Prepaying for cruises

[lilrosie]

I have a queston,,,,my dh and I want to go on another cruise ,,this time we will take our 2 sons 15 and 12,.. I have seen in past posts that people prepaid or made pments on cruises...Are you talking about payment<] plan>> I saw a while ago on carnivals site a menu for that but never looked into it..now when I look for it I cannot find it...Is this something we<] need to talk to a T/A about or how can we do it?? <] Our last cruise we booked ourselves online thru Orbitz..got a really good price Also I have seen advertised 3/4 person discount is there that much of a<] difference in price??<]Any help you can give me I would greatly appreciate..I am desperately trying to get us on another cruise..lmao..Lastly,,Jason..Gottacruz..I am from Gainesville Fla area..do<] you know of any discounts for Fla folks?? <]We prefer to ship out of Tampa area closest to us ( Hubby refuses to go out of Miami) I say if its cheaper then lets do it..but....lol Thanks in advance to any help you can give me...

[Longboysfan]

We leave a big deposit when we boo our trip.

Then pay it off 2 months before we leave.

I do know you can make payments for the trip in advance. Your TA should be able to handle it.

[JohnG]

While you can't make payments with some of the online agencies, you can with a good TA. You make the required, per person deposit, and you know when the due date is for final payment. You can send the TA monthly payments if you like. I have many customers who do that. I also have had some who just had me charge their credit card monthly till it was paid off.

[rogue]

On Princess, you can book a cruise and just have to give a deposit of $100. You also get a cabin credit. You don't have to book a specific cruise, just a future cruise. Your deposit is good for 4 years, and if you decide to not use it, you can have it refunded. You can go to a TA after that and use this deposit for your booking. I don't know if other lines does this, but I would be surprised if they didn't do something like it. :smiley:

[Gregswife]

Every cruise we have ever taken has been on Carnival. We book them thru "Cruises Only" and we pay a deposit of $500 for the 2 of us. The balance then has to be paid 75 days before sailing. You can pay it a little at a time or not make a single payment until that due date and pay it all. The deposit is $250 per person, so of course we paid a higher deposit when the kids were younger and went with us. Of course, the deposit is subtracted from the amount of the cruise.

[lilrosie]

:wink: :smiley: ..thank you all for your help...I appreciate it

[teacp]

We also like Cheryl are the same............With Carnival we put our down payment and then payoff is required 75 days before the cruise. But if I feel like it I will send some in between.................

[zebra]

Yes Howard that's one of my favorite things about Princess....we always book another cruise whilst on board.

[SCIROCCO]

Hi Gregswife! :grin:

Thats what me and Annie do too,but we book directly through the cruise line! :wink: This gives us the chance to work on our Cruise expense budget and we pay as we go! :wink: Just got it paid off Last Week! :grin: We got a D-1 Superior Ocean View With Balcony for $649.00 PP! :wink: for 7 Days Western on the Rhapsody! :cool:

[SKAOLboy]

i put a 200 dollar down payment on my cruise, then paid the remainder off before the due date. AAA allows you to do this, aleast with RCCL.