No more holds?

[mygrace777]

I was searching for a last minute cruise, one of my choosing, and then one popped up that caught my interest. I went through the process of booking so I could put it on hold for 24 hours, but that option was not there. Did they do away with that? I loved having that so I could get my ducks in a row before paying. The cruise is in 1 month, today, so I was wondering, do prices go down the closer to sailing?

[Clarea]

I was searching for a last minute cruise, one of my choosing, and then one popped up that caught my interest. I went through the process of booking so I could put it on hold for 24 hours, but that option was not there. Did they do away with that? I loved having that so I could get my ducks in a row before paying. The cruise is in 1 month, today, so I was wondering, do prices go down the closer to sailing?

Holds on RC's website have been eliminated for many sailings, but they still exist. I believe the typical Caribbean sailings from Florida are more likely to have the hold missing.

 

Travel agents can still hold cruises for you, many times for more than 24 hours.

[mygrace777]

Okay, so RC has no more 24 hour hold options when booking. Oh well. But, do the rates go down or up the closer to sailing. I know it depends on the cabins left, but in general.

[Clarea]

Okay, so RC has no more 24 hour hold options when booking. Oh well. But, do the rates go down or up the closer to sailing. I know it depends on the cabins left, but in general.

In general, the rates go up, down, and stay the same.

[leaveitallbehind]

Okay, so RC has no more 24 hour hold options when booking. Oh well. But, do the rates go down or up the closer to sailing. I know it depends on the cabins left, but in general.

 

To clarify, there are no more holds on US based Caribbean sailings, all others still allow holds. In lieu of a hold you would place deposit, which is refundable. And as clarea said there is no way of predicting price changes - I have seen price changes go up, down, and stay the same as the cruise approaches.

Edited November 12, 2016 by leaveitallbehind

[Dizziedi]

In Australia you can still "hold" as I did so on Friday afternoon.

 

I was having difficulty with retaining a cabin on hold if I put in my C&A number. If I didn't put it in, it held:rolleyes: I rang Royal and was told that it was a glitch but that glitch went on for some time. It does now seem to be okay, hence the hold on Friday.

 

I cannot use Internet Explorer or Chrome to access Royal Caribbean's site at the moment. It comes up as "Denied Access". I thought my husband had done something to my computer to stop me booking cruises:eek: I am now only able to use Firefox.

 

Cheers

Di

Edited November 13, 2016 by Dizziedi