Stephen Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 My wife noticed an offer on the Deluxe Drinks Package that was posted on a Facebook group. This is for European sailings of 5 nights or above and represents a huge saving. The offer is only available on Live Chat and although the offer advertised has expired, Royal Caribbean have extended it. Today's price is £71.05 pppd, but if you contact Royal Caribbean on Live Chat they will add it to your outstanding balance at £40 pppd (in fact it's slightly under, as the cost per person for the 7 night sailing is £275) WAAAYTOOO, KristiZ, parkyy2k and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 25 minutes ago, Spang1974 said: In the UK they are still honouring it, with people confirming as late as this morning still receiving it. I unfortunately don't agree with sharing this promotion here or on social media as it's not available worldwide and if I was USA/Canada based I would be very upset, just my opinion. There is always going to be disparity between pricing and offers in different countries (and the UK is usually on the rough end of it). Is it fair that the drinks package today is $73.99 in the US (at current exchange rates that's £62) compared to £71.05 in the UK? On the respective US & UK homepages at this moment, in the US there's 30% off for all guests & kids sail free. In the UK we have reduced deposits & kids sail from £99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 53 minutes ago, Stephen said: There is always going to be disparity between pricing and offers in different countries (and the UK is usually on the rough end of it). Is it fair that the drinks package today is $73.99 in the US (at current exchange rates that's £62) compared to £71.05 in the UK? On the respective US & UK homepages at this moment, in the US there's 30% off for all guests & kids sail free. In the UK we have reduced deposits & kids sail from £99. Lets also not forget the most important difference....repricing!! Its only due to covid that the UK can reprice cruises now and im pretty sure this will be removed in the future to go back to how it was before! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M101 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 How do you access live chat? All I can see is phone numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 16 hours ago, M101 said: How do you access live chat? All I can see is phone numbers. It's not obvious or easy..... I think if you linger on the contact us page long enough, a live chat box will pop up on the bottom left of the screen. M101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol1961 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Has anyone actually managed to get this drinks package at £40 PPPD using live chat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, carol1961 said: Has anyone actually managed to get this drinks package at £40 PPPD using live chat ? Yes, I ordered it yesterday. It was added to my balance (although I had already paid the balance of the cruise). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol1961 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Thank you i will try in the morning fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carotthat Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Valid only for UK customers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marga Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 I spoke to them just now. Even though I am European, I booked through an American website and my booking is not eligible. So, not valid for cruises booked in/through the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIE1969 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Booked Anthem from Southampton next month.They want nearly £2000 for 2 people for 14 nights.Absolutely scandalous.Our first cruise and we get hit by this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carotthat Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 2 hours ago, Marga said: I spoke to them just now. Even though I am European, I booked through an American website and my booking is not eligible. So, not valid for cruises booked in/through the USA. Everybody of us booked through an american website??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djs68 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 3 hours ago, DAVIE1969 said: Booked Anthem from Southampton next month.They want nearly £2000 for 2 people for 14 nights.Absolutely scandalous.Our first cruise and we get hit by this. Yes this was a bit of surprise when we booked our first cruise recently, though ours is only 5 nights. Would have been nice to have known this at time of booking. I'd wait until they do a sale when the price comes to around £50pppd (or less if they offer that!). You will still pay around £1,400 for the trip though, so depends how much drinking you're planning on doing! You might find that by the end of week 1 you're not at the same pace that you were earlier in the cruise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIE1969 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Phoned them this morning.Then spoke to travel agent.Got it down to £40pppn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spang1974 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 4 hours ago, DAVIE1969 said: Booked Anthem from Southampton next month.They want nearly £2000 for 2 people for 14 nights.Absolutely scandalous.Our first cruise and we get hit by this. Our 12 night cruise is currently the same right now:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djs68 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 I can confirm that this is still be offered today in Live Chat. As I had already booked it a higher price, they refunded my money and just added it to the booking. They also changed us to MTD too. Very helpful and saved waiting on the phone for ages. KristiZ and Spang1974 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol1961 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Contacted RC chat RC have confirmed they are still doing the offer , as i have booked through a travel agent i needed to contact them they have added to my booking . It should show within 72 hours on my booking confirmation . Thank you Stephen (Author of this thread ) for sharing the info DAVIE1969, KristiZ and Stephen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carotthat Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Interesting. I called RCL Germany - they do not have access to this offer. I chatted with RCL UK - my bookings are French bookings, they don't have access to them. I called RCL France - they don't have access to my bookings as they are german bookings. Weirdo. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M101 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Big thank you to @Stephen! When I finally managed to get on chat this morning the operator was rude and completely useless. The agent refused to check the offer, quoted £360pp as that is what the system says, and would not look into this Facebook promotion at all. Genuinely a terrible experience on chat. I decided to call whilst waiting for responses from the chat agent, and the lady I spoke to immediately acknowledged the offer at £275pp and added to the booking!! The difference between the two channels was night and day. Big saving on the drinks package for our first RC Cruise on Wonder next week (29 May) from Barcelona. Thanks again Stephen for sharing!! parkyy2k, KristiZ, Stephen and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carotthat Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 @M101you're from UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M101 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 2 hours ago, Carotthat said: @M101you're from UK? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkyy2k Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Big thanks @Stephen I managed to get a drinks package for £275 KristiZ and Stephen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cilla Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 Thank you so much Stephen. I phoned RC this morning and got my drinks package for under £40 Stephen and KristiZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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