HAL Cruise Tour Question

[srpilo]

A quick question for all the experienced HAL cruisers..

We've cruised HAL many times, but just booked our first HAL cruise tour in May to Alaska, and I'm curious if charges in the lodges or land excursions (if any) are a charged to the onboard account or if the tour charges are a separate folio, and will have a different chargeable final tour statement apart from the onboard folio or are just paid as consumed ?

 

[PSR]

4 hours ago, srpilo said:

A quick question for all the experienced HAL cruisers..

We've cruised HAL many times, but just booked our first HAL cruise tour in May to Alaska, and I'm curious if charges in the lodges or land excursions (if any) are a charged to the onboard account or if the tour charges are a separate folio, and will have a different chargeable final tour statement apart from the onboard folio or are just paid as consumed ?

 

 

We just used our credit card at the hotels to purchase meals and other items such as snacks and coffees. We didn't try to charge anything to the hotel room, so cannot answer that part of your question, sorry. We never got a itemized statement from the 2 hotels we stayed at in Anchorage and Denali.

[oaktreerb]

The cruise charges are billed to your shipboard account as usual.  If you cruise first you will receive your statement the last day onboard.  If you cruise last the same is true, only shipboard charges for your time onboard.  Your land tour has some things included like room charges, transfers, transportation, etc.  The land tour is a separate entity ( although the days on the land tour will gain you mariner credits, double if you booked a suite on the ship).  You are responsible for all extra charges like meals, tips for drivers and guides, bartenders, any extra excursions, etc.  We use a  charge card for meals, excursions not part of the tour, etc.  Bring cash for tips on the land part.  There is not a separate folio for the land part, you pay as you go.