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You can also see your OBC on your cruise confirmation document. If you have it, it will be under the section that talks about final payment.

If you can hold it for even one day, then just do that again tomorrow!

Maybe you are booking a "flash fare" which is a lower price requiring immediate full payment at time of booking. Is there an option to book at a higher rate and just hold the room? Then your TA can help you sort out the wrinkles on Monday.

Group rate bookings are eligible - just travelled on a group rate last month and was sent the Move Up email.

The reservation being locked is something that happens occasionally. It will free up in an hour or two.

Wow, thanks! That sounds terrible. Definitely will not buy!

I'm planning on a cruise on the Emerald next year. In reading about their thermal suite I see it has a "gentle sauna". I'm looking for reviews from someone who has used it. I'm used to a normal sauna so a "gentle" one sounds like a waste of time. I'm wondering how gentle it is, or is it like a normal one? Very annoyed they took the old ones out of the change rooms!

Use an app like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger and you can text without cellphone reception. Both parties need to have the app installed.

Most mainstream cruise lines tend to do "round and round" itineraries. Holland America is one that has longer more interesting voyages.

We were on Eclipse at the beginning of this month and noticed the same thing.

I'm sorry, but you are not correct. ALL OTHER VOYAGES 7 NIGHTS OR LONGER (effective Fall 2021): 90-76 days before commencing travel: an amount equal to deposit requirement; 75-61 days before commencing travel: 50% of gross fare; 60-31 days before commencing travel: 75% of gross fare; 30 days or less before commencing travel: 100% of gross fare. Now, we know her cruise is late January so it's probably either 50% or 75% depending on date, so cancellation won't work in this case. But we didn't know that originally.

I included penalties in my post. Depends how far out the cruise is, but if it's far out, the penalty may be only the deposit and it might be worth it. Only they can know for sure.

Check what the cancellation penalty is. It should be on your confirmation document. If the new fare is lower than your fare plus gratuities plus penalty, then it would pay to cancel and rebook. They should be able to shift the funds to your new reservation.

Oh, good point!

They won't let you switch it on the reservation (must be one adult in each room on paper) but on board you can ask for extra room keys and sleep where you like.

Just off Eclipse and the standard wifi is throttled so you can't watch any videos. YouTube won't even load the page. It's ok for basic web surfing and email. I had premium and my husband had standard so we could see the difference. He kept having to "borrow" my wifi so he could accomplish things he wanted to do. With premium it was almost like being at home, though slower of course. But nothing to complain about.

FYI, when you add the soda package with Free at Sea it's considerably cheaper than buying it.

Wow, that's great. I just googled it to find the answer and Google said 30 days. I guess in real life they're a little more flexible than the official policy! "May I transfer my voyage to my travel agent? Yes, Virgin Voyages will gladly transfer a reservation to your travel agent within 30 days from the creation date when a reservation is not paid in full." https://www.virginvoyages.com/help-and-support/before-you-sail/new-bookings#:~:text=May I transfer,paid in full.

You can transfer to an agent within 30 days of creating the booking.

I was specifically told on board that it does transfer.

Forgot to mention, you can't book directly for other people on board. I tried this and was told I had to do the "book later" thing.

You can transfer "book later" bookings to anyone. You pay the $100 deposit so you would need your friends to pay you back for that.

Given you have visas, there's nothing to stop you getting off in India. I don't know why O would have said you couldn't, if you already had visas. I would check with them again if I were you.

In each of the links you provided, there's a section under the marketing paragraph with bullet points saying "What's included?". That clearly lays out exactly what you get with each package.

I'm on Eclipse right now and there are chocolates every night.