Royal Caribbean - Last Minute Discounts

Effective immediately, consumers and travel agents can no longer expect deep discounts on it's brands (Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Club cruises); when booking last minute.

One exception will be the shorter three and four day voyages.

Discounting last minute creates a disparity between a higher price paid by a traveler a year out versus a lower one booked a few weeks out.  Believe it or not, people who book last minute tend to brag about what they paid either online in a community board atmosphere or while on board their cruise.

Royal Caribbean's new pricing integrity policy may cause some staterooms to remain empty through 2016 sailing, but expects it will even out in 2017.

I commend Royal Caribbean International for pioneering this new policy, and hope that other cruise lines will jump on board as well.

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