How far ahead to book Nautica Sing-HK

[tatugrl]

New member here, first time posting. Hope this is the right place, if not please point me where I need to go. :) My extended family (5 cabins) are planning to book the Feb. 4-20 2017 above cruise. Two in the group are coming from the US and using a TA, three are in Romania and are also using a TA and my husband and I are booking through Oceania from Spain. My question is how far in advance should we book? I have sailed with Oceania before and know from that experience that prices dropped a lot and we were upgraded to Concierge and were offered an upgrade to Penthouse. Of course that was a Med cruise and I know that the Asia cruises are much more popular. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

LS

[Mura]

If you want a specific category of rooms (especially the more popular ones) and/or if you all want to be close to each other, then I would say book now to insure that you get what you want.

 

We personally tend to book a year or more in advance ... but we also tend to book at one of the more popular levels. You wouldn't want to be in a situation where there aren't enough cabins for your group no matter where you would be located.

 

Mura

[StanandJim]

I'm with Mura.

 

Because, for ME, the risk of the ship being sold out and not being able to sail with my family and friends would far outweigh the money that I might save if there were a fare reduction.

 

Remember that the cabins on the Nautica are small-ish and there are very few which would allow you the option of doubling up.

 

Book as soon as you are able to !

[pinotlover]

I'm on a Nautica cruise that is over a year away and everything PH3 and above are already waitlisted. For that cruise, I'm not sure you could currently get 5 rooms together in any single class.

 

If the fares drop, before final payment, your TA can get you the fare reductions. My advice - Book ASAP.

[ronrick1943]

I agree, book as soon as you can and get the cabin/suite you want. Why wait for maybe!