Cruise fare watch log
A dated record of the prices you see for the cruise you booked, or are about to book. Print it or copy it. Nothing here watches prices for you, and there's nothing to submit.
- A lower price for the same offer.
- A cheaper offer that is different: another cabin, a guarantee, a different party, non-refundable terms or another promotion.
- What action, if any, is available under your booking. A lower advertised price alone doesn't establish a refund or repricing entitlement. Check the applicable terms and ask where you booked.
Keep it private. Don't write reservation numbers, names, contact details, card numbers or account logins here.
Part 1: your booking, written once
- Baseline recorded: date, time and time zone
- Cruise line and ship
- Departure date and number of nights
- Who's travelling (adults; children's ages if they affect the price)
- Cabin category code and name
- Assigned cabin or guarantee?
- Booking market and currency
- Where you booked
- Fare type (refundable deposit, non-refundable deposit, other)
- Promotion, inclusions and eligibility conditions
- Onboard credit amount/currency and restrictions, or unknown
- Public terms link or privately retained dated copy
- Gratuities: included, prepaid separately, or not included?
- Cruise fare for the whole cabin
- Taxes and fees for the whole cabin
- Gratuities prepaid separately: actual whole-party amount, if applicable
- Planned gratuities for the whole party (if not included or prepaid)
- Your comparison total (each charge counted once)
- Already paid in full? Yes/no/unknown, as of date
- Final payment due date
- Date cancellation penalties start, if shown
A deposit due today isn't the trip total. Include separately prepaid gratuities once. If the booking changes, keep the old baseline and make a new dated one.
Part 2: each time you check
Add the actual fares for all guests. Multiply one per-person rate only if it explicitly applies to everyone. Check whether taxes are per guest/per cabin or included; missing information means incomplete. Count included or prepaid gratuities once. Keep credit separate: a changed credit means a different offer, and unknown isn't zero.
Check 1
Check 2
Check 3
Part 3: before you do anything about a lower price
- Is it exactly the same offer: ship, date, nights, party, cabin category, assignment, fare type, promotion, market and currency?
- Have you compared whole-cabin totals with each charge counted once?
- Confirm whether the booking is already paid in full and when penalties start; the final-payment due date alone does not answer either.
- What do your booking's terms say about changing it? Check the deposit, the cancellation charges and any promotion that applies only to new bookings.
- Have you asked where you booked whether anything can change? Write down the answer and the date.
- A price you see later is not a promise of a refund, a credit or a lower price for your booking.
From CruiseChampion's guide to tracking a cruise fare after booking: cruisechampion.net/track-cruise-fare-changes/