Onboard Booking Question

[Amunet]

Is it possible to have someone who is already sailing (like a family member/someone REALLY trusted) book a future cruise for you? I know some other cruise lines allow this but not sure if DCL does.

I know that at least one person on the booking must stay on it or it's considered a new booking (and you lose the discounts and OBC).

Has anyone tried doing this? Is it possible?

 

[clten]

We have booked for my parents before (without booking for ourselves). But I have heard people here say they couldn't book for people who weren't sailing. So I don't know if it varies by the booking agent onboard or if the rules keep changing. I just know we were able to do it.

But, are you going to be doing the future sailing with the people who would be booking for you? I ask because the rule is that you can only book one future cruise date per household. So if the people sailing want to book a future cruise, they can get onboard booking benefits on a second cabin for you if you're sailing on the same date. But if you are not sailing with them, they can either book a cruise for themselves and get the benefits or one for your family with the benefits but not both.

 

[Trera]

We have booked for my parents before (without booking for ourselves). But I have heard people here say they couldn't book for people who weren't sailing. So I don't know if it varies by the booking agent onboard or if the rules keep changing. I just know we were able to do it.

But, are you going to be doing the future sailing with the people who would be booking for you? I ask because the rule is that you can only book one future cruise date per household. So if the people sailing want to book a future cruise, they can get onboard booking benefits on a second cabin for you if you're sailing on the same date. But if you are not sailing with them, they can either book a cruise for themselves and get the benefits or one for your family with the benefits but not both.

I thought that I had heard of someone being able to book a back to back while on board????

 

[Starwind]

I thought that I had heard of someone being able to book a back to back while on board????

You can book a back to back, but if a person is sailing on one cruise and booking on board they will only get the OBB benefits on ONE of the B2B cruises (presumably choosing the most expensive).

One cruise = one placeholder or actual booking for one future cruise [which may be upto two staterooms on that same future cruise].

SW

 

[clten]

I thought that I had heard of someone being able to book a back to back while on board????

Yes, back to back cruises used to be the exception to the only one cruise date rule. But they have done away with that exception a year or more ago. If you book back to back while on board now, you only get the onboard benefits on one of the cruises.