Pricing changes if party size decreases after booking?

[justafigment27]

If I book a stateroom for 4 people and one of them can’t go, does the whole cruise get re-priced at the rate when the change is made or does the cruise price just get decreased by the amount of the 4th passenger?

 

[European]

I asked this a while ago (but from 2 to 1 passenger). You will keep the original fare when you cancel a passenger, the price just gets decreased by the amount of the 4th passenger. If however you add a passenger, the whole cruise gets repriced.

 

[justafigment27]

I asked this a while ago (but from 2 to 1 passenger). You will keep the original fare when you cancel a passenger, the price just gets decreased by the amount of the 4th passenger. If however you add a passenger, the whole cruise gets repriced.

Thank You!

 

[European]

Assuming you will cancel outside the penalty period.

 

[Mle8308]

I asked this a while ago (but from 2 to 1 passenger). You will keep the original fare when you cancel a passenger, the price just gets decreased by the amount of the 4th passenger. If however you add a passenger, the whole cruise gets repriced.

You keep the original fare, but would it then be re-distributed among the 3 people going, correct? It doesn't make sense not to increase the fare for the others, otherwise people would book parties of 4 and get the lower per person rate, then cancel two.

 

[Ralph&Pam]

You keep the original fare, but would it then be re-distributed among the 3 people going, correct? It doesn't make sense not to increase the fare for the others, otherwise people would book parties of 4 and get the lower per person rate, then cancel two.

DCL pricing is not done that way. The base fare is always for two adults, so even a solo traveler pays that. Then passengers 3, 4, and 5 (as appropriate for the room/lifeboats/etc.) are each priced based on their ages. These individual fare are less than the base fare for the first two cruisers on the booking. Taxes and port fees are then added. So a 4-person booking that changes to a 3-person booking gets reduced by the added fare+tax+port fees for only the fourth person on the original booking.

 

[Mle8308]

DCL pricing is not done that way. The base fare is always for two adults, so even a solo traveler pays that. Then passengers 3, 4, and 5 (as appropriate for the room/lifeboats/etc.) are each priced based on their ages. These individual fare are less than the base fare for the first two cruisers on the booking. Taxes and port fees are then added. So a 4-person booking that changes to a 3-person booking gets reduced by the added fare+tax+port fees for only the fourth person on the original booking.

Thank you!