Asawi

Not on food and drink

Yes

LOL! To me it was the other way round watching it on Star: One Bacharach song now and then can be very nice. 10 in a row shine a light on how... (can't find the right word)...boring?... they are. If it hadn't been for the cast doing a good job I would have been tempted to walk out halfway. Licensing and cast talent can be used better on something else. (Maybe not being American makes a difference. Although well-known Burt Bacharach has never been a huge name over here.)

No. Weather was great and we didn't miss any ports on the first leg of her B2B. I think they missed one (Lerwick?) the second leg.

I was on the first leg of her Cruise. I agree with some of her complaints and opinions. Some I strongly disagree with. Being a vegetarian and not getting decent food probably impacted her views on other things too. That would make me grumpy too!

@KeithJenner is absolutley right and your belief is wrong. VAT in and out is declared totally separate from company income. It is "just" basically an in/out declaration (although any accountant dealing with it would give me a death stare for using words like "just" in connection with VAT). The VAT kind of runs alongside the product (and therefor is paid by the en user) if that makes sense Edit: Very well explained by @KeithJennerby the way! Maybe it really is simple and the word "just" can be used after all! 😄

Yeah... my cruises showed a negative balance of the FAS package amounts for a week or two but it is correct now (fixed a few day ago). I have noticed other oddities the last couple of weeks as well. Lots of little gremlins cruising around. 😄

Wrote a reply but think I was wrong, so delete...

Like others have said, NCL has had some serious problems the last few weeks! Declined credit cards, wrong balance due/owed...

<sigh> Well, let's see the positive: One less night to get dinner schedule and entertainment to cooperate.

I haven't been able to choose cabin on NCL website this year. I just get "no other stateroom available" or something similar when using that choos adifferent room link. I have tried mock booking several 2024-25 cruises so it's not a last minute booking thing. I'm in EU if that matters. (Last year I could choose room.)

Or rather France in this case...

If you're solo Teppanyaki often has seats left for one even if "fully booked" because of how seating is done there.

OMG! Laughing out really loud here. YOU are the one not getting it! I was just about to write that I give up on trying.

Aren't you talking about the service charge now? That's not drinks! Check out post #48 as well.

No it's not! It clearly says service charge! In post #48 another person has this. And they state they hace been refunded for it.

While I agree that the wording of the headline and the picture of the receipt may have been misleading, I just got a bit fed up with all the talk of OP not having FAS. I would have thought it obvious that it wasn't about being charged for the drinks but for the VAT. Apparently I was wrong. Again...

Isn't DSC $20/day? 20+10% makes 22. And 22 is what's being charged. Hence I draw the conclusion VAT of 10% has been added. Why else the extra 2?

Well, seems like they might be now! OP points out that this is the first cruise it's happening on.

And noone has suggested otherwise! (Unless you count the pointing out that VAT is also charged on DSC as such. But hey...)

I hear you and see your point. But does it really matter? The topic is/should be the addition of VAT which clearly is happening. Whether those paper receipts match the onboard account or not. The sums in the onboard account match the VAT on the receipts. Isn't that what this should be about? VAT of 20% charged in France. (If the person hadn't had FAS there would also be the actual drinks charges.) And also the question of the DSC. Another person on the same cruise has the same thing, but they apperently got a credit or something matching the extra payment.

Well, KEEP READING the WHOLE thread then! Or at least browse it!

Not sure I agree. When at table service restaurants many (most?) leave an additional tip. My thoughts (that may very well be wrong) are that the DSC is meant to cover all the people that usually don't get tipped. Like for example the buffet staff. But to each their own!

So you¨re saying the picture showing the onboard account in another post is false? No drinks charged there. Just the VAT. (And the DSC+VAT)

There was a post about it a few weeks ago.