Cancelling 2nd person Carnival Question

We pre-paid long ago, in full, for three cabins on a Carnival cruise which will sail in 10 days. One of the cabins, the 2nd person will not be able to make it. What should I expect? The info online is confusing about cancel/fees, etc. Anybody have any experience with this or know the answer?

We pre-paid long ago, in full, for three cabins on a Carnival cruise which will sail in 10 days. One of the cabins, the 2nd person will not be able to make it. What should I expect? The info online is confusing about cancel/fees, etc. Anybody have any experience with this or know the answer?

At this time it better to do a cancel at the pier. There probably any refund this late . All you'll get back is port fees and taxes.

I would ask this over on the Carnival Forum. There are always folks over there who have experience with cancellations v. no shows.

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You will not get any refund -other than port fees. Of course, some will advise you that, if the second person in the cabin cancels, not only is there no refund - but the remaining person will then be charged the single supplement. I frankly do not believe it, but there are those who will swear that it happens.

The standard advice on this forum for that situation is to just show up and advise them at the pier that person 2 won't make it.

If Mike and Jane book a cruise for $500 a piece, they each pay $500. If Mike was going to go alone he would pay $1,000 (single supplement is usually just double the fare). The theory is that if Jane cancels at the last minute, she will forfeit her $500. And then the cruise line will realize Mike should pay $1,000 now as a single and try to charge him the $500 extra. No idea if that really happens, but that's the rational behind just canceling at the pier.

This is really only an issue if person 2 has insurance that they want to cover their half. That would require a cancellation ahead of time and could invoke the process listed above.

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The standard advice on this forum for that situation is to just show up and advise them at the pier that person 2 won't make it.

 

If Mike and Jane book a cruise for $500 a piece, they each pay $500. If Mike was going to go alone he would pay $1,000 (single supplement is usually just double the fare). The theory is that if Jane cancels at the last minute, she will forfeit her $500. And then the cruise line will realize Mike should pay $1,000 now as a single and try to charge him the $500 extra. No idea if that really happens, but that's the rational behind just canceling at the pier.

 

This is really only an issue if person 2 has insurance that they want to cover their half. That would require a cancellation ahead of time and could invoke the process listed above.

The so-called "single supplement has already been paid in this case. The cruise line was paid for two people, each paying their own way. If one cancels, their payment is forfeit due to the late cancellation. That payment will count as the single supplement a single person would pay. The myth that the cruise line would then charge yet another $500 is just that - a myth. There is no way they would even attempt to try to coerce a total of a $1,500 payment for a $1,000 room in such a situation. That would qualify as price gouging. The bad press and legal challenges that would result if they had this policy would cause more harm than the additional $500 is worth. As long as the original agreed upon charges are paid in full, cancelling now or at the pier would not be any different.

The so-called "single supplement has already been paid in this case. The cruise line was paid for two people, each paying their own way. If one cancels, their payment is forfeit due to the late cancellation. That payment will count as the single supplement a single person would pay. The myth that the cruise line would then charge yet another $500 is just that - a myth. There is no way they would even attempt to try to coerce a total of a $1,500 payment for a $1,000 room in such a situation. That would qualify as price gouging. The bad press and legal challenges that would result if they had this policy would cause more harm than the additional $500 is worth. As long as the original agreed upon charges are paid in full, cancelling now or at the pier would not be any different.

Source please

If you are going in early Feb I can join you and save you losing the money, as I will be arriving on the 3rd, solo and would love be Happy2sailaway :);)

The so-called "single supplement has already been paid in this case. The cruise line was paid for two people, each paying their own way. If one cancels, their payment is forfeit due to the late cancellation. That payment will count as the single supplement a single person would pay. The myth that the cruise line would then charge yet another $500 is just that - a myth. There is no way they would even attempt to try to coerce a total of a $1,500 payment for a $1,000 room in such a situation. That would qualify as price gouging. The bad press and legal challenges that would result if they had this policy would cause more harm than the additional $500 is worth. As long as the original agreed upon charges are paid in full, cancelling now or at the pier would not be any different.

Please provide some evidence. I understand your difficulty with the concept, but on another thread on this topic a number of posters cam up with credible references citing that it did happen.

You are certainly incorrect in stating that the single supplement has been paid -- it has not: a second passenger has paid his fare. You also overlook the fact that the cruise line counts on onboard revenue to earn its profit. One passenger in a cabin is likely to spend just half of what two passengers in that cabin would spend.

The cruise is still a way off. Do you know of anyone who would be interested in going in place of the person who cannot go? Carnival will switch out names. I don't remember the cost or if there is a cost.

Please provide some evidence. I understand your difficulty with the concept, but on another thread on this topic a number of posters cam up with credible references citing that it did happen.

 

You are certainly incorrect in stating that the single supplement has been paid -- it has not: a second passenger has paid his fare. You also overlook the fact that the cruise line counts on onboard revenue to earn its profit. One passenger in a cabin is likely to spend just half of what two passengers in that cabin would spend.

And can you provide "evidence" that they would charge the single occupant another 50% over and above what the two initial occupants already paid? Proof other than what someone here may have claimed happened to them?

As a business owner for over 40 years, I very much doubt that a cruise line would attempt such shady practices. Not only would it be unethical, but most likely illegal as well. No company has survived long fleecing their customers.

You have a right to believe whatever conspiracy theories you want. I choose to believe that a cruise line will follow good business practices in order to survive in the long term. Charging a customer 150% the cost of a room just because the 2nd occupant cancelled - as you and a few others seem convinced happens - is not good business practice by any measure.

My one data point. On a HAL cruise, about seven years ago, my stepdaughter was a "no show" (long story). We were asked the first day if she would be arriving later, we told them, "no", that she wasn't coming, and nothing else was ever said.