Reserving Your Next Cruise While On Board

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When you’re having a wonderful time on a cruise, it can be a good idea to reserve your next cruise before you even leave the ship. Many cruise lines offer special incentives for booking a cruise while you’re still on board, such as reduced deposits, onboard credits, special discounts, and other benefits.

How do you book a cruise while on a cruise? Many ships have a “future cruise” desk just for this purpose. Remember to ask for any onboard booking you make to be transferred to your own professional travel advisor, who can manage it with you.

Future cruise reservations made while on board are often quite flexible. You may have a window of time in which you can change ships or sail dates at no charge. You may also be able to defer your choice of destination, ship and sailing date for a period of time.

The specific benefits of booking a cruise while you’re onboard vary by cruise line, and may be aligned with the cabin category you reserve (a suite may deliver greater rewards than a regular cabin). Here’s a quick look at what some popular cruise lines offer:

·         Costa Cruises keeps things simple: booking a future cruise brings a 5% discount (and possibly more if you belong to their loyalty club).

·         Cunard Line provides onboard credits of up to $400, plus a 3% discount on long voyages of 25 nights or more.

·         Disney Cruise Line offers a 10% discount on future cruises, except during certain blackout dates. Selected sailings have greater discounts, as high as 25%.

·         Holland America Line offers up to $400 per passenger in onboard credits, plus reduced deposits and other rewards.

·         MSC Cruises provides onboard credits of up to $200 per passenger with reduced deposits, plus double points if you belong to their loyalty club.

·         Norwegian Cruise Line gives each passenger up to $500 in onboard credits, which can be used on the current cruise or as the deposit for the future cruise.

·         Princess Cruises has a future cruise deposit program with reduced deposits of $100 per passenger plus up to $150 in onboard credits.

·         Royal Caribbean features reduced deposits plus up to $600 per cabin, which can be used as onboard credits or as a discount on the future cruise fare.

Booking a future cruise while onboard definitely deserves some thought; talk with Anita, your professional travel advisor, about making the most of the opportunity.

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