Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I am your host, Matt Hatchberg, and this is episode number 115.

The only feeling that can come close to the pure enjoyment of taking Royal Caribbean cruise

is probably booking another Royal Caribbean cruise.

Royal Caribbean offers guests a great program known as Next Cruise to book future Royal Caribbean cruises while on board a cruise yourself. In terms of benefits, it's one of the best deals out there for guests. And this week, we're going to go over the details of the next cruise program and explain why you should consider booking another cruise while on board your current cruise. Here we go.

If I were to list my top Royal Caribbean tips for someone who's new to Royal Caribbean or someone who's just looking to learn more about taking a Royal Caribbean cruise and some of the

insider tips, I really think the next cruise program isn't going to be on the top of my list

or near there at least because next cruise program is something that Royal Caribbean

offers where you're essentially getting free money and free benefits just by booking another Royal Caribbean cruise. And this week's episode actually comes to us from a suggestion from one of our listeners, Jose Payne sent me an email and he said, I have a proposal for a podcast. Why don't you have a podcast on Royal Caribbean's Next Cruise program? What did the program originally have? What changes were made? Are the changes better?

Worse? And is it worth it? And Jose, I think this is a great idea. Thank you for sending it to me. And of course, if you have a suggestion for a topic, you can always email me, Matt, M-A-T-T-Ril Caribbean blog.com. And Jose, you bring up a great topic in terms of Next Cruise because it's something that,

actually, I was surprised I hadn't really covered it in depth in the podcast yet, but

basically let's explain what it is and then kind of dive into it.

Next Cruise program is something that Royal Caribbean offers to guess that when you're on a

Royal Caribbean Cruise, you can book an additional Royal Caribbean cruise or additional cruises

for, you know, you pay the prevailing rates, but you get a special bonus by rebooking on board. This is a program that's probably been around for many, many years, maybe called other things, and other cruise lines do this as well. Basically, it's kind of a way that, well, since you're already on the cruise, you're having a great time, theoretically, and you're really enjoying it, why not try to get the customers

to come back and book another one?

So the next cruise program allows you to do just that, essentially.

And basically, the way it works is it allows you to choose between booking a specific

cruise or an open booking.

Now, specific cruise is just probably like what it probably sounds like, all right?

You're going to book, you know, Freedom of the Seas, July 17th, 2016.

I'm just making updates.

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