El Cheapo Cruises Thread

[arxcards]

4 hours ago, Nang said:

The Boss and I are booked to NZ mid March on the Pacific Explorer and friends are keen to jump on board with us. The current deal is pretty good (base fare $1374pp inside guarantee with $150 OBC) but they were hoping for another flash sale in the next few weeks. Do these sales come thick and fast or will they have likely missed the boat?

Over the past year, P&O has had around 20 "flash" sales. It has been a bit of a running joke here.

[B'Elanna]

6 hours ago, Bowm54 said:

Received this offer today, based on twin share, $500 obc with balcony cabin.

That is excellent. I booked mine this morning and no where as good as yours.

[lyndarra]

I thought I got a good price,  (although not what one would necessarily call cheap) on my recent, first cruise, Sydney/Singapore . 16 days, OV DD, large ocean view AUD5698 (AUD2849 pp) including return flights. A sweetener was USD200 obc. Imagine my surprise when about four days from end of cruise I discovered the obc was per person not cabin! The OBC covered our Benoa and Lombok excursions. Yay! I checked  TA correspondence and could not find anything that mentioned anything about OBC being PP.

[Aus Traveller]

My TA has alerted me to some specials on the Pacific Encounter (25th April to PNG and 7th June also). The 25th April one is $600 pp for 10 days in an obstructed ocean view cabin, twin share. There are several specials on P&O cruises out of Sydney. I didn't go into detail on these because for us it would entail flights plus transfers.

[arxcards]

Luminosa keeps on giving. This might be a selective promo, and includes past cruiser discount. It is also showing as $198 solo with $250 OBC.

 

[By The Bay]

12 hours ago, arxcards said:

Luminosa keeps on giving. This might be a selective promo, and includes past cruiser discount. It is also showing as $198 solo with $250 OBC.

 

Paying you to cruise! I like that.👍😎🏝️

[B'Elanna]

18 hours ago, arxcards said:

This might be a selective promo, and includes past cruiser discount. It is also showing as $198 solo with $250 OBC.

 

I've heard so much about this special, but it's not coming up for me...

 

Has anyone tried calling Carnival and to get this special price?  I had already booked the 7-nighter on the 5th and can't do the following one. I usually do everything online if I can, but maybe 'next time', calling would be better?

[highflier01]

6 minutes ago, B'Elanna said:

I've heard so much about this special, but it's not coming up for me...

 

Has anyone tried calling Carnival and to get this special price?  I had already booked the 7-nighter on the 5th and can't do the following one. I usually do everything online if I can, but maybe 'next time', calling would be better?

Checking multiple times per day online for offers has worked twice for us. You have to be quick though, these offers are not there for long.

Edited January 30, 2023 by highflier01

[icat2000]

14 minutes ago, B'Elanna said:

I've heard so much about this special, but it's not coming up for me...

 

Has anyone tried calling Carnival and to get this special price?  I had already booked the 7-nighter on the 5th and can't do the following one. I usually do everything online if I can, but maybe 'next time', calling would be better?

Not coming up for me. Must be targeting certain people only.

[SinbadThePorter]

15 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

Not coming up for me. Must be targeting certain people only.

 

It's a lottery and only Carnival knows the rules.

[buchhalm]

I envy people who can jump on ships at moment's notice or book years in advance....

[MMDown Under]

17 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

Not coming up for me. Must be targeting certain people only.

Yes exclusive email offer for their best past guests for an inside cabin for 5th and 12th February, until 31st January.. 

[mum and son]

I didn't get an email but I logged in and the offer was there. I could get a balcony on either of the 2 sailings mentioned above for 7 nights for $187, solo cabin, including $500obc. 

 

My deal has disappeared now and is twice that price.

[MMDown Under]

1 hour ago, mum and son said:

I didn't get an email but I logged in and the offer was there. I could get a balcony on either of the 2 sailings mentioned above for 7 nights for $187, solo cabin, including $500obc. 

 

My deal has disappeared now and is twice that price.

Now that was an excellent deal. 

[arxcards]

6 hours ago, B'Elanna said:

I've heard so much about this special, but it's not coming up for me...

 

Has anyone tried calling Carnival and to get this special price?  I had already booked the 7-nighter on the 5th and can't do the following one. I usually do everything online if I can, but maybe 'next time', calling would be better?

That is worth a shot. We have friends who have never cruised with Carnival, who were able to book that cruise over the phone for an extra $50pp. The promo code is "QLF" and I believe it ends on 31st Jan.

[mum and son]

The Carnival deals are back out today with dates through to April. I was almost tempted to get onboard tomorrow for $97 with $250 OBC but, alas, I have to work. Sale code showing under my VIFP is QLF. Out of 5 family members who have sailed on the Luminosa since December, two of us had the QLF offer code. Neither of us spent even $1 in the casino onboard.

 

Also some amazing Pacific and 10+ day NZ deals out of Sydney this time around too.

 

I did book for the 2nd April, which was a little more costly due to it being school holidays and over Good Friday holiday etc, but my sister works in a school so the timing was perfect for us. We paid $370ish pp with $250 OBC pp in a balcony cabin for 7 days to the pacific islands. March dates were much cheaper. Solo cabins were the same price pp. 

 

FYI - I did receive a deal email today but it didn't show these super cheap offers, but it did prompt me to log into my account and the deals were quietly sitting in there waiting for me.

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by mum and son

[cheznandy]

11 minutes ago, mum and son said:

The Carnival deals are back out today with dates through to April. I was almost tempted to get onboard tomorrow for $97 with $250 OBC but, alas, I have to work. Sale code showing under my VIFP is QLF. Out of 5 family members who have sailed on the Luminosa since December, two of us had the QLF offer code. Neither of us spent even $1 in the casino onboard.

 

Also some amazing Pacific and 10+ day NZ deals out of Sydney this time around too.

 

I did book for the 2nd April, which was a little more costly due to it being school holidays and over Good Friday holiday etc, but my sister works in a school so the timing was perfect for us. We paid $370ish pp with $250 OBC pp in a balcony cabin for 7 days to the pacific islands. March dates were much cheaper. Solo cabins were the same price pp. 

 

FYI - I did receive a deal email today but it didn't show these super cheap offers, but it did prompt me to log into my account and the deals were quietly sitting in there waiting for me.

 

Good for you, glad you found some good prices this time. I also logged in today and saw the cheap fares, but no holiday leave left for us for a while.

We are on Luminosa in 4 weeks for a 3 nighter, got a balcony for about $150 I think. Looking forward to checking the ship out and being back on Carnival

[mum and son]

2 minutes ago, cheznandy said:

Good for you, glad you found some good prices this time. I also logged in today and saw the cheap fares, but no holiday leave left for us for a while.

We are on Luminosa in 4 weeks for a 3 nighter, got a balcony for about $150 I think. Looking forward to checking the ship out and being back on Carnival

Thanks so much. While my two January cruises would have been considered cheap by normal standards ($100pp/per day in a Suite) it IS nice to be offered some of these crackers. Who knows when we may next see cruises this cheap again so I was determined to grab one!?!

[icat2000]

I got the email last night. But I'm working. Plus flights are too expensive up to Brisbane. If I was local. I would have been on them.

[icat2000]

Looks like RCL have decided if they going to get bums on board out Brisbane they have to Super El Cheapo like Carnival.

 

[icat2000]

Also this is a good price for Curnard out of Melborne return. IF interior cabin pp then looks like price jumps up.

 

[Hogbay]

On 2/2/2023 at 8:35 AM, icat2000 said:

Looks like RCL have decided if they going to get bums on board out Brisbane they have to Super El Cheapo like Carnival.

 

Did yoy make a booking.? I'm  trying to book quantum for 15th and the great price is not there when going through all the steps price has gone right up ?  AND royal crashed this morning. Now on hold trying to book .

[icat2000]

5 hours ago, Hogbay said:

Did yoy make a booking.? I'm  trying to book quantum for 15th and the great price is not there when going through all the steps price has gone right up ?  AND royal crashed this morning. Now on hold trying to book .

Nah. Cruising with Princess for 21 days in March. Plus flights from Melbourne are not cheap.

[Bpos]

Great bargain for Azamara Quest 19 Feb 2023 sailing from Fremantle - considering what you get plus the "small ship experience".  Worth a look if anyone call travel at short notice from WA.  I jumped on it as it was too good  to pass up.

[icat2000]

I just got this email if anyone interested.

 

Why Azamara?
Smaller Ships (only 700 Guests), Longer Stays in Port, Beverages Included, Casual Sophistication, Drastically Reduced Fare for Europe 2023!!!

7 Night Italian Riveria from $1078 pp twin share
8 Night Greek Islands from $1571 pp twin share
7 Night Amalfi Coast from $1166 pp twin share
7 Night Croatian Coast from $1259 pp twin share
12 Night Black Sea Voyage from $2219 pp twin share
12 Night Mediterranean Intensive from $2585 pp twin share