ALL CRUISE PRICES GOING UP ON JULY 1ST - CRUISE NEWS
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- ALL CRUISE PRICES GOING UP ON JULY 1ST - CRUISE NEWS.
On July first Carnival, Norwegian, Royal caribbean, and MSC cruise lines prices will seem to go up over night. What's happening is these cruise lines will be including taxes and port fees in their advertise pricing. this is because of a new law forcing the cruise line to do this in California.
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This is a good start, but the cruiselines should also include gratuities in their upfront price, in my opinion.
Gratuities, along with anything else that is commonly added to the booking price, should be included. Imagine buying a car, and after being quoted a price you find out that they add $1k for tires. The dealer could simply explain that you don't have to buy the car with tires but most people do. The other option would be to stop with the gratuities, and pay staff a reasonable salary.
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They Do on Carnival booking page also, it shows the cost of Insurance if you choose to purchase it from them. (per person)
Agree, cruise lines should include tips in price also.
@@jB-wv4qj they don’t include it, it is an add on if you choose to have it included in the total. This could be waive to do as the tip rate might increase before your cruise happens. If you include tips at the time of booking the price stays the same. I chose to include the tips when I booked with carnival I told my agent to include them. Back in January I was on one of their ships and I did not have the tips included but when I heard that RCL was increasing the tip rate I called my travel agent and had it added right at that moment, I figured I’d rather give the increase to who I felt deserved the little but extra in cash on board.
I’m glad they’re showing final totals up front. It’s so frustrating the way it’s done now.
Full disclosure of the final price for cruising is long overdue. Thanks for clarifying your opening title.
Just like it is for years already in Europe!
We dont know it any other way.
Full disclosure - what a concept!
In the past I would price out cruises I was interested in... one trick I found was that while they might advertise 30% off... if you track all the elements of the price... I found that while they have a discount...they also raise the gross price... resulting in essentially the same price as a previous ...less discounted deal. I love the California law for increasing transparency
Those cruise sales are like furniture sales; always on
...always going out of business.
@@zariaboy Come in for our 10th annual "going out of business sale" 🙄
Something that makes sense from the government of California? Finally!
You’d be surprised what good laws you take for granted in your state originated in California and were copied by other states. Or, as in this cruise price transparency law, were applied nationally because of California law.
I always ask my TA , "What is the amount I need to write on the check for payment in full"......simple!!!!
Great news! Never understood why taxes and port fees weren't included in the prices.
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Great video Don! Thanks for giving us a lesson in searching and booking those cruise "great deals"!
I like it. I just finished paying my second cruise and realized how much I didn’t know was not included. My first one was just a small trip organized through a friend. Also it’s a good idea to review things BEFORE your trip. They randomly added an almost $400 charge after my final payment. I called yesterday to question it and they had no idea what it was. I can see people thinking it’s gratuities or something and just paying.
Prices have gone up since Covid. I am choosing interior rooms and can only do 1 cruise per year. Since Princess and MCS has come to Orlando so I maybe able to cruise more. It definitely cost effective as there is no travel time
I’m glad that they have to show the taxes and the port fees upfront. I hate it when you book a resort and then you think that’s the price and then you go down and see all the additional fees that are added, which adds another thousand dollars to your budget. Great information, Don.
Yes this a good thing. No surprises later.
Just like Princess BOGO on excursions. They raised the prices before the sale, and they are now more than when they first came out. Thanks for pointing this out to everyone.
"Call to action," is what the "buy now or miss it" is called.
Thanks for the update
I am glad they are showing the prices up front because I hate the sticker shock when I go to book my cruise!
I noticed that on Vacations to Go site. On a Norwegian cruise they made note of that.
Airlines have didn't fees or hidden fees. The total is always different.
They should do this nation wide or even world wide to make it easier to understand and it can be better to plan our trips.
Thank You Don! This was perfect timing for this advice!!!
I like this change. I will change the value I look for when shopping, but it means fewer surprises as you make payments.
So happy the change is finally arriving. I believe the gratuties fee should also be included in the price even if in the rare instance where, once aboard, you might have the option to reverse all or part.
This should be easy for Viking, since it is all inclusive. Port taxes are already included in the price.
I have noticed that balcony sometimes is less than inside or ocean view.
Thank you for everything you do to always keep us in the know
Hotel web sites do the same thing especially places like Vegas where they don't disclose the "Resort Fee" which often is more than the nightly price of the hotel. I'm all for full disclosure when it comes to cruise fares. But every cruise line has to do the same thing
I think that’s great I hate hidden fees this is just more up front
It will be nice to see the total cost when looking at the advertised price.
In Australia this already happens all up price includes gratuities
With those crazy prices I think I will be skipping cruising vacations for now!
Who doesn’t know by now all the taxes resort taxes etc on cruises and hotels. Did retailers and groceries stores do the same with tax?
I prefer that so I’m good with this change
Don, that's how it should be because that's always done in Europe
Good, taxes and fees should be there at the beginning price. And another thing is when they say kids free... But they charge the first a second passenger extra to cover kids price.
Just get it over with and add gratuities, soft drinks, specialty restaurants and coffees. Princess has the right idea with Premium Plus. Cruising with no worries or calculators.
Keep up the good work!
It does not change anything for me. I always check the taxes and take into consideration the « gratuities ».
new cruisers will benefit from this the most.... however its better for all in that what you see is what you pay
Great content Sir!!!
No matter how they're calculated, they are too high!!!
They should start including the all the restaurants instead of having to pay for some of them.
This reminds me of when Ottawa imposed the GST on January 1st, 1991.
I was working in a pet store in Midland, Ontario at the time and the customers that came in a week before to buy, for example, feeder fish (goldfish), were INCENSED when their totals came up FIFTEEN PERCENT MORE after the GST kicked in!
We had to remind them to blame the Federal Government, not the businesses!!!
Oops, I should have said 7% more. But combined with the Ontario Provincial tax of 8%, the total was 15%.
I actually love this new law. Total price stated upfront. I hope the US federal hotel pricing law goes through too. It is crazy to start booking a hotel and having resort fees added at the end. Makes comparing hotels practically impossible. Ugh, federal government though, they're a joke.🙄
They should put up the full cost of the cruises. Love the new laws
Unfortunately the gratuities are still going to be an additional cost.
I Totally agree its about time they show full price of the cruise full discloser is a good thing.
Will Charter cruises have to comply with this regulation? They often have huge fees added to advertised prices.
Hi 👋 Don. This is a good thing…everything is going up so why should cruising be any different. I just heard stamps are going up…AGAIN! Why don’t they just raise them to $1 and leave it alone for a few years. All this nickel and diming is irritating!!! Have a blessed day Don.
Wish they added the gratuities in there as well
First time cruisers especially don’t know about fees and taxes.
don in uk we get all taxes are shown as final price
Yes, this a a good thing!
I actually like this - probably only good law passed in California in last 50 years ;-)
They'll go up right before same said prices go right back down again as people really aren't travelling all that much anymore except for highly localized travel #staycation
I wonder if they'll add the gratuities in the opening price point.
The same should apply to hotels - anything that is not optional (city / state taxes, resort fees, etc) should be included in the advertised price IMHO
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The never ending sales that are "Ending Soon!" to be replaced with the same deal in a different suit - if that is the best your marketing people can come up with then you need new marketing people.
Prices have went up already. 😢
total waste of thousands of dollars to be told you can't do this, that, have this, go there, NO PRIVACEY.
they are experts at sucking every dime you have out of your pocket!
they suggest you NOT drink tap water onboard and turn around and charge you for over priced bottled water.
they will tell you, the water is free! the cost is just a delivery fee!
you MUST have water to live.
it is a necessity to stay alive, as is air.
surprised to hear they haven't figured out how to charge for the air too!
Appreciate the information!!❤
Great idea…no surprise
Wish they would add gratuities as well...
If the customer sees the "total cruise price" including everything, many will think right off: I can't afford that when added to flights to the cruise port and high hotel rates too. I have been priced out of cruising as a single with all of travel being so costly. BUT, I do realize there are thousands of millionaires now ~ and they WILL PAY THE PRICE.
Maybe, like a recent video of yours stated, these prices are so high, people won't cruise anymore.
Perhaps if we go into a deep, deep RECESSION, prices may come down and the customer just might be valued.
I'm glad they will be adding them in the price
Great idea
Hi Don it seems to me everything is going up.
And I wish they do for 2 people bc it is always double.!!!
ya they keep going up and up and up , thats why I don't cruise anymroe
I was so disheartened when I asked my servers if they got the gratuity that has been built into my cruise, they said “NO”
This is criminal to me😮 where else is this allowed to happen. Tisk, tisk cruise lines.
Yes I love the new way. Alot easier to budget for sure.
Watching the replay
Hawaii has excessive resort fees.
When the taxes and fees are included in the base fare, does that mean that a solo cruiser who pays a 100% supplement will then pay port fees and taxes twice?
What happens when a port could not be entered due to weather/civil unrest?
Hard to say that full(er) transparency is not a good thing...
Long overdue.
That didn't surprise me at all
Disneyland is not a fair comparison. Way more fun than a cruise to most ports of call. Cruising used to be special, but not anymore with all the cuts. It's not even all inclusive like it used to be.
So they are not really raising prices just telling you up front the cost of the cruise with taxes and port fees.
I wish the cruise lines would have handicap cabins in the cheapest category of each type of cabins but no Princess doesn’t offer this there lowest handicap cabin is always at least 25.00 or more never the lowest price.
Prices are going up click bait, only its not going up. Why not be honest?
Don always great entertaining shows🎉
In sticker shock need free one to fix me
Great information
glad their all doing it!!
I like the new way better. Just include the stuff!
NO ONE has addressed the “issue” with solo pricing. It has been the general practice to charge solos double the single rate BUT only once of taxes etc. with this July law, will it mean that solos will have to pay double the taxes as well?
Yes the new pricing is good.
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I think so. What about canada? Thanks
Agree
Great video ❤❤❤❤
So how are the prices going up?
What is the name of the vpn that you have?
I was hoping you weren’t going to go there because you’re better than that title. I at least gave you a 10 second view.
The title should state “Advertised Prices”…
Sounds like the cruise lines are becoming like a used car salesman