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SGC2006 Questions and Rates ??
Good Morning All ......
Like the song says ..... "Everybody is Right and Nobody is Wrong". First, the SGC Group Rates as posted on Jean's site are correct and they do include "Port Charges" but they do not include "Government Taxes and Fees". Those fees were recently reduced to $91.78 per person. New statements will be going out to reflect this. Second, the SGC rates are still lower than any rates available to the general public. See below for an exception to this. Third, rates shown on the Princess Web Site, the official one, do include Port Charges but do not include Taxes. Fourth, This exception caught me by surprise the other day and got me real excited also and I called to lower everybodys rate. Then the kind lady slowly explained the source of my confusion. Actually, she tried to lower the rate on that booking and had to ask her why the computer woould not let her do it. When you call up a sailing on their site it will ask you for your Air City. This will then give you the best rate applicable to you, including any geographical promotional prices. That is what happened. Princess is one of the few lines that still does regional offers and it does cause some confusion at times. We can all remember when Forida residents used to get huge price breaks, same sort of thing. As time permits I am going through each persons booking and checking to see if there is a regional price promotion that can be taken advantage of. If so that person is rebooked at the lower rate. No problem. No worries. Any questions .... just give me a call or send an E-Mail ..... Cal Ford 800-511-4417 |
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Cal Ford wrote: First, the SGC Group Rates as posted on Jean's site are correct and they do include "Port Charges" but they do not include "Government Taxes and Fees". Those fees were recently reduced to $91.78 per person. New statements will be going out to reflect this. Thanks Cal! I like the reduction in fees! sue |
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"sheree" wrote in message ... thanks Cal. so that could be why everyboysmomma is seeing lower prices maybe? i can hope but doubt they'll do a regional pricing schedule for the northeast!! This is probably the logic... When ships leave from Florida, they offer discounts to people in Florida. When ships leave from the North East, the only reason to put ships up here is to make more money than if the ships left from Florida... so they charge locals here higher pricing. --Tom |
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"sheree" wrote in message ... thanks Cal. so that could be why everyboysmomma is seeing lower prices maybe? i can hope but doubt they'll do a regional pricing schedule for the northeast!! -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 Hi Sheree I entered my Maine zip code, so maybe you will be happily surprised after all! Again, my apologies for causing any upheaval here. That was not my intent at all, and I understand that sometimes you "get what you paid for" and sometimes, especially with groups, you get much more. By shopping around we have been able to take 3 or 4 vacations a year instead of only 2. Not all of them are cruises, but any vacation where I am not chief cook and pot washer is fine by me! Momma |
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i don't disagree. and i went online to princess lat night to check. the
balcony cabin bc is over $300 pp more than we're paying. The 1099 is for a cat L which i don't think we priced. make sure you've comparing apples to apple and if you want the L i'm sure cal can get that for you group priced less than the website. while maine is the northeast, i'm thinking nj/ny aren't getting the special pricign! where in maine are you? my husband was born and raised in bangor, my fil was born in Island Falls and we head up to millinocket almost yearly -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 "Everyboysmomma" wrote in message ... "sheree" wrote in message ... thanks Cal. so that could be why everyboysmomma is seeing lower prices maybe? i can hope but doubt they'll do a regional pricing schedule for the northeast!! -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 Hi Sheree I entered my Maine zip code, so maybe you will be happily surprised after all! Again, my apologies for causing any upheaval here. That was not my intent at all, and I understand that sometimes you "get what you paid for" and sometimes, especially with groups, you get much more. By shopping around we have been able to take 3 or 4 vacations a year instead of only 2. Not all of them are cruises, but any vacation where I am not chief cook and pot washer is fine by me! Momma |
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"sheree" wrote in message ... i don't disagree. and i went online to princess lat night to check. the balcony cabin bc is over $300 pp more than we're paying. The 1099 is for a cat L which i don't think we priced. make sure you've comparing apples to apple and if you want the L i'm sure cal can get that for you group priced less than the website. while maine is the northeast, i'm thinking nj/ny aren't getting the special pricign! where in maine are you? my husband was born and raised in bangor, my fil was born in Island Falls and we head up to millinocket almost yearly -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 We are in Cape Elizabeth, just south of Portland, on the coast. Have you tried sailing out of NY or NJ yet? We took the Jewel OTS out of Boston in October and it was such a treat to not have to fly to get to the ship! I hope that more ships sail out of Boston soon. I know NCL does but I was totally not impressed with them when we took them to Hawaii. Momma |
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we;ve sailed from nyc twice. we're in nj now.
great not having to fly call or email cal with wht you're looking at. i know pricing is much better -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 "Everyboysmomma" wrote in message ... "sheree" wrote in message ... i don't disagree. and i went online to princess lat night to check. the balcony cabin bc is over $300 pp more than we're paying. The 1099 is for a cat L which i don't think we priced. make sure you've comparing apples to apple and if you want the L i'm sure cal can get that for you group priced less than the website. while maine is the northeast, i'm thinking nj/ny aren't getting the special pricign! where in maine are you? my husband was born and raised in bangor, my fil was born in Island Falls and we head up to millinocket almost yearly -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 We are in Cape Elizabeth, just south of Portland, on the coast. Have you tried sailing out of NY or NJ yet? We took the Jewel OTS out of Boston in October and it was such a treat to not have to fly to get to the ship! I hope that more ships sail out of Boston soon. I know NCL does but I was totally not impressed with them when we took them to Hawaii. Momma |
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sheree wrote:
thanks Cal. so that could be why everyboysmomma is seeing lower prices maybe? i can hope but doubt they'll do a regional pricing schedule for the northeast!! Also like everyboysmomma I am not trying to start any trouble. I only checked one website and found the prices lower also. All the prices on the website I checked included all the port charges and govt taxes. The amount you saved varied depending on the category you book. Of course with the perks from the group it probably all evens out in the end. Bill -- Visit my Caribbean Princess website: www.cruisingthecaribbeanprincess.com |
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i went to cruises411, travelocity, expedia and princess. for any of the
outside and balcony cabins they were more than e're paying remember, not all cats are listed and maybe the lower priced insides aren't listed on our web page believe me, i look at the bottom line as well!! -- Sheree Crown Princess 8/25/06 "Bill C" wrote in message news:qtlQf.44$o41.5@trnddc06... sheree wrote: thanks Cal. so that could be why everyboysmomma is seeing lower prices maybe? i can hope but doubt they'll do a regional pricing schedule for the northeast!! Also like everyboysmomma I am not trying to start any trouble. I only checked one website and found the prices lower also. All the prices on the website I checked included all the port charges and govt taxes. The amount you saved varied depending on the category you book. Of course with the perks from the group it probably all evens out in the end. Bill -- Visit my Caribbean Princess website: www.cruisingthecaribbeanprincess.com |
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