1 week deal on Princess Cruises!

Hi,

I'm not a big cruiser myself (I'm a landlubber, put my at Sandals Negril
and I'm HAPPY!) but I've got a special 1 week sale on Princess Cruises
this week!

What does this mean for you?

I can offer you a reduced deposit rate of $100 if you book during
September 22-29th!

Keep in mind 2009 sailing require a deposit of 20% of the cruise fare.

Each cabin also receives up to 2 Coupon Booklets with $120 of onboard
savings.

So if you've been sitting on the edge deciding whether or not to go NOW
may be the time to make the decision.


--

Hackamore
http://www.hackamore.com
http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:35:10 -0500, wrote:

I can offer you a reduced deposit rate of $100 if you book during
September 22-29th!
....
Each cabin also receives up to 2 Coupon Booklets with $120 of onboard
savings.


big
****ing
deal

AZ Nomad wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:35:10 -0500, wrote:

I can offer you a reduced deposit rate of $100 if you book during
September 22-29th!
...
Each cabin also receives up to 2 Coupon Booklets with $120 of onboard
savings.


big
****ing
deal


Hi,

now that you've shown you lack of a vocabulary wait until january and
fork out 20% deposit.

there are 2 basic strategies for getting good deals on travel.

plan ahead and take the sales, promotions, etc that apply on your chosen
trip....

or

wait until the last minute and take what you can get.

I've gotten good deals both ways... for example last fall break wife and
I wanted to go to Jamaica... but didn't book far enough in advance and
EVERY seat to Jamaica on the required dates were booked...

so we went to Miami...

Miami was nice and all...

but it wasn't Couples Negril!

--

Hackamore
http://www.hackamore.com
http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:32:43 -0500, Hackamore wrote:
AZ Nomad wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:35:10 -0500, wrote:

I can offer you a reduced deposit rate of $100 if you book during
September 22-29th!
...
Each cabin also receives up to 2 Coupon Booklets with $120 of onboard
savings.


big
****ing
deal


Hi,

now that you've shown you lack of a vocabulary wait until january and
fork out 20% deposit.

More words would be wasted on you, spammer.

"Hackamore" wrote


now that you've shown you lack of a vocabulary wait until january and fork
out 20% deposit.



Is 20% really that much of a difference from the average $250pp deposits
most cruise lines currently have?

I'm not sure about everyone else, but the Princess cruises I've taken have
been under $1000 per person, so really, the deposit will be LESS than what
the deposits are now.

And those fabulous (sarcasm) coupon books are a joke. Princess has better
books than most lines, but that isn't saying much. I've used the buy 1 get 1
free martini coupon and maybe a match play for the casino, but none of the
others. I personally think it's ok to use a coupon at the grocery store, but
it embarrasses me a little to use one on a ship. It smacks of CHEAP! And
although I'm cheap in general, I'm not when I cruise. So a 10% off photo
coupon is useless to me (not that I buy ship photos anyway). Unless it's
onboard credit the "perks" never influence my decision on when or what to
book.

But then I'm probably a far cry from the average cruiser. I rarely book a
cruise more than a month out (and that's pushing it) Normally within 2 weeks
of sailing I'll book. And in a couple cases it was less than a week.

LES!

wrote in message
...

Hi,

I'm not a big cruiser myself (I'm a landlubber, put my at Sandals Negril
and I'm HAPPY!) but I've got a special 1 week sale on Princess Cruises
this week!


Advertising is not permitted by Charter.

--Tom

You know very well advertising by ta's is not permitted by Charter. I see
no indiciation the OP is one.



"Tom K" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...

Hi,

I'm not a big cruiser myself (I'm a landlubber, put my at Sandals Negril
and I'm HAPPY!) but I've got a special 1 week sale on Princess Cruises
this week!


Advertising is not permitted by Charter.

--Tom

But then I'm probably a far cry from the average cruiser. I rarely book
a cruise more than a month out (and that's pushing it) Normally within 2
weeks of sailing I'll book. And in a couple cases it was less than a week.

Hi,

exactly... you're an experienced cruiser, probably have a favorite line
and are in their "VIP" club so you get discounts and little extras.

Even before I was in the trade Couples (AI Resort) treated me really
well as a repeat customer. BeachFront Suite Upgrades from Garden
Standard, spa credit, waiting iced Champagne, etc.

My "regular" places in Paris and Amsterdam gave me little extra perks
too (the oddest was in Amsterdam where they gave me a key to the
elevator... they wanted to discourage people using it to go to/from the
ground floor... but for me...)

I'm sure your favorite cruise line is similar... they want to keep that
repeat customer.

I've done the last minute deal to Europe several times... but I've had
my passport for 40 years so that wasn't a hangup. (closest was book
monday morning leave wed to amsterdam)

but we both have to admit we're not the "typical" traveler.

most people have to fit their vacation type travel around their kids
school and their work schedule... so they HAVE to plan ahead... if they
wait until a week before spring break they'll find everybody else has
already booked the better destinations/cruises/whatever.



--

Hackamore
http://www.hackamore.com
http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com

[Default] Thus spake "Babie" :


"Hackamore" wrote


now that you've shown you lack of a vocabulary wait until january and fork
out 20% deposit.



Is 20% really that much of a difference from the average $250pp deposits
most cruise lines currently have?

$250 would be a $1250 pp price at 20%. So 20% MIGHT be a little more.

But I'll bet we see deposits start to creep up on all the lines. DCL's
"deposit" on their Cat1-3 suites are non refundable.

"Babie" wrote in message
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But just think of all the terrific coupon deals you'll be missing.