Princess Deposit Policy

> No longer will it
> be a flat amount, like $300 or $500 per person, but will be a percentage
> of the
> booking amount. It looks like 30% is what they are looking at.

Another good reason to use the Future Cruise Credit that Princess offers to
anyone on board a Princess Cruise.

Last year, our $100. FCC held our $4500. booking until Final Payment time.

[Default] Thus spake Joseph Coulter <seeLOOKATsig@>:

>Cal Ford <calford@lidodeckcruises.com> wrote in
>news:frs9mq01q62@drn.newsguy.com:
>
>> Thought for sure one of the regular posters would have put this up but
>> I guess not ......
>>
>> Just heard yesterday that one of the changes that Princess is going to
>> make for the 2009/2010 season is a dramatic policy change on deposits.
>> No longer will it be a flat amount, like $300 or $500 per person, but
>> will be a percentage of the booking amount. It looks like 30% is what
>> they are looking at. But the question is, will this be based on the
>> Cruise Fare or will it be the booking total with Cruise, Fees, Air
>> Transfers, Insurance, etc, used as the base to calculate the deposit.
>>
>> Be interesting to see how this is implemented and how the other Lines
>> respond.
>>
>> Cal Ford
>> Lido Deck Cruises
>> 800-511-4417
>>
>>
>
>you can bet the insurance will be on top of the 30% otherwise I am betting
>one apercent of everything else.

I agree. Pay for the entire insurance up front and percent of fare
before taxes and government imposed fees (but not fuel surcharge).

>
>One could look to Cunard as the likely model.

And everyone else peering over their shoulder.

Cal Ford wrote:
> Thought for sure one of the regular posters would have put this up but I guess
> not ......
>
> Just heard yesterday that one of the changes that Princess is going to make for
> the 2009/2010 season is a dramatic policy change on deposits. No longer will it
> be a flat amount, like $300 or $500 per person, but will be a percentage of the
> booking amount. It looks like 30% is what they are looking at. But the question
> is, will this be based on the Cruise Fare or will it be the booking total with
> Cruise, Fees, Air Transfers, Insurance, etc, used as the base to calculate the
> deposit.
>
Looks like they started this new policy already. I got a quote for an
Oct 2009 sailing and the deposit amount is about 32% of the total fare
($1734 for a $5372 cruise). The quote I got is cruise only, no
airfare/insurance.