Prepaid gratuities

[gremlinbangles]

Do prepaid gratuities appear anywhere on the personalizer?

[Mrtwo]

We have two upcoming sailings and we have prepaid the gratuities for both, neither show on the Cruise Personalizer, however Princess did email conformations for both. We'll print the conformations and take them along with our other Cruise / Boarding documents.

[tjwphoto]

call their toll free line or fill out the order form (page 17 of the PDF):

http://www.princess.com/learn/onboard/gifts_services/index.jsp

Edited October 3, 2014 by tjwphoto

[gremlinbangles]

I will call them tomorrow as I didn't get an email confirmation. It shows the change in obc though and you are right we usually do get a confirmation when there is a change...thanks for reminding me.

[suzyed]

Mine do not show on my Personalizer....but I do have a receipt for the payment.

[Thrak]

No pre-paid OBC shows on the personalizer. You can gift yourself OBC or someone else can gift it to you and it won't show up on the personalizer. A Princess rep can see it in a different area and can confirm it for you if you call.

[janecambridge]

How will you know that the gratuities are being paid to the staff?

[Treven]

As has been posted on other threads, even though there is a gift listing for pre-paying your gratuities, you really aren't. You are merely paying yourself an advance credit to your onboard folio equal to the amount the gratuities for that cruise. So for a ten-day cruise, you begin with a credit of $115 (approx) plus whatever amount of other OBCs you happen to get.

[billco]

As part of last Summer's Bucket Sale, Princess is paying the gratuities (hotel charge) on my cruise next Spring. It doesn't show on the personalizer, but does on the voucher I received from my TA. I understand it will show on my folio each day as a hotel charge followed by a credit.

[janecambridge]

As part of last Summer's Bucket Sale, Princess is paying the gratuities (hotel charge) on my cruise next Spring. It doesn't show on the personalizer, but does on the voucher I received from my TA. I understand it will show on my folio each day as a hotel charge followed by a credit.

 

I have never seen this.hope to find a bargain sometime...

Edited October 3, 2014 by janecambridge

[Pia1913]

I have never seen this.hope to find a bargain sometime...

 

There's a sale like that going on right now.

[marinerslvr]

That deal is limited to certain cruises which is unfortunate - we tried for that but no prepaids. Did find some great room credits though which essentially covers the gratuities. :D

[gremlinbangles]

No pre-paid OBC shows on the personalizer. You can gift yourself OBC or someone else can gift it to you and it won't show up on the personalizer. A Princess rep can see it in a different area and can confirm it for you if you call.

I tried emailing and calling. Sent email Thursday and follow up with phone call yesterday afternoon. So far no response. I always prefer ed just making my own booking and calling who ever answered the phone because I got an immediate response.

 

Unfortunately this time a family member got a princess vacation planner involved because there was a group going. So I have to speak to a specific person. She doesn't wort sat or sun so now I wait.

 

I think it's been changed because I can see the obc change. But I feel I should get a receipt or something acknowledging the Chang and confirming free gratuities...sigh.

[hawkeyetlse]

How will you know that the gratuities are being paid to the staff?

If it shows up on the passenger's account as the hotel charge each day I am confident that the amount is paid into the employees' tip pool. But I wonder what happens if you ask for the hotel charge to be adjusted, up or down…

[Pier Pressure 53]

There's a sale like that going on right now.

 

Hi. Is the sale for all future Princess cruises, and is thru Princess.com or thru a Travel Agent? I ask because on Princess.com I only see sales listed for select cruises.....weekly sales.

[roadking436]

There's a sale like that going on right now.

 

Just took advantage of it and rebooked our upcoming Jan. cruise on the Regal. :D

[Pia1913]

Just took advantage of it and rebooked our upcoming Jan. cruise on the Regal. :D

 

Good for you! :)

[sunsetbeachgal]

Ours shows up in the Comments section of the confirmation emailed to us by Princess. it says "bundled grat. Complimentary grat."

Edited October 5, 2014 by sunsetbeachgal