El Cheapo Cruises Thread

[NSWP]

21 hours ago, icat2000 said:

Tons of cruises with $1000 OBC out of Sydney. No matter what cabin you book with Carnival.

You could do some serious onboard drinking with that $1000 obc.  They must be having trouble filling their ships.

[B'Elanna]

On 3/8/2023 at 11:17 AM, NSWP said:

They must be having trouble filling their ships.

Maybe if they made these offers to more people, they wouldn't have that trouble. My Offers today are pitiful.....

[geoff2802]

We're looking for a PNG cruise from Brisbane in Winter 2024 and I see that P&O has a 10 nighter in June of that year on Pacific Encounter.  Current price is $1799pp each with 2 adults in a balcony room for "Value" package and $200 OBC.  I see P&O have sales all the time... do they often discount these PNG cruises or a they very popular and full price is the norm?  Does P&O happily honour price drops?  TIA for any info.  

Slightly O/T; apologies. 

[SinbadThePorter]

23 minutes ago, geoff2802 said:

Current price is $1799pp each with 2 adults in a balcony room for "Value" package and $200 OBC.

 

When I have a look the P&O site tells me that balconies for the June cruise are sold out.

 

P&O are perennial discounters. I would wait for the next Flash Sale, which should be along any time now. Your cruise will definitely be cheaper then. I've been on a couple of P&O PNG cruises and they don't seem to me to be any more popular than their other cruises.

 

You need to be careful with P&O pricing. For instance you may get $100 OBC per person with a Value Fare, but the Go Fare could be $270 per person cheaper than that.

 

I don't know about price drops. With P&O I always buy late from Flash Sales and never saw a price drop from that.

 

 

[arxcards]

39 minutes ago, geoff2802 said:

We're looking for a PNG cruise from Brisbane in Winter 2024 and I see that P&O has a 10 nighter in June of that year on Pacific Encounter.  Current price is $1799pp each with 2 adults in a balcony room for "Value" package and $200 OBC.  I see P&O have sales all the time... do they often discount these PNG cruises or a they very popular and full price is the norm?  Does P&O happily honour price drops?  TIA for any info.  

Slightly O/T; apologies. 

Price drops, not really. In most cases they become a cancel/lose deposit/rebook which can work in your favour. In most cases though, their genuine discounting comes into play for undersold cruises after final payment date, when no longer practical to cancel/rebook.

 

Often the flash sales can just be reduced deposit and OBC, and not much of a drop in the usual fare.

[Aus Traveller]

We are going on the 10-night Pacific Encounter cruise to PNG on 25th April - $600 pp in an oceanview cabin. The TA got us an accessible one - not that we need it but the extra space is good and it is in an ideal location.

Edited March 21, 2023 by Aus Traveller

[geoff2802]

26 minutes ago, SinbadThePorter said:

 

When I have a look the P&O site tells me that balconies for the June cruise are sold out.

 

P&O are perennial discounters. I would wait for the next Flash Sale, which should be along any time now. Your cruise will definitely be cheaper then. I've been on a couple of P&O PNG cruises and they don't seem to me to be any more popular than their other cruises.

 

You need to be careful with P&O pricing. For instance you may get $100 OBC per person with a Value Fare, but the Go Fare could be $270 per person cheaper than that.

 

I don't know about price drops. With P&O I always buy late from Flash Sales and never saw a price drop from that.

 

 

 

17 minutes ago, arxcards said:

Price drops, not really. In most cases they become a cancel/lose deposit/rebook which can work in your favour. In most cases though, their genuine discounting comes into play for undersold cruises after final payment date, when no longer practical to cancel/rebook.

 

Often the flash sales can just be reduced deposit and OBC, and not much of a drop in the usual fare.

Thanks both - appreciate your help. Will keep an eye out.  
It’s actually 2024 we’re planning for, so availability should be fine for a while yet.  
 

[geoff2802]

8 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

We are going on the 10-night Pacific Encounter cruise to PNG on 25th April - $600 pp in an oceanview cabin. The TA got us an accessible one - not that we need it but the extra space is good and it is in an ideal location.

Excellent price - well done.  
Enjoy your cruise!  

[hahaer]

Royal Caribbean 17 Night $1000/Person BNE-Honolulu

 

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/aus/en/cruises/itinerary/17-night-transpacific-from-oahu-honolulu-on-quantum/QN17BNE-2201399872?country=AUS&currency=AUD&dclid=CJPVx4zD9P0CFVFhfQodKNcFzg&ecid=sp_mdt_lstchn__1636_aus_aus&sail-date=2023-04-12#step=0

[onlyslightlymad]

14 hours ago, hahaer said:

Royal Caribbean 17 Night $1000/Person BNE-Honolulu

 

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/aus/en/cruises/itinerary/17-night-transpacific-from-oahu-honolulu-on-quantum/QN17BNE-2201399872?country=AUS&currency=AUD&dclid=CJPVx4zD9P0CFVFhfQodKNcFzg&ecid=sp_mdt_lstchn__1636_aus_aus&sail-date=2023-04-12#step=0

That's a great deal.  

[MMDown Under]

33 minutes ago, onlyslightlymad said:

That's a great deal.  

If you enjoy sea days.  7 sea days from Brisbane to Papeete, Tahiti.

[onlyslightlymad]

17 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

If you enjoy sea days.  7 sea days from Brisbane to Papeete, Tahiti.

I do quite like sea days.  My life is so busy that I daydream about having a quiet, peaceful break with no phone, email or interruptions.  

[B'Elanna]

23 hours ago, hahaer said:

Royal Caribbean 17 Night $1000/Person BNE-Honolulu

 

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/aus/en/cruises/itinerary/17-night-transpacific-from-oahu-honolulu-on-quantum/QN17BNE-2201399872?country=AUS&currency=AUD&dclid=CJPVx4zD9P0CFVFhfQodKNcFzg&ecid=sp_mdt_lstchn__1636_aus_aus&sail-date=2023-04-12#step=0

 

Even Solo is a great price at $1194 for an Inside (the virtual balcony), but flights back to Sydney one way are over $1,000. I could use points via Qantas (at 55,200 with US$122 payable in taxes), but those flights are via LAX and almost 20 hours in length. And I really dislike Crapstar.... I mean Jetstar.

 

I did some dummy bookings and there are (at least) 50 inside cabins left.....

[SinbadThePorter]

30 minutes ago, B'Elanna said:

Even Solo is a great price at $1194 for an Inside (the virtual balcony), but flights back to Sydney one way are over $1,000.

 

The 10 day next leg from Honolulu to Vancouver is only $A1239pp for a guarantee balcony.

 

The direct Air Canada fight back from Vancouver to Brisbane is a bit cheaper than the Jetstar flight from Honolulu to Sydney.

 

It's a lot of sea days, but it bears thinking about.

[johno1234]

Are you guys talking AUD/day here?

 

Seeing $1055pp for 8 days balcony at the moment with $0 OBC

[lyndarra]

Opposite to topic. I received notification of 1/2 top end circumnavigation on Westerdam Nov 2024, 23 nights, $4599 inside. Balcony $7599. Not including gratuities or visa cost (Indonesia). Wow.

[MMDown Under]

On 4/6/2023 at 2:08 PM, lyndarra said:

Opposite to topic. I received notification of 1/2 top end circumnavigation on Westerdam Nov 2024, 23 nights, $4599 inside. Balcony $7599. Not including gratuities or visa cost (Indonesia). Wow.

Is that solo rate?

 

[MMDown Under]

On 3/25/2023 at 2:42 PM, onlyslightlymad said:

I do quite like sea days.  My life is so busy that I daydream about having a quiet, peaceful break with no phone, email or interruptions.  

I was told by crew most passengers find five sea days max!

[lyndarra]

4 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Is that solo rate?

 

Twin share.

[lyndarra]

3 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

I was told by crew most passengers find five sea days max!

I found 5 days trans Atlantic (MSC) was too long. Especially when most tv channels dropped out. Two days is enough, I like port stops.

[MMDown Under]

24 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

I found 5 days trans Atlantic (MSC) was too long. Especially when most tv channels dropped out. Two days is enough, I like port stops.

Hard for crew to keep passengers entertained for that long. 5 days was too long for me!!

[onlyslightlymad]

7 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

Hard for crew to keep passengers entertained for that long. 5 days was too long for me!!

We did Hawai'i to Vancouver and had five sea days.  I enjoyed it but that's the longest I've done.

[SuitesRbest]

Don't much cheaper than that, got this in email today!!

 

 

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[yarramar]

3 hours ago, SuitesRbest said:

Don't much cheaper than that, got this in email today!!

 

 

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Wow, you must have lost a lot on previous cruises. 😂

[aussielozzie18]

Not sure if this considered el cheapo but cruising from Sydney to Brisbane is a better option than flying right now.

DD & friends flew to Brisbane last night.  Those flying with Jetstar had no issues.  Those flying with Virgin had their flight cancelled with next day flight given as the next option.