mum and son Posted February 24, 2020 #4951 Share Posted February 24, 2020 47 minutes ago, queenslander said: I just booked on a Queen Elizabeth 6 day cruise to Tasmania. It was a nice surprise to get a Princess Grill suite to myself for only $1689! Congratulations! I've booked my parents on the same cruise but can't find any mention of a cabin number anywhere in their personaliser. I know it was only booked as a guarantee but I can't even see where cabin number is supposed to appear. Is it just on the Booking Summary page where the voyage details appear? There are so many broken links/images on the page that it's hard to follow. This is our first time dealing with Cunard. Link to post Share on other sites
mum and son Posted February 24, 2020 #4952 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 56 minutes ago, queenslander said: Sorry, duplicate post... Edited February 24, 2020 by mum and son Link to post Share on other sites
amatuercruiser Posted February 24, 2020 #4953 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Do cruise ships or cruise ship travel agents do heavily discounted last minute cruise deals or is it a waist of time in that it just gets too rushed and complicated? When is the cheapest time to get a bargain cruise. I really don't care where I go. Link to post Share on other sites
LittleFish1976 Posted February 24, 2020 #4954 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mum and son said: Congratulations! I've booked my parents on the same cruise but can't find any mention of a cabin number anywhere in their personaliser. I know it was only booked as a guarantee but I can't even see where cabin number is supposed to appear. Is it just on the Booking Summary page where the voyage details appear? There are so many broken links/images on the page that it's hard to follow. This is our first time dealing with Cunard. From my experience with the new VP, the cabin assignment will take some time - much closer to sailing - and then they will only be able to see it once their documents, and luggage tags are ready to be printed from the VP. The cabin number will be on their e-ticket and the luggage tags. Edited February 24, 2020 by LittleFish1976 Link to post Share on other sites
MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2020 #4955 Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, amatuercruiser said: Do cruise ships or cruise ship travel agents do heavily discounted last minute cruise deals or is it a waist of time in that it just gets too rushed and complicated? When is the cheapest time to get a bargain cruise. I really don't care where I go. The last few weeks prior to a cruise leaving, are generally when the best last minute sales come out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mum and son Posted February 24, 2020 #4956 Share Posted February 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, LittleFish1976 said: From my experience with the new VP, the cabin assignment will take some time - much closer to sailing - and then they will only be able to see it once their documents, and luggage tags are ready to be printed from the VP. The cabin number will be on their e-ticket and the luggage tags. Thanks for the info. I've seen a number of people who have received cabin assignments so I was just curious. The website is just very "broken". E.g. there are two buttons to choose bed configuration but no wording or diagrams to say what the options are. I guess they're just playing catch up with their website?? Link to post Share on other sites
LittleFish1976 Posted February 24, 2020 #4957 Share Posted February 24, 2020 15 minutes ago, mum and son said: Thanks for the info. I've seen a number of people who have received cabin assignments so I was just curious. The website is just very "broken". E.g. there are two buttons to choose bed configuration but no wording or diagrams to say what the options are. I guess they're just playing catch up with their website?? The new website has been in what could only be described as a parlous state since its inception, I'm afraid. In my experience, the buttons surrounding the 'bed configuration' (and almost everything else) do nothing. It'll all be okay when your folks get on the ship, though, which is the most important thing. Similarly, where it asks you to put your insurance details in won't work. I rang them about this a few weeks ago and they said 'it's not working for us either; we know it doesn't work but it's okay, we don't have to have your insurance details anyway', so that's all okay. But don't waste your time struggling with it. My advice would be, that if there is anything important that you need to add or alter and you can't do it on-line, wait a week or so and give them a call. Unless you have an hour to wait in which case you could call them now - they're still super busy with taking bookings for the last-minute changes to sailings as I discovered this morning I'm on one of the Tassie cruises, also. I'm not expecting to see a cabin number or have any docs until about a week before sailing. Your parents are lucky they have you to organise and help them1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
queenslander Posted February 24, 2020 #4958 Share Posted February 24, 2020 45 minutes ago, mum and son said: Thanks for the info. I've seen a number of people who have received cabin assignments so I was just curious. The website is just very "broken". E.g. there are two buttons to choose bed configuration but no wording or diagrams to say what the options are. I guess they're just playing catch up with their website?? Yes - it's the first time on the Cunard website for me too and I agree that it's not working too well at the moment! I'm not expecting to find out the suite number until the last week when I print out the documents. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
linanles Posted February 24, 2020 #4959 Share Posted February 24, 2020 9 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Good point, although that all depends on when you sell. Exactly. As with all shares, you've lost nothing when the price falls. You only lose money when you panic and sell when they are low. Hang on to them for the long term and the price will come back up. After all you are looking to purchase them to get the benefit of the onboard credit. As others have said the onboard credit is not guaranteed the benefit is renewed at the AGM along with Director's benefits and I don't think the Director's are going to give themselves benefits but take them away from shareholders. There would be a revolt if they did. Now is a good time to buy while they are low. Link to post Share on other sites
MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2020 #4960 Share Posted February 24, 2020 They are down to $38.50 today. Link to post Share on other sites
ninjacat8 Posted February 24, 2020 #4961 Share Posted February 24, 2020 18 hours ago, LittleFish1976 said: From my experience with the new VP, the cabin assignment will take some time - much closer to sailing - and then they will only be able to see it once their documents, and luggage tags are ready to be printed from the VP. The cabin number will be on their e-ticket and the luggage tags. Please what is VP Link to post Share on other sites
MicCanberra Posted February 24, 2020 #4962 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Vice President.? Link to post Share on other sites
RosieCanberra Posted February 24, 2020 #4963 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Voyage personaliser? Link to post Share on other sites
ninjacat8 Posted February 24, 2020 #4964 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Thank You Link to post Share on other sites
The_Big_M Posted February 25, 2020 #4965 Share Posted February 25, 2020 6 hours ago, MicCanberra said: They are down to $38.50 today. A quick loss of about US$400 if you bought yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites
amatuercruiser Posted February 25, 2020 #4966 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, The_Big_M said: A quick loss of about US$400 if you bought yesterday. Yes a loss like that (400) in a single trading day is equivalent to one Shareholder 14 day ($250) OBC and one shareholder 10 day (approx $100) OBC. Your effectively 2 cruises of OBC down before you start. I think the advice ..Only buy Cruise line shares to get OBC if you can afford to loose. Needs to be RINGING in peoples ears. But this is not normal times. This Virus level of volatility on the stock market is exceptional. I think EVENTUALLY the Cruise industry share price will bottom, pricing in a 3month industry decline..possibly 6 month Industry decline. Or possibly a 12 month cruise industry decline. Any thing longer the Cruise ships themselves will become STRANDED assets. The other issue with Carnival stock is it pays a approx 5% dividend. I think that is over for the next few years. Edited February 25, 2020 by amatuercruiser Link to post Share on other sites
wanderingoz Posted February 25, 2020 #4967 Share Posted February 25, 2020 58 minutes ago, The_Big_M said: A quick loss of about US$400 if you bought yesterday. As has been mentioned previously, only a loss if you sell today. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
amatuercruiser Posted February 25, 2020 #4968 Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, wanderingoz said: As has been mentioned previously, only a loss if you sell today. To me a PAPER loss cuts just as deep. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MicCanberra Posted February 25, 2020 #4969 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, The_Big_M said: A quick loss of about US$400 if you bought yesterday. But only a loss if you sold again today, as I said, only do it if it is to be a long term investment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MicCanberra Posted February 25, 2020 #4970 Share Posted February 25, 2020 45 minutes ago, amatuercruiser said: To me a PAPER loss cuts just as deep. lol Link to post Share on other sites
The_Big_M Posted February 25, 2020 #4971 Share Posted February 25, 2020 3 hours ago, wanderingoz said: As has been mentioned previously, only a loss if you sell today. Could be a bigger loss if you sell tomorrow. Essentially, people have differing reasons for wanting to buy it, and may not want to hold it forever. But it may not recover back to profitable levels - I think it took 8 years to recover its peak the last time it went down a lot. If you're just buying for OBC, but the actual value has fallen more than the OBC you get, what is the point? It's actually adding hassle to your life/financial management, and the tax complications are significant. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
The_Big_M Posted February 25, 2020 #4972 Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 hours ago, MicCanberra said: But only a loss if you sold again today, as I said, only do it if it is to be a long term investment. Actually, it's still a loss whether you sold or not - just not realised. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
amatuercruiser Posted February 25, 2020 #4973 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, The_Big_M said: If you're just buying for OBC, but the actual value has fallen more than the OBC you get, what is the point? It's actually adding hassle to your life/financial management, and the tax complications are significant. I agree. The volatility of a $3900 us investment. versus a $100 (7day) Share holder benefit OBC is questionable. In the past possibly made sense but post Coronavirus correction and possible Cruise ship stigmatisation the financial benefit and unceratinty is very high. My plan is possibly in the future buy 100 share in Carnival and get the OBC as a benefit on Princess HAL, Cunard etc on cruises around Australia.. If it make financial sense if not sell the shares. As noted if the stock gets low enough Carnival may no longer offer the share holder OBC benefit. Edited February 25, 2020 by amatuercruiser Link to post Share on other sites
LittleFish1976 Posted February 25, 2020 #4974 Share Posted February 25, 2020 11 hours ago, ninjacat8 said: Please what is VP Yes, sorry - Voyage Personaliser. What the booked guest log-in area was called before the recent 'My Cunard' site. Link to post Share on other sites
LittleFish1976 Posted February 25, 2020 #4975 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, amatuercruiser said: I agree. The volatility of a $3900 us investment. versus a $100 (7day) Share holder benefit OBC is questionable. In the past possibly made sense but post Coronavirus correction and possible Cruise ship stigmatisation the financial benefit and unceratinty is very high. My plan is possibly in the future buy 100 share in Carnival and get the OBC as a benefit on Princess HAL, Cunard etc on cruises around Australia.. If it make financial sense if not sell the shares. As noted if the stock gets low enough Carnival may no longer offer the share holder OBC benefit. But the shareholder benefits actually support the price of the stock. If they did away with the OBC shareholder benefit it would be a less attractive proposition and so less people would buy it and the price would drop. Link to post Share on other sites
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