karkee8807 Posted September 10, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Every couple weeks I get an email about sales in the cruise planner. Some of those include the Deluxe package at buy one, get one 50% off. Just to be curious of the price with the discount, several times I have gone through the check out page where I would enter my credit card info and the package is not showing a discount. It is still the price advertised before checking out. When looking at the Refreshment package when on sale, the discount is more obvious Am I missing something? Or is the price advertised ($42 this time) really the sale price, since it is marked down from the normal amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswallow Posted September 10, 2018 #2 Share Posted September 10, 2018 "Buy one get 50% off the second" is a marketing phrase for "25% off." And the 25% off you get during that sale is shown in the dollar amount they advertise with it. $42/0.75 = $56 So the onboard price on your sailing is $56. Buy one for $56 get a seceond for $28, or $84 total for 2, making it $42 for 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karkee8807 Posted September 10, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted September 10, 2018 "Buy one get 50% off the second" is a marketing phrase for "25% off." And the 25% off you get during that sale is shown in the dollar amount they advertise with it. $42/0.75 = $56 So the onboard price on your sailing is $56. Buy one for $56 get a seceond for $28, or $84 total for 2, making it $42 for 1. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted September 10, 2018 #4 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Karkee8807, 99.9% of all of Royals sales are fake. They advertise a sale, but what they really did was screw with the numbers. They will increase the price and then advertise that it's on sale. The "sale" price brings it down to about where it was before. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandgeezer Posted September 10, 2018 #5 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Every couple weeks I get an email about sales in the cruise planner. Some of those include the Deluxe package at buy one, get one 50% off. Just to be curious of the price with the discount, several times I have gone through the check out page where I would enter my credit card info and the package is not showing a discount. It is still the price advertised before checking out. When looking at the Refreshment package when on sale, the discount is more obvious Am I missing something? Or is the price advertised ($42 this time) really the sale price, since it is marked down from the normal amount? That price doesn't include the 18% gratuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted September 10, 2018 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Do not pay any attention to the wording. Don't worry about whether it says 'sale' or not. Just look at the price. If you like it, buy. If you don't, don't. If you buy and then the price goes down, you can cancel and book at the lower price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whyrlygig Posted September 10, 2018 #7 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I have seen ours go thru a number of "special promos" but the price is always the same. I don't know how they get by with this false advertising...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karkee8807 Posted September 11, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Karkee8807,99.9% of all of Royals sales are fake. They advertise a sale, but what they really did was screw with the numbers. They will increase the price and then advertise that it's on sale. The "sale" price brings it down to about where it was before. :rolleyes: Ugh! Really starting to notice that trend. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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