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If you tip extra at a bar I understood they got that tip. If you have leftover OBC at the end of a cruise you can fill out a form and have it given to staff as additional gratuity, BUT, and it’s a big one….you can only give a lump sum to the pool. You can’t say you want X to room steward and X to waiter.

I’m super early as well. I order a pot at 4 am from room service. But next time I’ll take Nespresso pods onboard and make my own. The provided ones were awful.

You just have to fax or email the account statement showing the shares, any type of account. 🙂You can black out account numbers and such. I have gotten responses the same day both times I submitted recently.

I actually didn’t love any of them. I love trying specialty cocktails in restaurants. I never found one on HAL that I wanted to order again. I thought there would be better drinks and choices. I will enjoy seeing the replies here in hopes I find a favorite for next trip.

Starting in a foreign country and starting in a U.S. port are completely different rules.

Let me google that for you. https://www.hollandamerica.com/en/us/cruise-deals/community-appreciation-cruise-offers/teacher-appreciation-offer?

It was added after the face for me as well

My friends booked with a big box store based in WA and I got notice they booked.

My Navigator itinerary has the final day of my last cruise with nothing about my next cruise that is booked

I agree. I use my phone as normal off the ship. But I said I knew people who would not. Likely some folks don’t have phones that would even connect outside the US. Between those, the ones who refuse to pay $10, and the ones who pride themselves on disconnecting and connect to come here to tell us us about it, a ship can never reach everyone in an emergency. it really sounds like HAL did a great job in this case. I’d like to think if I heard bombs my inclination would be to get back to the ship immediately. And to call the ship…again, another reason to have an operational phone!

Same

I know folks who refuse to pay the $10 a day in port to take the phone out of airplane mode. There will probably never be a perfect way to recall everyone, unfortunately.

I wrote on the bottom of the ticket any special instructions for an item in that bag. Hang to air dry green pants. Pink sweater, no dryer/dry flat. It worked !

Flight ease was a few thousand less for a flight for us. ONE of us. I was astounded. if you can get the HAL website to work, it can be great. For a period of weeks I could not get it to work, nor could the FlightEase phone line. I had to book regular flights for all but one person one direction.

So it’s OBC on a future hypothetical cruise? Or $50 off a booking if I make another?

Cruisedeckplans has pictures and notes about specific rooms

I got notice that my friend signed up for the cruise. I think she gets $50 OBC but mine isn’t until after she sails??

I thought it was 60

That’s odd. It should be length of cruise

I asked my TA to mark my reservation for No Upgrades

Weren’t the classes free previously? I don’t recall a charge.

Get a debit card free from foreign transaction fees. Schwab is great. They also reimburse any atm fee the bank you are using charges. So easy.

Last cruise in September they said no specialty dining was available the first night (though we could book for the night we LEFT the ship. They had the days wrong). So, PG first night, a table here and there (concierge made reservations I know and maybe others walked up). Other nights absolutely jam packed.

Darn. Don’t have it on mine

I will definitely not call! thank you.