Special Consideration for 50 - 60 Cabins Booking??

Hello all,

With my 60th Natal Anniversary in a few years, I thought it would be
great to book RSSC or SD for a big party... that would be up to 60
cabins pending on which ship was where during the time of the
celebration.

My question is, with this many cabins booked, will the lines consider
such things as including one spa treatment for each guest, all land
tours without charge as part of the deal, special cooking and wine
classes or is this something which would be pressed for hard or easy
negotiations?

Other than chartering out the whole ship on the smallest SD's, is
there any leverage do you think? Again, as in my previous posts, it
would be on ships which hold no more than 750 passengers and
preferably all-inclusives (tip, alcohol etc.).

TIA for your thoughts and input.

Bo1953 a/k/a Samuel

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:35 -0800 (PST), Bo1953
wrote:

My question is, with this many cabins booked, will the lines consider
such things as including one spa treatment for each guest, all land
tours without charge as part of the deal, special cooking and wine
classes or is this something which would be pressed for hard or easy
negotiations?

Hi Samuel,

All of the luxury cruise lines will negotiate a Group Contract. The
amenities and pricing are part of the negotiation. Your travel agent
should be able to negotiate this contract for you. 60 cabins on a
small luxury ship is a strong negotiating position for you especially
if you are not requesting a sailing that they expect to be
particularly strong.
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Bo1953 wrote On 11/13/2009 1:35 PM:
Hello all,

With my 60th Natal Anniversary in a few years, I thought it would be
great to book RSSC or SD for a big party... that would be up to 60
cabins pending on which ship was where during the time of the
celebration.

My question is, with this many cabins booked, will the lines consider
such things as including one spa treatment for each guest, all land
tours without charge as part of the deal, special cooking and wine
classes or is this something which would be pressed for hard or easy
negotiations?

Other than chartering out the whole ship on the smallest SD's, is
there any leverage do you think? Again, as in my previous posts, it
would be on ships which hold no more than 750 passengers and
preferably all-inclusives (tip, alcohol etc.).

TIA for your thoughts and input.

Bo1953 a/k/a Samuel

I would check with a cruise specialist TA with lots of large group
booking experience.

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