Placeholder booking question...

[ANGRebel]

Is it possible to make a placeholder onboard booking for just one person? Would that booking still be $200 for the placeholder?

Thanks in advance!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Is it possible to make a placeholder onboard booking for just one person? Would that booking still be $200 for the placeholder?

Thanks in advance!

Yes. And yes. One note - a single guest in a room pays 100% single supplement fee (you still pay for double occupancy, even with one person in the room).

If you thinking of doing this and planning on adding another person to the booking later, be aware that the second person you add will be at the prevailing rate at the time you add them.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Yes. And yes. One note - a single guest in a room pays 100% single supplement fee (you still pay for double occupancy, even with one person in the room).

If you thinking of doing this and planning on adding another person to the booking later, be aware that the second person you add will be at the prevailing rate at the time you add them.

Is it true that you can change the name of the other guest in the room and maintain the original pricing? So if I was the only one cruising and wanted to book a placeholder but didn't know who might be joining me, I could make the placeholder reservation with a dummy name and age, then swap it out for the real info when I found out who would be cruising with me?

 

[ANGRebel]

Yes. And yes. One note - a single guest in a room pays 100% single supplement fee (you still pay for double occupancy, even with one person in the room).

Thanks for the info. When I move the placeholder to an actual cruise, am I correct that I can have additional people in the stateroom, and that they would also get the 10% on board booking benefit?

We are going on the November 20th Wonder sailing out of Galveston. I am planning on our next cruise being a 2017 Alaska sailing, but I wanted to see if I could just do a placeholder for me, then when they release those sailings (probably in March?) add my wife and 2 daughters. In this scenario, it would only cost me $200 for the on board booking, but when I add my wife and daughters we would all get the 10% discount, right?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Is it true that you can change the name of the other guest in the room and maintain the original pricing? So if I was the only one cruising and wanted to book a placeholder but didn't know who might be joining me, I could make the placeholder reservation with a dummy name and age, then swap it out for the real info when I found out who would be cruising with me?

I'm not sure about changing one name for another. Whether the new person would be charged the prevailing rate, or if they would just "take over" the already existing rate, I don't know. I only know if you add a person later they are charged the prevailing rate.

 

[ANGRebel]

I think I may have misunderstood the onboard booking. If I put all four of us on the placeholder is it still $200 for the placeholder deposit (total)? Or is it $200 per person?

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I'm not sure about changing one name for another. Whether the new person would be charged the prevailing rate, or if they would just "take over" the already existing rate, I don't know. I only know if you add a person later they are charged the prevailing rate.

Thanks. I'd been wondering about this because I will likely book another placeholder or actual cruise when we cruise in March and might want to bring along one of my DD's babysitters to help out. I just don't know for sure which one of her babysitters would be able to go so might need to switch out a name.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I think I may have misunderstood the onboard booking. If I put all four of us on the placeholder is it still $200 for the placeholder deposit (total)? Or is it $200 per person?

It's $200 deposit for the placeholder, not per person.

 

[ANGRebel]

It's $200 deposit for the placeholder, not per person.

Thanks!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I think I may have misunderstood the onboard booking. If I put all four of us on the placeholder is it still $200 for the placeholder deposit (total)? Or is it $200 per person?

$200 per stateroom, as far as I know. So OP could put everyone on the placeholder reservation (at no cost).