Morganno Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Just looking at May June 2023 and May June 2024. Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 28 MAY 2023 £459 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 11 JUNE 2023 £519 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 25 JUNE 2023 £549 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 25 MAY 2024 £864 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 15 JUNE 2024 £936 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 29 JUNE 2024 £906 I think i'll wait until March 2024 to book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustfsu Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Morganno said: Just looking at May June 2023 and May June 2024. Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 28 MAY 2023 £459 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 11 JUNE 2023 £519 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 25 JUNE 2023 £549 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 25 MAY 2024 £864 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 15 JUNE 2024 £936 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 29 JUNE 2024 £906 I think i'll wait until March 2024 to book If they have cabin's still open on those sailings. Hopefully it holds up and you get lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeler825 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 But then your rates for airfare and any pre cruise hotel are sky high CruiseGus, Carlos A. and USFFrank 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 3 hours ago, Morganno said: Just looking at May June 2023 and May June 2024. Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 28 MAY 2023 £459 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 11 JUNE 2023 £519 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 25 JUNE 2023 £549 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 25 MAY 2024 £864 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 15 JUNE 2024 £936 Ravenna - greek isles 7 nights 29 JUNE 2024 £906 I think i'll wait until March 2024 to book OR... Book now and watch for price drops between now and final payment. FireFishII, teddy, Cactus527 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Prices can be very dynamic. There are a lot of factors that can change quickly. I’m still a believer in the book early process. By early I mean as soon as the itinerary you want comes out. Personal prejudices lead me to this belief as we’ve never had a price drop in the cruises we’ve booked this way. To be fair, we have booked two cruises within six months at great rates, but we were booking Inside cabins and choices were extremely limited. Neesa, CruiseGus, Linda R and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 IDK. I look for last minute cruises all the time since we can drive. I was just looking today for this May, and I'm either not finding the cabins i want or prices are through the roof. Even looking at cabins i wouldn't normally consider gave me sticker shock. Neesa and Rackham 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBrady Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 It's been posted before, but this link is updated fairly frequently with Last Minute cruise deals - https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Multi_Dest/Special_Offers/rci_sales_event_USD.pdf Morganno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, SweetPea said: IDK. I look for last minute cruises all the time since we can drive. I was just looking today for this May, and I'm either not finding the cabins i want or prices are through the roof. Even looking at cabins i wouldn't normally consider gave me sticker shock. Have you looked here? https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Multi_Dest/Special_Offers/rci_sales_event_USD.pdf Morganno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.s Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 On 3/10/2023 at 2:59 PM, HeWhoWaits said: OR... Book now and watch for price drops between now and final payment. Not sure that's an option in Belgium, certainly isn't in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSUFAN Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 On 3/10/2023 at 9:03 AM, teddy said: Prices can be very dynamic. There are a lot of factors that can change quickly. I’m still a believer in the book early process. By early I mean as soon as the itinerary you want comes out. Personal prejudices lead me to this belief as we’ve never had a price drop in the cruises we’ve booked this way. To be fair, we have booked two cruises within six months at great rates, but we were booking Inside cabins and choices were extremely limited. Vote for early here. I've booked 3 trips since the fall last year. We booked our upcoming June Alaska trip on the Quantum more than a year ago. Prices have done nothing but go up. I think once it fluctuated to about $10 below what we booked at and then rose up steadily and is now $1K more than what we paid and that is for an obstructed balcony view (we are much higher up on decks 8 and 9 with our group). I booked with HAL for a Norway Fjords cruise and the same thing. Higher prices now and the package we got has not been replicated since. It was their "best sale ever" and was like their Have It All (HIA) on steroids with several extras in addition to their regular HIA package. I check most every day on the pricing and have several price trackers watching as well. But the price has not come down for any of our sailings. I wish there was a price tracker for add-ons like the DBP. I check the pricing nearly every day and it is still out of reach for Mrs Fan. I could do it easily, but she would never break even. I wish they sold a pre-sail liquor card similar to the coffee card. I know that you can "sometimes" get them onboard, and I hope to find that to be the case on the Quantum. Not holding my breath though. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdauterive Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 On 3/10/2023 at 9:03 AM, teddy said: Personal prejudices lead me to this belief as we’ve never had a price drop in the cruises we’ve booked this way. Count me among your kind as well. I'm still waiting for my first cruise that has a lower price at any point than what I booked it for... teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacharius Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 Damn, as someone who books trips a few weeks out, I can't wrap my head around June being "last minute" haha teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Zacharius said: Damn, as someone who books trips a few weeks out, I can't wrap my head around June being "last minute" haha Lol We booked a cruise for March 2025 in March 2022. edit: I had the wrong year billdauterive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 Last minute could work if you have a casino comp, don't care about room location, and can spring a vacation out of your pocket. Every cruise I have booked past the summer of 2022 has doubled in price. OP thinks because they are seeing closed in prices that the prices for 2024 seem expensive but I can guarantee that those prices are going to be a steal when it comes to mid or late 2023. I bet if some of us could post screenshots of what the same cruise cost last year in comparison to this year, it would seem the same. The new deployment schedule was released with higher rates than previous ones and they will continue to increase. I have not been able repriced any cruises since the summer of 2022, because none have decreased in price. If you can book early; unless it's a casino comp I book at least a year in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdauterive Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 23 minutes ago, teddy said: Lol We booked a cruise for March 2024 in March 2022. The closest in I'm currently looking at is Nov 2024. Definitely done my fair share of 2+ years out bookings though. teddy and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 14 minutes ago, billdauterive said: The closest in I'm currently looking at is Nov 2024. Definitely done my fair share of 2+ years out bookings though. Oh. I screwed that up. it’s in March 2025. 8-night Southern Caribbean on Adventure billdauterive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdauterive Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 Also FYI, if you're Diamond or above and book balconies, 1+ years out gets a larger C&A balcony discount than 6+ out months, and under 6 months gets no discount. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 3 hours ago, billdauterive said: Count me among your kind as well. I'm still waiting for my first cruise that has a lower price at any point than what I booked it for... We've repriced as many cruises at a lower price as not. Clearly, YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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