Cruise Stock Shareholder Benefits – Free Stateroom Credit

Did you know there was a way you could earn free stateroom credit on every cruise you take? Well there is. Both Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd offer shareholder benefits to those who own at least 100 shares of their stock. These benefit comes in the form of stateroom credits that vary based on the number of nights in your sailing and the credits can be obtained for any of the lines owned by these companies.

Note that Carnival stock is just over $30 a share at the time of this article and Royal Caribbean is just over $21. That means at 100 shares you are looking at a $2,100 and $3,000 investment to take advantage of these benefits. Still if you are a frequent cruiser this may be something to think about. Someone cruising 4 times a year could receive on average $400 in stateroom credits. That’s a 19% return on your RCL investment and a 13% return on CCL in stateroom credit alone.

I have yet to try this on Carnival but I have taken advantage of the Royal Caribbean shareholder benefit and it worked like a charm. Even though they say it takes two to three weeks to receive your benefit, my request was filled within a week. With $100 in credit the majority of our tips were paid for before we even left the home port.

Below is an overview of the benefits offered by Carnival and Royal Caribbean. I have also included links to the respective sites that include contact info. Investor relation support is usually very responsive so if you have any questions don’t hesitate to send them an email.

Ticker Symbol: RCL
Cruise Lines Included: Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Azamara
Official Site: Royal Caribbean Investor Relations
Requirements: Own 100 shares of stock

Benefit Per Sailing:
$250 per stateroom on sailing of 14 nights or more
$200 per stateroom on sailing of 10 to 13 nights
$100 per stateroom on sailing of 6 to 9 nights
$50 per stateroom on sailing of 5 nights or less

How to Redeem RCL Cruise Benifits:
Email your name, address, confirmation number, ship, sailing date along with a copy of your brokerage statement showing your ownership of stock to shareholderbenefit@rccl.com at least three weeks before you sail.

Ticker Symbol: CCL
Cruise Lines Included: Carnival, Princess, Holland America, Cunard, Seabourn, Costa, P&O
Official Site: Carnival Investor Relations
Requirements: Own 100 shares of stock

Benefit Per Sailing:
$250 per stateroom on sailing of 14 nights or more
$100 per stateroom on sailing of 7 to 13 nights
$50 per stateroom on sailing of 6 nights or less

How to Redeem CCL Cruise Benifits:
Name, reservation number, ship and sailing date, along with proof of stock ownership must be provided to the address or email located at the above investor relations link. Each address and email varies by cruise line so be sure to choose the correct line when redeeming your benefits.

Stocks are risky and I am by no means proclaiming to be a financial expert so consult your finacnial advisor before making any stock purchase decisions… or at least realize you could lose money in the underlying stock while receiving the shareholder benefits.