well this was a video I didn't really think I was going to make but a lot of people kept
messaging me and sharing with me some news about Celebrity Cruises and I just couldn't
uh pass it up I couldn't not report on this with you all because this hits home to me in
many ways and uh I'm going to tell you why I'm pretty much done selling with Celebrity Cruises
after some Revelations over the past couple of weeks that have been brought to light by
a lot of people and after some research I've done myself I don't think you're
going to see me on too many more Celebrity Cruises here on this channel let's get into
it hello everyone my name is Zach I Am The Traveling Man and if this is the first time
you've ever watched my videos I cover a lot of cruise content in fact Cruise content is
pretty much all I do here on this channel uh and I do a lot of Celebrity Cruises I love Celebrity
Cruises ever since I first solded with them back in 2021 in the months just after the restart when
cruising was shut down during the co pandemic I went on Celebrity Apex quickly fell in love
and have been on I think eight or nine Celebrity Cruises now I'm like almost Elite Plus in their
loyalty Pro program and I only say that just to show you how much I've sold with them how devoted
I've been to them how loyal I have been to them however here lately celebrity hasn't been that
loyal to me and it hasn't been that loyal to its other solo guests and after several people started
talking about this online recently some articles came out some people started messaging me uh on
Instagram if you haven't followed me on Instagram yet make sure you go follow me Zack The Traveling
Man it was shocking when I first read the article when I first started looking into this I hadn't
realized it because I haven't booked a cruise with Celebrity Cruises in a while cuz honestly things
have kind of been going off the rails with them ever since their new CEO took over their new CEO
actually came from Royal Caribbean and honestly it kind of feels like the brand has been becoming
more like Royal ever since uh they basically just been nickel and diing folks more and more so the
things you used to get included before you're now going to have to pay for on Celebrity and I know
a lot of lines are doing this uh the argument can be made and I totally understand that but it seems
like celebrity has been doing this at break neck speeds I mean they are more greedy than all the
others when it comes to it and what really shocks me is that they still want to call themselves a
premium line or premium Cruise Line when they're no longer offering a premium experience that is
included in the cost that you pay you might get a premium experience on Celebrity but you're going
to pay and then pay and then pay and then pay again and keep paying uh I've also had other
experiences with celebrity lately that haven't been that great namely when I went on uh a selling
on Celebrity Reflection In The Retreat and did not get the service that I was promised when I booked
the cruise they cut Butler Service they did not notify guests who bookings in the retreat ahead
of time when I called a check about it they told me everything would proceed and be just the same
as normal it was not when I was on the ship a pretty disappointing experience there on that
ship so things have slowly been going downhill in my eyes with celebrity now before I get into this
I do want to say that I do have two Celebrity Cruises booked for this year I still am going
to go on those because these are cruises I booked in like 2021 uh the next one that you're going to
see I'm going to be selling on Celebrity Edge down in Australia very soon uh and I'm really
excited about that I booked that cruise for like7 $1700 total I staying in one of the solo infinite
Veranda rooms I am still going to keep that one so you will see those videos coming up uh in to
the spring here on the channel there's another one in the fall I'll be taking but besides that I'm
not booking any new Celebrity Cruises I am pretty much done and there is a very specific reason now
this is kind of the straw that broke the camels back you could call it but those articles I was
referring to the messages people were sending me to let me know that celebrity is now charging more
than double the price for solo Cruisers and when I say more than double you might not know that
typically if you're a solo Cruiser you have to pay what's called a solo supplement a solo
supplement essentially means that you're going to pay double because when the cruise lines say I'm
going to sell this state room right here they have two people in mind at least two people in
mind for that state room so if you're selling solo they want to charge you double to make up
that double occupany you have to pay for two people that's been understood as solo Cruisers
have sucked that up we have been paying that now for many years and everything's been okay
but now Celebrity Cruises for whatever reason has decided that they're going to charge in excess of
200% for solo Cruisers which means we're going to pay much more than two people going on the same
cruise and staying in the same room would pay and folks I didn't just come out here just talking I
brought receipts cuz I went and did my research on this and there were two cruises that I just
at random went on their website and actually was was doing this the other day too but I don't have
like screenshots and stuff of it I was doing this the other day I think I did like three cruises and
found this to be the case where they are charging at least $600 in excess of what the double rate
would be so let's say two people are booked on Celebrity reflection and they're paying $2,000 for
an inside cabin right so you would think a solo Cruiser having to pay the solo supplement would
also pay somewhere near $2,000 but what I was seeing when I looked earlier this week where that
couple was paying maybe $2,000 that solo Cruiser is now going to be paying something like like 27
or $2,800 and for what celebrity and I'm making this video cuz I hope that it gets to celebrity I
hope that they hear what US solo Cruisers have to say about this so please if you're a solo
Cruiser and you're impacted by this comment down below because I know for a fact that celebrity
will see this and I want them to know that this is unacceptable like it's it's not right that they're
doing solo Cruisers like this like it really gets under my skin uh because a lot of solo Cruisers
were very loyal have been loyal to celebrity for a very long time got them through the pandemic
y'all I was on cruises on like celebrity edge with 700 people you know and I was still going on those
cruises I was paying you know when celebrity had very few people and very few people even wanted to
go on a cruise because we were in the early days just outside of the pandemic I was going many of
you are going and it's not okay a lot of people been sending me very strong messages uh upset at
celebrity and I understand I'm like I know I get it but let's get to the screenshots I wanted to
show you because I did like said pick two cruises one on the celebrity ascent and this cruise is
actually from I think March 31st 2024 so coming up here in a couple of months and just look at
the price difference I'm going to show you first the price for two guests and look at that total
price down there the total price for two guests in State Room 7108 this is a deluxe inside room
on Celebrity ascent and the total price for two guests is $2,089 96 then I'm going to pop up here
the price for just a solo Cruiser and look at that difference 2785 48 that is a quite a large price
difference and that actually comes out to $695 32 price difference for what is what I want to say
and I know that the cruise line would probably say well you know if you think about it when
you get just one person selling where two people could have been selling there's a loss of Revenue
there because two people if they book specialty dining two people if they book short excursions
two people if they booked whatever else extra that their nickel and Diamond you for over there
that would have been more revenue for us if one person does that we don't get as much revenue so
we are making up for that with this additional fair this additional money that we're ripping
people off with but to that I would say that's why we're paying the solo supplement already
that's why we already PID double because we are taking up that additional birth space where two
people could be for just one person I understand that but am I really taking up double the food at
the buffet no I'm not eating double the food I'm not taking up double the space in the theater or
double space on the pool deck why am I being charged $695 above what a couple would pay I
just want it to make sense I just want someone to explain that to me it doesn't make sense the math
ain't mathing and since I did the newest ship in the fleet I thought it was only right to do the
oldest ship in the fleet as well so here's the price for MCC Cruz for celebrity Millennium the
oldest ship that celebrity has this Cruise will be selling out of Tokyo Japan and it's
selling in August and I'll pull up the price first for the couple and this is for stateroom
2174 an inside stateroom and now pull up this image here for one person and you're looking at
$4,595 a staggering difference of
$1,163 32 for what there is no way I can justify paying $1,200 above what two people would pay for
the same stateroom and I know that four of celebrity ships have the solo infinite brand
State rooms those are usually cheaper however there are only like 32 of those State rooms
on the newest ship the ascent and even less on the edge I think so uh you really got to book
early to get in those State rooms but uh for all the other state rooms even an inside State Room
Ocean View Veranda looked at all of them you're going to be paying above 200% and I just don't
think that's acceptable I don't think that's right folks aren't happy and nor should they
be I'm not happy and again I'm going on those two cruises I already have booked with them because I
had booked those a long time ago at great prices but outside of that no new celebrity bookings for
me I did want to tell folks though that there are great Alternatives out there though there
are Cruise Lines who aren't going to screw you over so much if you are a solo Cruiser one of
those being Norwegian Cruise Line and recently we saw Norwegian actually expand the availability of
their solo State rooms on their ships across the fleet they now have solo State rooms on
every ship dedicated to solo Cruisers and I think that's fantastic and some of the prices of those
are amazing in fact I was just looking uh for a cruise this summer just pricing cruises just
for comparison's sake uh and there was like a 10day on the Norwegian Prima over in Europe
going from like Iceland to London for $1800 for a solo Cruiser and that was like including the free
at Sea which includes drinks and Wi-Fi and short Excursion credit and a specialty dining $1,800
compared to what celebrity is now charging to say in an inside which happens to be more than 200% I
also recently sailed on Virgin voyages and those videos are actually showing on my channel now I
just posted the uh embarcation Day video and be posting more very soon and I'll beat my own self
to the punch because I haven't released a review video yet but I had a fantastic time I loved it
one of the favorite cruises I've been on yet and uh I think if you're a younger person if
you want to do things a little bit different uh if you're tired of the same same on cruise
ships virgin might be for you might want to check them out but they also have solo State
rooms on their ships that are now cheaper than what you can go on a Celebrity Cruise so why not
try them princess I recently went on them had a fantastic time that's why you're seeing me
more and more on other cruise lines and less and less with celebrity and it's going to be
that way in the future cuz honestly their product is a great product I love their ships especially
those Ed sh ships but they're not that good y'all there's plenty of other comparable or maybe even
better things as I'm discovering as I cruise with other lines out there and I think maybe it's time
we all vote with our pocketbook right we all vote with our wallets and say no thank you celebrity I
don't feel valued as a customer with you anymore because of how you are trying to outprice me how
you're trying to gouge money from me as a solo Cruiser I'm good I'm going to go cruise over
here and that's that's my goal in 2024 other than those stes i' already have booked which is kind
of awkward at this point but uh yeah you will see me on those I'm sure it'll be a great time but I'm
not booking anymore in the future going to cool it with celebrity for a while cuz this is kind
of the last all for me you know so thank you for watching this I hope you got something from it I
hope you enjoyed if you did please go down below give me a thumbs up also consider subscribing to
the channel because we have a lot of Adventures to go on in 2024 including Australia very very soon
and you'll see those videos also more from Virgin voyages and I'm sure I'll be trying out other new
Cruise Lines this year as well folks thank you again for watching and I'll see you on the next
adventure
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