gratuity charge to whatever you wish. Perhaps it's the same on NCL.
JAS
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From: <misscraps@aol.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:25 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] re NCL cruise certificates from St. Louis or anywhere
> The NCL cruise certificates you may be offered from any Harrah's location
> are easy to use. However, there are various certificates, some for 4
> night
> cruises, some 7 night, some are for oceanview, some inside, some balcony.
> Some may have limits on which cruises you can take, for example, they may
> be good for Caribbean only, or for other locations, or good or not good on
> the Epic, good or not good for Alaska, etc.
>
> So the first thing you might want to do if you get an offer and think that
> the certificate is one of the reasons to go, is to check and try to find
> out which certificate they are giving you. Often the basic information
> will
> be on the offer itself in the fine print, such as good for a balcony
> cabin,
> or 7 day cruise or whatever. But sometimes the information you need is
> missing. If missing, contact your host or contact the Marketing Dept. of
> the
> casino.
>
> Secondly, NCL certificates are not entirely "free". You will need to pay
> some fees such as port taxes and NCF. These usually add up to anywhere
> from $300-600, for 2 people in 1 cabin, depending on the exact cruise.
> The
> better the room quality or the cruise quality (such as Alaska cruise
> versus
> Mexican), the higher the costs. Also you will have to pay the gratuities,
> which are currently about $12 per person per day. In addition, you will
> pay
> your airfare, costs to transfer from an airport to the port, any shore
> excursions, cost for "premium" restaurants, incidental expenses, and
> costs for
> soda and booze (not included).
>
> The good news - the booze and soft drinks in the casino and at the casino
> bar are free.
>
> The NCL certificates basically give you a much lower overall cost than if
> you had paid for the cruise yourself. Unfortunately you will be sailing
> on
> NCL, which in my opinion, is not nearly as good a cruise line as something
> like Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, or Princess. But the price will be a
> lot
> lower.
>
> You will also only have a couple of months to book the cruise, and the
> certificates generally must be used within a year. Check the expiration
> dates
> on the certificate when you receive them.
>
> You cannot transfer the certificates to anyone else. The named person on
> the certificate must sail. You can pay and upgrade to a higher quality
> cabin and often can upgrade and add a couple of people to the room to sail
> with
> you. But if the person who the certificate is made out to doesn't sail,
> all your companions may end up being charged more. So make sure you are
> sailing.
>
> NCL has now apparently changed the rules, and married couples, both of
> whom
> receive certificates, cannot each bring another person with them. (We did
> this in the past and took friends with us.) If you are in that boat,
> check with NCL to find out if husband and wife can both have cabins and
> bring
> friends. I do think that husband and wives can combine 2 of the same
> certificates together to get a 1 category upgrade (such as going from 2
> oceanview into a balcony, or 2 balconys into a mini-suite).
>
> Note that the NCL certificates being given out to 7 star members are
> basically the same sort of certificates, and you must pay those extra
> fees.
>
> Also, I do not believe you can otherwise combine 2 certificates or pay to
> change a 7 day into a 12 day cruise, or so on. It never hurts to ask, but
> in the past this was the case.
>
>
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>
>
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