wlewis5038 Posted June 9, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Why doesn't Princess show which cabins they have, instead of offering guaranteed cabins? If we are going to spend $20,000 for a cruise, at least I'd like to know where we are going to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted June 9, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Are you booking after much of the ship is full? Guaranteed staterooms is a pricing strategy that leaves wiggle room for the cruise line. Edited June 9, 2019 by neverbeenhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted June 9, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 9, 2019 We don't like guarantee cabins, so don't book them. If the ship is close to sold out and only has guarantees, I look at a different ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted June 9, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I don't care where I end up on the ship and will frequently book guarantees. I booked my upcoming back-to-back cruises on the Island Princess at the last minute. There was not an inside cabin that showed up as available for both legs. I didn't mind taking the chance that I would have to move cabins and it was a lot less expensive than booking an ocean view cabin that was available. I found out a few nights ago that Princess assigned me to one of those ocean view cabins. I'm thrilled. If you want a wide choice of cabins, you need to book early. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted June 9, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, wlewis5038 said: Why doesn't Princess show which cabins they have, instead of offering guaranteed cabins? If we are going to spend $20,000 for a cruise, at least I'd like to know where we are going to be. As I understand it, there may be NO cabins (in your category) available -- all booked! -- but they're hoping that they can get some booked in your category to pay more for an upsell. If they can't, then YOU would get the upgrade without paying more. So that's the turnip that's being held out for you. Keep checking back; if enough people buy the upsell, they might list the availables again. Have seen that happen on some line or other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abqmommyof4 Posted June 9, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 9, 2019 went looking to see what cabins were still available for our November cruise, we booked a guarantee inside IB quite encouraged to see that there are only a handful of IB cabins left, here's hoping for an upgrade,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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