SofieOnHoliday Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 We have a GTY Oceanview balcony in category 4D for a cruise in 28 days. We haven't been assigned our room yet, but when I do a dummy booking, only one cabin shows available in that category. Should I be worried that we'll get bumped from our cruise or are there more rooms actually available than what is showing? Am I overthinking this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan79 Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Bumping people from a cruise is very very rare. You are forgetting that your GTY is for a minimum category of 4D, not an absolute. And yes, RC is widely known to not publish every single cabin that is available. There is a 99.99% chance you will be OK. Don’t sweat it. Neesa and RCIfan1912 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofieOnHoliday Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLH Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 There have been many reports of over booking lately on Rc ships. I am sailing on Allure May 14th and that sailing has been notified of an ove booking situation and re booking options. RCIfan1912 and RafaellaCG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan79 Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 When an overbooking does happen, only a very very very small percentage of the booked passengers are actually affected. Maybe a few dozen versus a ship capacity of 5,500. I’ll take those odds. When you factor in the hundreds of cruises each year that have zero issues with overbooking….your odds of actually being impacted are microscopic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofieOnHoliday Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 3 hours ago, MLH said: There have been many reports of over booking lately on Rc ships. I am sailing on Allure May 14th and that sailing has been notified of an ove booking situation and re booking options. This is my fear. We got such a good deal, I'm worried they'll cancel us first of needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverk Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 27 minutes ago, SofieOnHoliday said: This is my fear. We got such a good deal, I'm worried they'll cancel us first of needed. It's my understanding that they solicit volunteers first. So far there have been way more volunteers than necessary, so it is extremely unlikely you'll be bumped involuntarily. For comparison, I booked a GTY on Navigator 3 months ago. It showed zero cabins for selection when I booked and cabins never appeared. However, I was assigned a cabin 2 weeks ago, so no worries. Cactus527 and Ryan79 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 2 hours ago, SofieOnHoliday said: This is my fear. We got such a good deal, I'm worried they'll cancel us first of needed. Please don't stress. As mentioned above, the chances of you being forced to cancel are almost zero. Ryan79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScooterScott22 Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 22 hours ago, SofieOnHoliday said: but when I do a dummy booking, only one cabin shows available in that category. Be aware that dummy bookings or people shopping an itinerary will impact visible cabin inventory. The website will hold back a cabin for a time period if someone was in the middle of booking but did not complete. Think it as the cabin has to be “re-shelved” for display. The only way to know exactly how many rooms are open is talking with a travel agent or Royal. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 29 minutes ago, ScooterScott22 said: Be aware that dummy bookings or people shopping an itinerary will impact visible cabin inventory. The website will hold back a cabin for a time period if someone was in the middle of booking but did not complete. Think it as the cabin has to be “re-shelved” for display. The only way to know exactly how many rooms are open is talking with a travel agent or Royal. TA's can also place cabins on hold for 7 days or even longer. For example, my TA currently has a cabin on hold for me for 11 days because as I was getting close to the final decision, he was about to go on vacation for 5 days. He was willing to book it for me while on his vacation but since he was able to get an extended hold, we decided to just take care of it when he returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 33 minutes ago, ScooterScott22 said: Be aware that dummy bookings or people shopping an itinerary will impact visible cabin inventory. The website will hold back a cabin for a time period if someone was in the middle of booking but did not complete. Think it as the cabin has to be “re-shelved” for display. The only way to know exactly how many rooms are open is talking with a travel agent or Royal. ...BTW, when a cabin is temporarily out of inventory due to the "looking" process you described above, neither a TA nor Royal will be able to see it either. The only way to see that cabin that is temporarily out of inventory is for it to go back INto inventory and that takes a few minutes (usually 7-10 minutes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 Also keep in mind the public website doesn't display all inventory. I was able to change cabins recently through an agency while the Royal website didn't offer the cruise as it was "sold out". For someone booked direct trying to change cabins they would have probably thought there is nothing available, yet there was. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus527 Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 22 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: TA's can also place cabins on hold for 7 days or even longer. For example, my TA currently has a cabin on hold for me for 11 days because as I was getting close to the final decision, he was about to go on vacation for 5 days. He was willing to book it for me while on his vacation but since he was able to get an extended hold, we decided to just take care of it when he returns. I wonder if you and I have the same MEI travel agent, as mine too is on vacation during this same stretch... WAAAYTOOO and OCSC Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Cactus527 said: I wonder if you and I have the same MEI travel agent, as mine too is on vacation during this same stretch... Possibly. This would actually be my first time using him (that narrows it down). I reached out to him almost a year ago after reading good things here and he was very helpful but we ended up not being able to book that cruise. 10 months later, he was happy to look up some stuff for me. I've almost always just booked myself, using last minute deals or GGG sales since we live an hour from PC and are flexible at certain times of year but now that prices are crazy I decided to explore other options and he had a much better price for this particular cruise than I could get myself. Cactus527 and teddy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 You will not get your cruise canceled. If there is really an overbooking situation they will offer passengers incentives to rebook. They always have volunteers if this happens. Plus there are always last minute cancelations. Not to worry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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