ロイヤルカリビアン&#8211で次のクルーズを予約する9つの理由;オーストラリアの視点から



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この投稿を開始する直前に、これが有料投稿ではないことを明確にしたいと思います。絶対に何も得られない ロイヤルカリビアン whatsoever. The opinions in this blog are my own, from my experience, and the reasons I’ve listed are current as at the time of writing. I can’t guarantee they will always stay the same so you should always do your research. If you find this helpful, though, I’d appreciate it if you share it with anyone else you know who is thinking about booking their next cruise onboard a ロイヤルカリビアン 船。

多くの人がクルーズ船に乗って別のクルーズを予約することに懐疑的であるのは知っています。私たちも同様に懐疑的でした。試してみることに決めた後でも、最初に予約したクルーズは、船を降りたときに行っていた取引よりも高価でした。さらなる調査の後、 ロイヤルカリビアン、ようやく理解できました。機内で予約することで得られる取引は常に優れています なし you can get a deal on a last-minute sailing, but even then if you book a last-minute sailing on board, it will still be a better deal than booking it off the ship. Sometimes there won’t be much in the price, but the deal will still be better value. Here’s why:

Voyager of the Seas at Sydney's Circular Quay
ボイジャーオブザシーズシドニー’s Circular Quay

1.保証される最もよい価格

The price is guaranteed to be the best and at least 30% off per person compared to full brochure rates. It’s true that there are sales that work out this good all the time off the ship, but that’s where the other aspects of the onboard deal come in to make it the best value. The regular Best Price Guarantee also applies. As per Royal Caribbean’s FAQ、予約後48時間以内に安い料金を見つけた場合、オンボードクレジットの差額の110%を取得できます。

2.価格一致の保証

The price match guarantee is confusing because it overlaps with the best price guarantee. What it means, though, is that if you do see your cruise come up cheaper, ロイヤルカリビアン will discount your booking to match it until the final payment date or give you a cabin upgrade if that works out to be a similar price to what you booked. This policy is not NextCruise exclusive. It does apply to your bookings in general. You can use it with NextCruise as well, though, so it is a benefit. I’ve never actually encountered a lower price come up, so I don’t know if they honour this or not. I’ve read conflicting reports on the internet, but many of the issues seem to be related to different terms in different promotions. I can only assume they do honour this.  For more information on price adjustments, Royal Caribbean’s blog それを説明するのに良い仕事をします。

3.預金の削減

Radiance of the Seas in Juneau, Alaska
海の輝き アラスカ州ジュノーで

Reduced deposits make it easier to lock in a cruise while you plan everything else out. Normally, when booking on the Australian ロイヤルカリビアン website, cruise deposits are $400pp, but when you book your next cruise onboard, they reduce your deposit. Onboard, deposits start as low as USD$50 per stateroom (for a 5-7 night cruise in an interior room) and go up to USD$500 per stateroom (for a 15+ night cruise in a Grand Suite and above). Now that is per stateroom, not per person. So that significantly reduces the upfront cost to you, letting you keep that extra money in your savings account earning interest for longer. As per the current NextCruise pricing, the reduced deposits you can expect to pay (in USD) are:

  • 5〜7泊のクルーズ
    • インテリア/オーシャンビュー:$50
    • バルコニー/ジュニアスイート:$100
    • グランドスイート以上:$200
  • 8-10泊のクルーズ
    • インテリア/オーシャンビュー:$100
    • バルコニー/ジュニアスイート:$150
    • グランドスイート以上:$300
  • 11-14泊のクルーズ
    • インテリア/オーシャンビュー:$150
    • バルコニー/ジュニアスイート:$200
    • グランドスイート以上:$400
  • 15泊以上のクルーズ
    • インテリア/オーシャンビュー:$200
    • バルコニー/ジュニアスイート:$250
    • グランドスイート以上:$500

 

Jewel of the Seas at Seattle
海の宝石 シアトルで

4.機内クレジットボーナス

Onboard credit bonuses vary, and at a minimum, match up with the reduced deposit. So if you pay a USD$200 deposit, you can expect to get a minimum of USD$200 onboard credit. Onboard credit obtained when booking this way is almost always greater than what you will get booking any other way. To give you some examples, a cruise we booked last year with ロイヤルカリビアン came with $200 onboard credit, booking the same cruise online only had $100 onboard credit. We also just booked a Celebrity cruise onboard, and it came with $550 onboard credit for a USD$200 deposit. The same one comes with $300 onboard credit when booking online.

5.柔軟性

Flexibility is the biggest one for us. When you book your next cruise on board with ロイヤルカリビアン, you don’t have to pay any more than the reduced deposit until the final payment date. On top of that, you can completely change your cruise until final payment! That is only 75 days before the cruise. Usually, you have to make any changes 151 days before you set sail. You can also cancel with a full refund up to 75 days before the sail date, allowing you more time than a regular booking. Standard bookings require you to cancel 151 days before the sail date to obtain a full refund. Not to mention if you do change your cruise you retain all the NextCruise booking benefits, except that the price will be the advertised price on the day you change it.

注意すべきことの1つは、 Royal Caribbean’s blog NextCruiseの予約のデポジットは返金不可であることを示しています。ただし、NextCruiseのスタッフとNextCruiseのプレゼンテーションでは、最新のクルーズ(2017年2月)を含め、クルーズの75日前までは全額返金されると常に言われています。の オーストラリアロイヤルカリビアンウェブサイトの利用規約 また、オンボードクレジットをすぐに受け取らなかった場合に限り、デポジットが返金可能であることを明確にしてください。将来のクルーズでそれを選択した場合、デポジットは最終支払い期限まで完全に返金されます。したがって、すぐにクレジットを取ってからキャンセルした場合、すでに受け取った機内クレジットのコストをカバーするだけです。確認する前に、NextCruiseコンサルタントに予約に適用される内容を必ず確認してください。

Voyager of the Seas at Isle of Pines
ボイジャーオブザシーズ パインズ島で

6.機内クレジットの柔軟性

機内クレジットの柔軟性とは、上記で言及したことを指し、現在のクルーズで予約した将来のクルーズまたは即時クルーズで機内クレジットボーナスを受け取ることができることを意味します。必要に応じて、すぐにそれを利用できると、現在のクルーズでお金を節約できます。ただし、上記のように、オンボードクレジットをすぐに受け取った場合、デポジットの払い戻しができなくなると予約の柔軟性が失われます。

7.卑劣な部屋のハッキング

Sneaky room hacks that the crew know about means you get the best room available in your desired class. I can’t tell you much more about it than this except to say that they have always found us better rooms than we could find ourselves online.

Voyager of the Seas at Mystery Island
ボイジャーオブザシーズミステリー島

8.将来のクルーズショアエクスカーション割引

Future cruise shore excursion discounts are available if you book them on board as well. You can save money booking shore excursions directly with local providers instead of through ロイヤルカリビアン. However, if you want the benefit of being first off the ship or the security of the ship waiting for you, then you can save yourself money by booking your future cruise shore excursions onboard. It used to be a flat 10% discount for all future cruise shore excursions you book on board. However, on our most recent cruise, it changed to 1または2の場合は5%オフ 1回のトランザクションで予約された将来のクルーズショアエクスカーション 10%オフ3 以上。

Tip: Research your shore excursions before you go. You can also access the ロイヤルカリビアン website for free onboard the ship if you need to.

9.旅行代理店のクレジット

旅行代理店のクレジットとは、あなたが行ったNextCruiseの予約が旅行代理店に紹介されることを意味し、旅行代理店は今後のクルーズのサポートを引き続き提供できます。つまり、現在のクルーズを予約した人が、次のクルーズを管理するための連絡先になります。シンプル。

例外

私の意見では、これらが機内予約の理由と利点です。さて、直前のセーリングという例外について言及しました。例として、 海の輝き repositioning cruise 12 months before the sailing date while we were onboard ボイジャーオブザシーズ. In the ten months leading up to the cruise, I have never seen a better price come up, though from time to time the price has gotten to within about $50 of the price (per person) we paid. I’ve also never seen a deal come up that included as much on board credit as we got. However, about a month and a half out from the cruise sailing date, ロイヤルカリビアン started running a promotion that is very competitive in value.

The base cruise price works out at $67pp more expensive than what we paid. It has USD$100 onboard credit (half of what we got on ours). So far, it is still worse value than our onboard booking. However, ロイヤルカリビアン has added a “Fly Home from $99pp” promo that applies to flights returning to シドニー or Brisbane. That is what makes it an excellent deal.

There is a caveat, though. The flights are “から $99pp” so it raises the question, how much are they? The terms state they are economy flights on the cruise debarkation date only. Since you have to call them to make the flight booking, there is no way to check it online. For us, our return flights cost a base price of $325 with Jetstar. So how does the math look (not taking currency conversion into account)?

Voyager of the Seas at Noumea
ボイジャーオブザシーズヌメア

Base price = the fly home for $99 promo base price.

Our onboard booking:

Base Price

-$67 less per person

-$100 on board credit per person

+$325 extra in flights per person

= Base Price  + $242

Discount flight promo:

Base Price

($67 more per person)

-$50 on board credit per person

+$99 flights per person

= Base Price + $45

So it works out to be $197 better value per person with the current promo than our onboard booking. However, we wanted to spend some extra time in at our destination which the terms of this promo would not allow us to do and without prices to compare at other dates it is difficult so accurately measure it. Since we won’t be coming straight home, the value of this deal is worse for us. If we were coming straight home, then the value would be better.

I have also encountered last minute cruises, mainly repositioning cruises, which have a massive price drop. For example, a 21-day cruise from Perth to Singapore that fell to just AUD$281pp (no, that is not a typo, that was the actual price) for an interior room. So yes, you can get better value for last minute cruises than an onboard booking. Of course, last minute cruises do require you to be able to travel at very short notice, sometimes for extended periods of time.

Even then, there aren’t good deals on every last minute cruise. It depends on how full they are. So if you don’t have the ability to leave at the last minute, and you want to ensure that you get the cruise you want with the best deal, the best way to do that is by booking onboard.

Matt in front of Jewel of the Seas in Seattle
Matt in front of 海の宝石 in Seattle

いくつかの懸念

I’ve come across a few concerns from my experience, so hopefully, I can help resolve your concerns:

1. NextCruiseデスクで船上に見積もられた価格は、同じ日にロイヤルカリビアンのウェブサイトに記載されている価格よりも高いです!

There are a few reasons for this. Firstly, remember that if you are using the internet on board, you are most likely looking at the North American ロイヤルカリビアン website which lists prices in USD and excludes taxes. If you booked your present cruise in a different currency, such as Australian dollars, then your NextCruise consultant will be quoting you in AUD inclusive of taxes, looking more expensive even though it isn’t.

The second reason it can appear higher is that when you look at prices online, the prices exclude pre-paid gratuities. Your NextCruise consultant will always include pre-paid gratuities in the quote. You will almost always find it is cheaper when you remove pre-paid gratuities. Of course, you will have to ask them to do that.

The third reason I’ve encountered is that your NextCruise consultant will usually try to get you the best room in a cabin type, but that room may not be the cheapest room class. ロイヤルカリビアン doesn’t advertise it as prominently as some other cruise lines, but rooms in different parts of the ship vary in price. That’s what those little codes such as 1A and 2D mean. As an example, we booked the same cruise in both 2018 and 2019 for my wife and I. The quote came back about AUD$1000 more expensive in 2019. To start with I assumed it to be inflation and increases in taxes and port fees. Upon closer inspection I discovered almost no variation in the base rate, the difference was that in 2018 we booked a 2C verandah stateroom and in 2019 we booked a 1A verandah stateroom. There is a price difference of AUD$471 per person between those rooms. That is a total of AUD$942. So make sure you are comparing room classes accurately because the advertised price online will always be the cheapest one.

While not inherently a bad thing, this is the only tricky thing I’ve found the NextCruise consultants doing. So remember, in this respect, your NextCruise consultant is trying to get you the best room in your chosen type, not necessarily the cheapest. Tell them if you want to save the money and get a cheaper room class.

2. Don’t Royal Caribbean ships operate on USD? What about currency conversion and exchange fees? Won’t it be cheaper if I just book in Australia with AUD?

ロイヤルカリビアン ships do all operate on USD. However, when, it comes to future cruises, they can book in the same currency you booked the cruise you are on (e.g., AUD). They can also book future cruise shore excursions in the currency of that cruise booking. From an Australian perspective, they are a foreign merchant billing you in AUD. Some banks will charge a foreign transaction fee on this even though it is in AUD. Check with your bank before you leave if you aren’t sure, and if they do charge a fee, you are being ripped off. Find a better bank or credit card. There are so many to choose from that don’t charge fees on these transactions. Even taking that cost into account, remember that it is only your deposit you are paying now (and any shore excursions less 10% if you book them now), so if your bank does charge foreign merchant fees, they are only on those expenses.

3. Ahhhhh I don’t know what I want to do or if I will even be able to get the time off!!!

Jewel and Radiance at Skagway, Alaska
Jewel and Radiance at Skagway, Alaska

That’s ok! That is why we love the flexibility and reduced deposit. We go on board with an idea of what we want to do, but that isn’t always what we book. The flexibility makes it so easy to get home and figure it out, then change it at no cost if we can’t make it work. You can change it as many times as you like with no penalty as long as you make the change before the final payment date.

That’s it!

Got any other questions? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll do my best to answer them.

I’d also love to hear any tips you have for getting the best value out of booking your next cruise so let me know your secret cruise advice in the comments as well.

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“9 Reasons to Book Your Next Cruise Onboard with Royal Caribbean – From an Australian Perspective” に4件のコメントがあります

  1. As a former trave agent, I must disagree. Maybe its different outside the U. S. But I can book onboard. Transfer the booking to my travel agent and get my shipboard credit plus any group amenities (shipboard credi) that my travel agent is offering. If her price on her group space is lower than Rccl’s, then The price adjusts down to her group rate. Any bookings in the group also come with a refundable deposit. I see this as a win win and ALWAYS transfer my booking to my agent.

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    • Hi Donna,

      Thanks for the comment. I’m not sure I’m clear what you are disagreeing on. From what you said, that’s the same as what I’ve written in the article? Onboard bookings are always transferred to the travel agent you placed the booking with for the cruise you are on, as far as I’m aware. That said, I always avoid travel agents unless they have an outstanding deal. I know some people love them and swear by their local agent which is awesome, but my experience has only been that it’s far FAR harder dealing with a travel agent than dealing directly with the cruise line.

      Since this article was published, there have been some changes to refundable deposits that I need to update it to take into account. They are now only refundable if you pay extra for them, whether you book onboard or not, at least in Australia anyway. There are sometimes promos to make them the same price as non-refundable deposits. It doesn’t matter if you book with a travel agent or not, if you get a refundable deposit on an Australian booking outside of a promotion that makes them the same price as non-refundable, you will pay more for a refundable booking.

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  2. thanks Matt that was a great article. I am going on RC in Nov and was wondering if I should or shouldn’t book my next cruise on board. You have cleared up a lot of my questions.
    Keep on cruising!

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    • Hi Lisa,

      I’m glad it helped. There are a couple of changes I need to note in this article as Royal Caribbean now have two booking options – refundable and non-refundable. There is no real change if you book a refundable fare. If you book non-refundable though, you lose the flexibility because your deposit becomes non-refundable regardless of when or if you might need to change anything.

      Enjoy your cruise! We’ll be on one with RC in November as well 😀

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