How do I get through the phone menu to a real live person?
GetHuman researchers routinely call this Celebrity Cruises phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Press 3.
Here is how our research team describes the way the Celebrity Cruises phone system greets you: Travel partners or guests of travel partners, press 1. To service your booking made directly with Celebrity Cruise, press 2. To reserve your cruise booking, press 3. For questions on a past sailing, press 4.
Below are some clips we've found from Celebrity Cruises's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
Heard when the phone system first answers
"You for calling Celebrity Cruises. For travel partners or guests working with a travel partner, please press one.
To service your existing booking, may direct with Celebrity Cruises, please press two.
To reserve Please select from one of the following three choices."
Excerpt from a call with Celebrity Cruises
Sunday, February 11, 2024 9:31 PM
The first phone menu
"You have entered an invalid selection.
Please try again. For travel partners or guests working with a travel partner, please press one.
To service your existing booking, made directly with Celebrity Cruises, please press two.
To reserve your cruise vacation directly with the Celebrity Cruises sales associates, please press three.
For questions on a past sailing, press four.
Thank you for calling Celebrity Cruises. For travel partners or guests, working with a travel partner, please press one.
To service your existing booking made directly with Celebrity Cruises, please press two."
Excerpt from a call with Celebrity Cruises
Saturday, April 6, 2024 1:54 PM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Celebrity Cruises operates the call center for this 800-647-2251 phone number 24 hours, 7 days.The short answer is that you should call on a Thursday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 117 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Celebrity Cruises phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Celebrity Cruises staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Celebrity Cruises is Thursday.The most busy day to call is Monday, which averages 100% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 117 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Tuesday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Thursday.
The best time to call
In summation, the best day to call Celebrity Cruises is Thursday.This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that Celebrity Cruises staffs the call center well on Thursday.
Why call this Celebrity Cruises number?
Below is a sample of recent calls to Celebrity Cruises, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Inquiring about cruise pricing: "I'm looking at a the accent for November the eighth. For that ten day cruise, and I wanted to see what the pricing was."
- From a call lasting 6m 18s , Mar 12, 2024 8:54 PM
Confirming cruise details: "I wanted to reconfirm transportation arrangements from the Hong Kong airport to the ship and ensure you have my flight information."
- From a call lasting 28m 54s , Mar 12, 2024 12:54 AM
Inquiring about Celebrity Cruises: "Just wanted to talk with you about your about your with your is this like celebrity cruise?"
- From a call lasting 3m 16s , Jan 17, 2024 3:48 PM
More Ways to Contact Celebrity Cruises Customer Service
There are of course other ways to contact Celebrity Cruises customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
Use this link to find customer service help through their website
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Celebrity Cruises customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Celebrity Cruises's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Celebrity Cruises agent. This phone number is Celebrity Cruises's best phone number because 1,548 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-647-2251 include Make a booking, Change booking, Cancel booking, Overcharge/Strange charge, Loyalty program and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Celebrity Cruises first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web. In total, Celebrity Cruises has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Celebrity Cruises representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
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