CRUISE TIP - FREE MONEY ON EVERY CRUISE with CRUISE STOCK BENEFIT
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Cruise News and Cruise Tip Time! In this episode we take a look a benefit that not all cruisers may know about that provides cruise passengers up to $250 onboard credit on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian cruises. Let's talk about it!
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We bought 100 shares of NCL in April 2020 for $8.40 per share. Used the benefit for the first time in Feb 2022 ($100 OBC) and will use it again in September. Definitely working for us!
Carnival doesn't pay stockholder OBC if you use a rate code to book your cruise. You know, those rate codes they advertise their fares at on their website as lowest price. So beware, unless you pay double what they advertise their fares at (essentially) they won't pay out.
For Carnival, you must own 100 shares of the stock for at least 30 days before the benefit kicks in. I’ve never seen it this cheap.
wait a few days
Right now CCL $8.90 a share and RCL $35 😎
This is close to March 2020 level low.
4 weeks
The stock market is concerned Carnival may not be able to make some interest payments and may have to raise more money (or declare bankruptcy for restructuring which makes the stock worth zero).
Tony- You should mention the Veterans benefit with Princess. If you are a Vet, active duty or other service, you are able to get up to $250 OBC on longer cruises. You need to submit a copy of your DD-214 to Princess. They also have a Vets gathering onboard on most cruises. Note: This is in addition to the stock benefit!
I had no idea that owning stock in the company came with a cruise benefit. Thank you for the new information.
Thanks Tony, I've been using the stock discount for years on Carnival. I usually buy at least 100 sometimes more 100 lots, then just sell a covered calls against it this way if the stock goes down well I still make something off it. example buy 100 shares at $10 each = $1k sell a covered call at $10.50, if stock goes to $10.50 or higher well i keep the money from the covered call on it and I lose my shares (with a 50c profit ie $50 profit + what I sold the covered call for) and I get the $250 onboard credit. To lose value the stock would have to drop more then below $7.50 as keep money on the covered call even if stock goes down and retain the stock. And if the stock drops like that while on the cruise I still sell the stock at a loss which goes into capital gains losses for taxes later but I still came out a head in value with the onboard credit.
Thank you for addressing this, Tony! I bought RCL after COVID, and even with today’s price drop I have made a profit of $880 from price appreciation, but have earned (and spent) $1,150 in OBC. Needless to say I am happy with my investment, even in the current market environment.
How many cruises did you take to earn that much onboard credit because for years it is only been $250 max on board credit you can get from being a shareholder on any cruise line with carnival Corporation. I would like to know where you got your total amount?
@@francoisedunne223 I guess 5 + cruises would earn the $1150 or am I being a bit daft. Over here in the UK, you can get onboard credit with these lines just by booking via a Travel Agent or Cruise line. We have £400 or approx $500 on P&O's Iona (part of Carnival) later this year. We are not shareholders. Also by booking onboard Princess with just a deposit against any cruise you choose you get onboard credit.
@@sirborisdumpling6161 Nailed it! We’ve been making up for lost time since cruising restarted. Nine 7 to 9-day sailings plus one 15-night sailing netted us the $1,150. Sailings were on both Celebrity and Royal Caribbean.
Good for you. We're down 900$ but used 200
If you buy carnival stock can you use it on Holland America,carnival and princess
Just grabbed 100 shares of NCL while it was on the low side. I'm not a stock market person at all. I, too, consider Wall Street to be a casino, and I'm no gambler. I'll take the cruising benefit, and the gains that are as likely as any.
Buy low, sell high. Even if you are currently down, hold firm. The stock price will return to pre-pandemic levels. It may take several years but they will get there. Expect some rough roads on the market in general for the foreseeable future
Or sell now, and buy on an upswing in case it crashes.
Hi Tony …last Thanksgiving we decided to treat ourselves … early Christmas gift….and buy 100 stocks of carnival stocks at that time it was $19 and everybody told us!! wow !! that is the lowest it has been for years. So we decided to scrape our money together and go for it. We have taken 3 cruises since we bought the stocks and we really appreciate the onboard credit … $250 max… (14 day per cruises)my husband is also a military retired veteran and we can also use that obc (Princess only !!)also so we have a win-win on our cruises and since we are sticking only with Carnival Cruise Corporate ships … Princess… Holland… carnival…we are doing good so far. Wished we would’ve had the money years ago but as seniors you don’t have a lot of money in your account to do excess with !!!! but taking 35+ cruises it really could’ve mounted up if we could’ve done it years ago. But there are a lot of new rules and stipulations coming out of carnival corporate…Watch for it where they are going to really limit the stockholders onboard credit option with the price $$$$ of your cruise! You heard it from me well in advance. A little birdie told me.
I own Carnival, RCCL, and NCL stocks. I use the stock benefit on each cruise. The cruise counts, however on a cruise tour only the time on the ship counts. On a 15 day cruise tour only the 7 day cruise counts, buf I am grateful for the $100.00. Just sending off my paperwork for my next three princess bookings.
I believe you are right about the comeback. Cruise stock is definitely a buy, hold, and forget about it buy. Don't expect to big jump in stock price any time soon.
Could you clarify? You lost me with the 15 v. 7 days. What do you mean by cruise tour?
I have had CC stock for a couple years. I bought it early in the pandemic at is bottom. I'm in it right, I probably won't ever sale it. I believe the benefit is better than most dividends. (Plus, I believe it gets you onboard cash on princess cruise and possibly others in the Carnival Corporation family of cruise lines?¿? ) I was finally able to use this benefit on our last cruise. Every $100 bill counts.
It should be noted that you can't wake up the day of your cruise and decide to buy the stock to get onboard credit. If I'm not mistaken there's an approval process on the cruise line's part that you have to complete well in advance. Plan accordingly.
For Carnival in U K it’s a minimum of 3 weeks beforehand
Carnival is at $8.90 today and wee got another 500 shares. It will go up again as cruising is not going away. And we are in it for the long term.
It was so easy to get our onboard Credit from Royal. We just learned about the stock incentive. Wish we would have known 2 years ago. 😂. Great video for people who have stocks and don’t know this little tip. Happy Cruuusing!
I purchased Carnival stock during the shutdown @ around $8. However, I have booked or cruised 10 times since then and my cruise rate NEVER qualifies for this discount. The rates that I usually get are for either returning customer or 55 + yrs old. They are still in the thousands for a 7 days cruise but do not qualify for the stock holder credit. Hoping the stock goes back up, I will sell and get my money back.
Thanks for the info. Not a benefit if you can’t use it!
Same thing happened to me! Not a useable benefit.
We are well over 55 and “return” customers. Got the OBC with no hassle--just faxed the form. It does not happen automatically. You have to request for each cruise
Back during the last "stock market crash" in 2008-2009 (trying to remember the year), RCL dipped down to less than 6.00 a share then slowly rebounded hitting a high near 150.00 a share. Items of comfort/luxury often rebound after tough financial times like these, once people start being able to afford the basics again. I am by no means one to give stock advice, just a guy that watches the numbers over the years and sees this pattern repeat itself. Just my two cents. :)
Carnival is down almost 10% today. It is 8.88
We purchased our first cruise stocks in 2011 and we now own CCL, RCCL, & NCL. We have cruised 42 times since then and received the OBC from Carnival 100% of the time, about 50 - 60% of the time on RCCL, and never on NCL. NCL has always said that it is not combine-able with other offers and RCCL says the same thing when they turn us down. Both CCL and RCCL paid good dividends until the pandemic so that was even more of a bonus. Over those years RCCL has done the best.
Found this tip last year and bought stock at a great low rate. Going to long term hold and the OBC is a great perk. Requested the credit for a comped casino cruise and thats when I found out you dont get it for those cruises. So sad but I get it. Have two 14 day cruises next year and the OBC will pay for some of my excursions. If you cruise even once a year it is a great deal to buy stock right now.
Great show today. Super timely advice with cruise shares being so low. Time to share up!!!
My folks bought RCL and CCL stock way back when (like 15 years ago) and having taken all the cruises they had, calculated that their shipboard credit as a stockholders ended up being more than the original stock purchase.
It always surprises me how many people don't know about these great benefits! Good job educating the masses. I started buying CCL stock at the beginning of the pandemic, spent less than $1000 and used my shareholder benefits on 4 cruises (carnival & Princess). I've already had a ROI of $400 and just bought more today and now own 200 shares.
Tony that was awesome tip - I never heard of too much about the cruise ships stocks on
The tv etc and thank you for making it more clear of how the onboarding credits works.
Speaking of TAs, I booked a cruise through team Jenny for the first time! I don't have any stock to take advantage though. But Thanks for booking my cruise!
I have 105 shares of NCL an it's down another 10% this morning. Not a issue for me, I'm a hold an sail share holder.
I have been monitoring NCL in last few weeks. I think it's time to get in now. Can't beat $10!
Always good to know that #TeamJenny can take care of all of my vacation needs!!!!
Jenny I just wanted to say that you are looking great. Weight Watchers is really working for you. Same goes for you Tony. 😺
I HAD NO IDEA. Frequent cruiser and stock holder in Carnival and NCL. Thank you so much for this!
Tony is providing great info on here!!! We’ve saved thousands with shareholder credit on Carnival, Holland, and Princess over the years, along with veterans credit. We own more than the 100 shares required mostly purchased at $8 and $10. We’re looking down the road. Note that with Carnival casino comps, you will not get the credit, which is fair enough. We’re in a Heathrow hotel today and took the EMed Binax test last evening for our 4 Dover b2bs starting Sunday. We didn’t get the shareholder credit as these are all Casio rates. My DW will, however, make a yet to be determined donation through the slots 🎰. Back to the stock, CCL has been in the 60’s, and will return - hopefully before I die!
Bought 100 shares of CCL at -10 a year ago. Really a no-brainer at that price. Hopefully OBC will return the initial investment but I plan to hold for the long term. It would be awesome to see it back to $50-60 a share just like a few years ago! 🙂
Two years ago, when the market tanked because of Covid, i bought 100 shares each of Carnival and Royal Caribbean. So far, I've benefitted on three cruises with three more booked. Works for Holland America, Princess, and Celebrity, too.
Worth mentioning that Princess offers a benefit to veterans. Sent a copy of your DD214 and you get OBC on all future cruises automatically.
Just bought 15 shares of CCL yesterday bringing my total of share to 101. im going to apply it to my cruise in April on the Mardi Gras
I got in with CCL at around 20$. It has already paid me back with onboard credits and benefits. We’ve been in the market for 40+ years and do not trade. In fact we have had the same financial advisor all that time. You have to have a level of trust with whom ever handles your investments.
Hi Tony, great post! Perfect time to buy. It was nice, pre pandemic, Carnival was the only company that paid dividends. The dividends received was enough to pay for a 7 day cruise each year. I hope they go back to paying out.
Great informative video to those who are not aware of the stock ownership perks. Another video idea to consider - Discount cruise fare benefit or free cruises for land casino goers.
This is funny Tony. I just purchased my final 15 shares of NCL this morning. I now have 100.91 shares. The average price was $12.49 but of course I have lost money but I don't plan on selling. Just purchased for the on board credit. We seem to be on NCL since you cannot beet the airfare and MSC. MSC is private so no stock to purchase
Technically you haven't lost any money if you haven't sold it.
Good job Tony and smart of you to include " let the buyer beware " let me add in case you're not aware. The Carnival deal also works for the family brands. You must send in ( either by mail or email the proof and booking info). But the address is different for each of the brands. I have the list is you can not find it let me know.
Regards
I was wondering if this worked on Princess. Do you have the email for that?
Can you please post the address??? Thank you...
Thanks for the info Tony, read the comments think I have got the answer I was looking for. You and Ms. Jenny B have a great weekend! From the folks in Tn. Terry & Jean🤙🤙❣️
We love to see the beautiful Jenny! Safe travels guys!
Solid, done! Have you seen the Virgin Cruises commercial with the kids complaining? It showed while watching this video. It’s hilariously rude 😂
We have it for RC and do use it!! Woot Woot!!
Wow, I did not know this! Tomorrow I will purchase 100 shares of CCL. Thanks for the tip!
Great info and topic. Ive looked at it. Wish I could act on it. I have a few stocks but would love cruise stock. Nice seeing the lovely Jenny B. She warms my heart! Thanks. .
I have had my CCL for 4 years so paid a lot more than the current price, but I have had over $2000 AUD in OBC since buying and now look forward to more for future cruises now they have returned to Australia,
Hey Tony, I've gotten my $100 shareholder OBC from both Princess (CCL) and Celebrity (RCL) on casino-comped cruises this year. I don't know about NCL as I haven't been comped a cruise with them.
I had mine in 2020 under $8. Sold it around $24 and just bought again. It’s not that much of a gamble . Carnival is definitely not a growth stock and they no longer give a dividend but I’m okay with 100 shares . I will get that back by next year based on all of my reservations. Anything else is bonus.
I'm still annoyed at myself that I forgot to take advantage of my stock for my last Carnival cruise. Don't rely on your travel agents to remember, folks. Add it to your check list!
At this point if I cashed out my Carnival stock, I would take a little bit of a loss. I don't plan to cash it out for a long, long time, though. I prefer when it's up (obviously) but as long as it never goes to zero (zero is highly unlikely), I'll be fine.
CCL and RCCL used to pay a dividend also. They stopped when cruising went to C19 jail. Carnival was paying $ .50/share div. $200 per year with 100 shares. Royal was a little more.
Super helpful videos today and yesterday. It's a nice ad to talk about things that everyone might not know. I knew about the stock thing but didn't know about the in memory of Bill W yesterday and had always wondered what that was. Thanks for your hard work
In 2018, CCL shares were selling in the mid $60’s (e.g., $63 to $69). Financial advisors all say: “The Stock Market always recovers.” Which conversely means, it will always have a downturn. Another saying I have heard: “Buy low, sell high”. It’s low now…. Just sayin’. 😉😎
The reality is that if you buy today and hold on for the current rollercoaster of the market, you are going to make significant money. I own Carnival, NCL and today bought even more Carnival. These are really value pricing but you have to hold for the long term.
Important for people to know that the Carnival benefit covers all their brands, i.e. Princess, Holland America, Cunard etc.
I love the plug!!!!!!! I love you all! Hopefully I’ll see you all on a cruise one day.
Had no idea of this benefit, thanks for sharing! Wish I had known last month. Thank you!
Yep bought carnival stock a few days ago
Obc and I would assume it will go up at some point
Seems like a win
Another great way to support cruising and get rewarded beyond the stock market. Good show Tony and Jenny!
Discounts and tips are always helpful. Thanks Tony
We've been watching the stocks too. I wish we had the money to buy the minimum 100 shares of RCI.
$250 is a 25% return if you buy the stock at $10 per share.
During the pandemic I bought 100 shares of CCL, and NCLH and CUK each. Used the NCLH benefit in April 2022. $100 credit
Tony, hubby and I did hear about this and taking advantage of the benefit cause we plan on several more cruises!
I did I had my cruise repriced I got over 200 credit on carnival cruise and I plus 150 bucks in cruise cash before so I will enjoy 4 cruise for sure
Sounds great, but have owned 100+ shares of Carnival for a few years and they always find a way to say "your cruise deal was too good, so you don't get OBC". Total ripoff. I'm down about $3000 on my hundred shares, so I guess they have me captive for a long time. I'll keep trying on every cruise, but the denials are getting old..
Got my stock yesterday for Carnival. So excited to just have the extra $$'s for my cruises
Hi how did you purchase?
Great reporting as always. I purchased Carnival stop at the beginning of the pandemic. I am down but guess what I bought some more. I did not know about the cruise stock option. See you on the Lido, and great shirt by the way!
Nice seeing you Jenny
We bought 100 Carnival shares in 2016 and have cruised 2 x yearly for 14 nights each time. We always got $250 obc and did get a small dividend every 3 months until the pandemic when it stopped. However we bought our shares at the top price so they are worth much much less to us now. But if we continue to cruise twice yearly we are still recouping some of the money back and hopefully in time, a long long time, I think, we may get a decent amount back when we sell. We are in the UK and occasionally sail with P&O and we get £150 per 14 day sailing.
Thanks for the info I didn't know there was a stock benefit. Have to talk to the hubby.
I just bought RCL a few minutes ago. It was on my To Do List and your video reminded me.
Great Benefit and great explanation as always. Appreciate what you put out here everyday.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know about the perks of cruise stock ownership. Awesome stuff!!
Carnival is a crazy good deal right now and even though we already have 100 shares of all three cruise lines - tempted to buy more of Carnival as this crazy stuff will eventually pass and cruise line shares will eventually bounce back in price. Bought Disney when they dropped last year even though they dropped their stock benefits - but that hurt as even at reduced prices - they were costly! We’re in it for the long term or will be the kids inheritance lol In the meantime - we’ve recouped our investment in aOBC - just like you said. Great advice! Great explanation!
Already done 24 post Covid cruises. Collected over $2,000 in OBC benefits
Never knew about the stock benefit. Thanks so much for the info
Hi Jenny and Tony!
Great video! Very informative 👍🏻
I own NCLH (NCL) stock and comsider it a safe investment since I cruise a lot. I get onboard credit each cruise and only have a few more cruises left before my initial investment is repaid with onboard credit. That means that when I decide to sell the stock it's all profit regardless of the stock value when I sell, other than that I plan to sell anytime soon.
I'm not sure of Royal Caribbean's and Norwegian's policies, but Carnival only gives the onboard credit per cabin (as you stated). This means if both people in the cabin own stock, only one individual gets the onboard credit. I've resisted buying stock because my traveling companion already gets the benefit. But with you driving down the stock value, I may think again.
Great informative video...the only way you get the obc is to summit a statement 3months in advance of sailing...I found that out from my vp with Carnival...I never knew about this...thanks for sharing...
Yes I own Carnival stock and I get my OBC on each Holland America and Princess cruise. I almost have recouped my investment. Unfortunately the Carnival stock has not been paying dividends at least since the pandemic.
We bought 100 shares of Carnival during the pandemic when it was in the $8 range. We have used it twice so far. Would love to get some Royal. A little reluctant right now with the way the economy is going. :(
I’m glad you covered this :) I started buying stocks during the pandemic for the first time and of course started with cruise stocks!
Very helpful information! I appreciate getting these cruising insights:-)
Caveat emptor # 3. Tony mentioned owning stock but not which one. You probably want to mention which stocks you are long on so as to not get into any issues with the SEC. Any time I've watched someone talking stocks, they've always mentioned if there was any kind of conflict of interest.
And agree wholeheartedly. At these price points, buy stock of your favorite cruise ship line. Buy 100 shares of Carnival for example at $8.84 or $884. Go on two cruises and get $200 back and then sell the stock in two years for a profit.
Thank you for the info. We cruise every year and I like this idea.
wow! I'm the 1st like today. never happened before
This was very interesting! Thank you for sharing.
Don't look today Tony! LOL (I own two of the three, the secret is to hold, the market has always come back historically)
I’m holding, maybe buying more.
Great tip! Never knew this existed. Might pick up a few shares of each just for the discounts. Carnival dropped 11% today.
Hello there, Jenny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤗🥰🤗🥰🤗 I have missed seeing your beautiful face and spirit in these videos!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Hahahaha. I loaded up a boatload more CCL and RCL today. It was a great day to buy.
Thanks for the reminder that it's down. I already have 100, 50 that I bought March 2020 around $10, and then the rest bought around $20 because I had a cruise coming up and wanted to use the OBC. Just bought 100 more though. Because I believe it will get back to its pre-pandemic level of around $40 at some point.
Shares + free cocktails = win, win
Did not know about the stock benefits thank you Tony 🤗
WOW! Didn't know this. Thanks.
I have some RCL stock and would like to get more, thanks for the tip, I did not know about that.
Buying 100 shares of Carnival stock is tempting. If you cruised a lot you would recoup your money at some point whether the stock went up in value or not. Looks like its currently nearing its pandemic lows so it would be a good time to get in.
Most cruisers that use this perk sell the stock as soon as they can. I generally buy 100 shares one day before my monthly stock trading account statement comes out. The statement is what the cruise lines generally want to see. Then I sell the stock the day after the account closes for the month so I only own the stock for 2 days. Generally I can put in a selling price for more than I bought the stock for and sometime in the next 5 days the stock price will bounce around enough so the stock sells.
I just bought my 100 shares a few days ago and it's gone down. I know they will go up again in a few years. I am excited, this is the first time I have invested!!