Would Lower Deposits on Cruise Bookings Affect How You Cruise?

With NCL, if you have a future cruise voucher, that is your deposit. We always purchase one since for $250, you get $100 OBC immediately. I expect we'll buy one in March, even though we are booked for a cruise in October. Which we booked in August right after buying the voucher.

The best thing about Norwegians voucher, is its good for four years. On some other lines they were only good for two.

Yes, I guess that I also would book the cruise if I really wanted it even though it would cost me more.

Enjoy your cruise and all the perks.

I was talking to a friend of mine last night and they are booked on a NCL cruise during the march break and she told me that they now allow you to book in Canadian dollars, for those of us from Canada. So that way in the event of dollar fluctuation, your price remains constant. Very smart business practice. I suspect I will be changing over to NCL!

We booked today on Carnival using the 50% off deposit deal. We would have had to wait awhile longer otherwise.

There are enough low or no deposit specials. But the bottomline is that we want to book a cruise, we pay whatever the deposit required. If we can't afford the booking deposit, we reconsider whether we can afford the cruise itself. We live on an all-cash basis. While we use credit and charge cards for convenience, we pay off any balances each month. We pretty much know what our expected income and expenses are for months ahead. We know our cruise-ability and plan well in advance.

Same for me. I finally told my TA not to call me about low deposits. They are not a reason for me to book a cruise. I am sure, though,nfor many people it can be a determining factor.

Since I tend to not book far out deposit does not matter to me. When I book it is in 90 days or less, so I pay in full.

To be honest, being from Canada, a lower deposit is a bit of an incentive to book as our dollar is presently worth a lot less that what I would prefer. Then we would watch the dollar for increases and pay the balance or installments, etc when applicable.

At the end of the day though, if it was a cruise I really wanted, I would book regardless

There are always "specials" that are presented by cruise lines regarding deposits and perks. I have not cruised on a Carnival vessel yet, but I have looked at some shorter inexpensive cruises out of L.A.

We got a great deal on our next cruise to Alaska on NCL with a few perks and a reduced deposit.