Prepay Gratuities

[Italy52]

Can you prepay your gratuities on HAL? If so, how do I do that?

[VennDiagram]

That isn't available :( so we just buy OBC in advance to cover what we expect we will spend while on the ship (including HSC)

[Italy52]

Thanks for the reply Venn Diagram, I appreciate it.

[billy10]

I booked a transatlantic on N Statendam was told gratuities were included

[TAD2005]

Gratuities are included on HAL cruises ONLY if your particular cruise was booked under one of HAL's promotions that includes gratuities as one of the perks. The recent "Ready, Set, Sail promotion did include prepaid gratuities. Other promotions include the beverage package. You also have the option of declining a particular promotion by asking your PCC or TA to get you a price excluding the current promotion.

You cannot specifically pre-pay the hotel service charge (HSC). But it's easy to cover this by purchasing onboard cabin credit on the HAL website (if you can get it to work). Just multiply $13.50 X the number of cruise days per guest and buy that amount of cabin credit. The daily rate is higher in suites.