tvlgoddess Posted December 18, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 18, 2019 First time on Viking Ocean and booked an Australia / Asia cruise in Canadian dollars. Was told by a Viking Rep that I booked with last week that my gratuities is a “set amount” in Cdn $ that I can pay before boarding, no conversion rate. All other purchases on board like tours or a drink will be in Euros because the ship is registered in the Netherlands. Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropomo Posted December 18, 2019 #2 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Viking Ocean is $US onboard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw1776 Posted December 18, 2019 #3 Share Posted December 18, 2019 As ropomo stated, onboard OCEAN currency is US dollars It's euros on Viking River which confuses some folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted December 18, 2019 #4 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 hours ago, tvlgoddess said: First time on Viking Ocean and booked an Australia / Asia cruise in Canadian dollars. Was told by a Viking Rep that I booked with last week that my gratuities is a “set amount” in Cdn $ that I can pay before boarding, no conversion rate. All other purchases on board like tours or a drink will be in Euros because the ship is registered in the Netherlands. Is this correct? As a fellow Canadian, in addition to the base fare, which we pay in CAN $, any tours that we book online (pre-cruise) are priced in CAN $. While the tours are priced in CAN $, they do use an exchange rate to convert from the US $ pricing. When I compared the US $ pricing to our CAN $ pricing, the exchange rate they used was slightly favourable, being a little less than current rates. If you have OBC from Viking in US $, it is converted to CAN $ with only a 25% uplift. If your TA provides OBC, they can only provide up to the max in CAN $, which is then converted down to US $. Once onboard, everything is in US $. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvlgoddess Posted December 18, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Thanks for all your replies. That is what I thought, it was just odd that he told me on board currency is Euros. 3 hours ago, Heidi13 said: If you have OBC from Viking in US $, it is converted to CAN $ with only a 25% uplift. If your TA provides OBC, they can only provide up to the max in CAN $, which is then converted down to US $. I guess Viking does it differently...It does not remind in USD as a OBC that I can use for on board spending instead converting it back to Cdn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted December 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted December 19, 2019 3 hours ago, tvlgoddess said: Thanks for all your replies. That is what I thought, it was just odd that he told me on board currency is Euros. I guess Viking does it differently...It does not remind in USD as a OBC that I can use for on board spending instead converting it back to Cdn My explanation was for Viking Ocean. However, I should have clarified that the OBC converted to Canadian is only the OBC we were provided for tours. The other OBC's remain in US $ and will be available for spending onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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