Carolyn448 #1 Posted October 10 Has anyone experience with what Viking is offering for the promotion in October? The promotion seems ambiguous as to discounts and air rebates? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SempreMare #2 Posted October 10 Could you add a link to the specifics that you find ambiguous? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carolyn448 #3 Posted October 10 I was looking at the Ancient Mediterranean Treasures cruise for 2021several days ago and the promotion was $400 off airfare and special cruise fares without any details. I just looked at the Viking site again and they had changed the posting to reflect the lower airfare and now seem to be showing a discount on some classes of cabins. I'm now thinking that the newer listing does reflect the actual discounts, so my question may have been answered. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prim8keeper #4 Posted October 10 (edited) We just booked a cruise for 2021 and the big draw of "Book now, Pay later" is the fact that your final payment is 6 months from the sail date instead of the normal 18 or 12 months. The airfare option was also discounted, but that was the case last month as well when we first started looking at VO. You can see the discount if you look at specific sailings. There was also a discount on the fare, but again it was similar to last months sale. The biggest change seemed to be the final payment date as far as I could tell. but I'm by no means a VO expert as this will be our first cruise with them. 🙂 Edited October 10 by prim8keeper 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cruisesport #5 Posted October 13 Our agent always gets 6 months for final payment, so I dont really see this as a promotion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
just_dont #6 Posted October 14 Our agent always gets 6 months for final payment, so I dont really see this as a promotion.Not in the US. (Unless you've recently taken another Viking cruise) Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squawkman #7 Posted October 14 10 hours ago, just_dont said: Not in the US. (Unless you've recently taken another Viking cruise) Or you have at least one other Viking cruise booked 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deec #9 Posted November 3 anyone ever see a "free" silver spirit package with any promotions? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squawkman #10 Posted November 3 19 minutes ago, deec said: anyone ever see a "free" silver spirit package with any promotions? Yes. It was almost 3 years ago. We booked a river cruise and the promotion was A choice of one: free tips, free silver spirits or on board credit (I forgot how much). We took free tips which, at the time, was not billed like they do today. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cleopatra99 #11 Posted November 3 22 minutes ago, deec said: anyone ever see a "free" silver spirit package with any promotions? I think it depends where in the world you are. We received SS package inclusion for our 18 day South America cruise next year. We booked in November last year (basically 2 years in advance). At that time the promotion (in Australia) applied to all bookings for the South America cruise for 2020 (I think it was for all cabins as well, but not sure about that). The promotion ran for a couple of months. I'm not sure if they ran that same promotion in other locations for the same cruise itinerary. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heidi13 #12 Posted November 3 The beverage package is included with World Cruises. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
just_dont #13 Posted November 3 anyone ever see a "free" silver spirit package with any promotions?It was offered around August 2018. We got it when we booked our June 2019 Midnight Sun cruise. I don't recall seeing it since.Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchberet #14 Posted November 4 29 minutes ago, just_dont said: It was offered around August 2018. We got it when we booked our June 2019 Midnight Sun cruise. I don't recall seeing it since. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk We got a free silver spirits package when we booked in August 2018 for In Search of the Northern Lights in February 2019. Nice upgrade! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrina651 #15 Posted November 4 My question for all of you who were offered various freebies is whether they were offered by Viking or your travel agent? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cleopatra99 #16 Posted November 4 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Peregrina651 said: My question for all of you who were offered various freebies is whether they were offered by Viking or your travel agent? Direct with Viking. In Aust ... the SS promotion was shown in the Viking website when you logged in. Edited November 4 by Cleopatra99 error 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squawkman #17 Posted November 4 48 minutes ago, Peregrina651 said: My question for all of you who were offered various freebies is whether they were offered by Viking or your travel agent? I use the same Viking agent so anything I talk about is from Viking directly. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchberet #18 Posted November 4 1 hour ago, Peregrina651 said: My question for all of you who were offered various freebies is whether they were offered by Viking or your travel agent? Direct with Viking. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrina651 #19 Posted November 4 Thank you all for your answers. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deec #20 Posted November 4 thanks everyone...I guess I have just been unlucky about when I book! FYI...if you know you want the SSpackage during a river cruise make sure to order it BEFORE leaving home and you will be billed in USD's if you wait until you are onboard you will be charged in Euros.....depending on the exchange rate....one can be a better deal than the other. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philw1776 #21 Posted November 4 Were I considering the $$ for the Silver Spirits package, I'd wait until boarding and ask to see that ship's cruise current onboard list of wines, scotch etc. to judge its worth it to me vs Viking's very reasonable a la carte pricing. Onboard Ocean is billed in $ and onboard River is billed in Euros. If using a credit card choose one without foreign conversion fees and don't ask to be billed in $, if you even can be. Your credit card conversion rate should be close to market. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
