Does X have "Sale" events

[monkeyinhat]

New to X. Do they have sale events like Royal has Wow Sales where you pay lower deposits and OBC? I know Royal does it a couple times a year

 

If so, any ideas when ? i.e. have they just had one, do it more than once a year, etc.

 

Want to book a long cruise , but would be nice to get lower deposit and OBC

 

TIA

[Hlitner]

We must admit to being underwhelmed by the WOW sales at RCI since that company has all kinds of prohibitions about combining credits. For example, we are stockholders and can get a stockholder credit on any cruise line, but with RCI they will usually not allow our stockholder credit with a sale fare...so in the end the final price may not be very different. With X, the good deals usually seem to be with one-day fares issued on Tuesdays....and the really great deals are with last minute bookings (inside the final payment period). It also pays to shop around among several large on-line TAs (as well as the cruise line web site) since there are often deals only available from certain TAs. On a recent Holland America booking we were able to get a $1075 on board credit from one particular TA...and this was not available from the cruise line or several other TAs.

 

Regarding X, they also sometimes offer very attractive Military rates. X has a very liberal Military eligibility policy that allows nearly any Veteran with an honorable discharge to qualify.

 

Hank

[monkeyinhat]

Wow Hank , that is an unreal amount of obc. Are you saying that Travel Agents discount the X cruises. I know Royal doesnt allow it and we have never gotten a great obc deal with travel agents bookings for Royal. They wont let us use travel agent obc and stock holder obc both.

 

I don't usually mess with Royal's wow sales either as I like the balcony discounts better and book early to get the aft cabin we want . but the 15 day cruise deposit at a reduced rate would be nice and the stern C1 is way out of my price range .

 

Do you by chance have the site or info to the one day Tuesday fares.

[derf5585]

One think we liked about the Mercury (Don't know about other X ships ((True or false)))

There was only one public address announcement during the day at noon. No "We are now having a by the inch sale in the lobby"

[CathyCruises]

X TRUE of all X ships--one anouncement a day

[Chocolate Chip Cookie]

X TRUE of all X ships--one anouncement a day

Except when you hear the announcements from neighboring "fun ships" in port! One time the girl making the announcements from a neighboring ship had the most shrill obnoxious voice and it nearly ruined my Mudslide! Thank heavens I didn't have to be subjected to a whole week of that :p

 

During our Alaska cruise they did make a few random announcements throughout the day if there were whales or other interesting wildlife sighted nearby.

[GrannyMouse]

We booked our last cruise when they had the 1/2 off on second person sale. Of course, they increased the prices before the sale but it still saved us a little.

[derf5585]

We booked our last cruise when they had the 1/2 off on second person sale. .

 

I am waiting for the 1/4 off on a forth person sale:D

 

Please explain "1/2 off on second person sale"

[Jade13]

Wow Hank , that is an unreal amount of obc. Are you saying that Travel Agents discount the X cruises. I know Royal doesnt allow it and we have never gotten a great obc deal with travel agents bookings for Royal. They wont let us use travel agent obc and stock holder obc both.

 

I don't usually mess with Royal's wow sales either as I like the balcony discounts better and book early to get the aft cabin we want . but the 15 day cruise deposit at a reduced rate would be nice and the stern C1 is way out of my price range .

 

Do you by chance have the site or info to the one day Tuesday fares.

 

His OBC was with Holland America Line ("HAL")

[GrannyMouse]

I am waiting for the 1/4 off on a forth person sale:D

 

Please explain "1/2 off on second person sale"

 

 

We paid full price for first passenger and 1/2 price for second passenger.