a combined $3600 savings from the original bookings. I called RCCL and the cost of the cruises were adjusted and the balance we owed reduced. Of interest we were given a NRD on cruise 1 and a NRD on cruise 2 when I called last week, but not on the original booking. We never pay off the balance of a cruise until a few days before it's payment due date. If we had paid the balance off, the price drop would have given to us in the form of onboard credit. In that case we would have to make on board purchases we would normally not make to use it up. I have read on the RCCL FAQ OBC's not used are lost. cruiserccl and PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserccl Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 5 hours ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said: Honestly you could check prices every day and find different pricing and discounts over 50% of the time! Once I book a cruise that is pretty much what I do…I figure the 5 or so minutes it takes me to check prices is worth what I most likely will end up saving! Of course once you have hit your best price (which you really never know when that is) then the checking gets a bit tiring. But…you will never know unless you check! I guess I just need to get used to checking constantly for pricing. The Resident NRD was such a good discount so I'm trying to figure out what is the requirement to get it. It sounds like it's offered in some promotions and not others. I thought it was more a discount than a promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 I don’t think Royal advertises when they give resident discounts…which states…for how many days it’s offered. At least when I got it I had no clue it was part of a sale! It’s like a catch it if you can…and lucky you if you do! cruiserccl and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 10 hours ago, cruiserccl said: But then I tried another cruise in 2022 departing from Cape Liberty and it didn't offer it. So, perhaps it is just offered whenever Royal wants to offer. I'm new so I couldn't understand why I got the discount for one cruise and not the other. I'll keep checking for my 2022 cruise, it may come up again. The discounts might not be offered on popular weeks and they can change based on other factors. cruiserccl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmdaisy Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 10/27/2021 at 9:06 AM, PPPJJ-GCVAB said: Honestly you could check prices every day and find different pricing and discounts over 50% of the time! Once I book a cruise that is pretty much what I do…I figure the 5 or so minutes it takes me to check prices is worth what I most likely will end up saving! Of course once you have hit your best price (which you really never know when that is) then the checking gets a bit tiring. But…you will never know unless you check! You are so correct! I thought I had hit my max of $900.00 savings since April of 2021 through today. I called this morning and thought they were going to tell me again that I had the best price, but low and behold, I got a $50 OBC. I was happy to get it:). Our cruise is Transatlantic in May 2022 and I have the best deal ever! Two people, Balcony (unobstructed), a total of $200.00 OBC 11 day cruise for a total of $2400.00. That has all tax and gratuities included. That comes out to $1,200 per person for 11 days from Jersery and landing in London. Seeing France and Portugal in between.....SWEEEET! Now lets just hope they don't cancel:(. They added the Resident credit to mine when I called on Black Friday. They usually add it when they have the $300-$500 savings posted. That is how they get the credit to you, They use a resident credit. That sale is on today so if you have a cruise booked with the credit, call and see if you can get it. Good luck PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppwave Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 We are booking two rooms, but we are only getting the discount on one of the rooms. It’s a good chunk of change, and I can’t find an explanation on the RC site about why the second room doesn’t count. Does anyone know if it is limited to one room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 58 minutes ago, Peppwavew said: We are booking two rooms, but we are only getting the discount on one of the rooms. It’s a good chunk of change, and I can’t find an explanation on the RC site about why the second room doesn’t count. Does anyone know if it is limited to one room? There has to be someone eligible for the discount in each cabin you are booking. Cactus527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppwave Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: There has to be someone eligible for the discount in each cabin you are booking. We have people eligible in each room, but the web site won’t apply the discount to any room other than the first room. We’re going to call for changes anyway, so we’ll confirm with RC. But the web site won’t apply the discount to any additional rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 12 minutes ago, Peppwavew said: We have people eligible in each room, but the web site won’t apply the discount to any room other than the first room. We’re going to call for changes anyway, so we’ll confirm with RC. But the web site won’t apply the discount to any additional rooms. Could be they're combining multiple discounts into that one line and both rooms aren't eligible for all the discounts? Try mock booking the 2nd room independent of the first to see if they may be the case. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppwave Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 41 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: Could be they're combining multiple discounts into that one line and both rooms aren't eligible for all the discounts? Try mock booking the 2nd room independent of the first to see if they may be the case. We’re going to call about changing rooms anyway, so we’ll ask about it then. If they can’t do anything, we’ll just make separate reservations to ensure the discount. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Peppwave said: We’re going to call about changing rooms anyway, so we’ll ask about it then. If they can’t do anything, we’ll just make separate reservations to ensure the discount. How did you make out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppwave Posted November 29, 2022 Report Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 4:51 PM, PPPJJ-GCVAB said: How did you make out? On 11/27/2022 at 10:32 AM, Peppwave said: We’re going to call about changing rooms anyway, so we’ll ask about it then. If they can’t do anything, we’ll just make separate reservations to ensure the discount. First, we called and it all worked out just fine. But for those who want to get the Resident discount on multiple rooms, you have to apply the discount at the beginning of each room selection process. I thought I only needed to list my state when I was first starting my search, but you need to check for discounts on each room you at reserving. PPPJJ-GCVAB and Pattycruise 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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