HappyCruiserKimmie

Anyone who's familiar with shopping in Vancouver & Toronto?

Was told shopping in Canada is much cheaper compared to Australia & Malaysia.

Wonder what are the places for general shopping in Vancouver & Toronto? Should I spare more shopping time in Vancouver or Toronto?

Any advice?

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Does anyone know if the extra OBC given by my TA as a perk for booking with them can be used for gratuities? The TA said I may not see the OBC on my ship account until 24 hours after the ship sails. But she assured me it will show up. However she also said to bring a printed copy of the booking confirmation, which shows her extra OBC perk, just to be sure. I think I will do that.

yes you can, provided you haven't paid the gratuities as part of your full payment.

I've asked the same on other thread in Cruise Critics, apparently Celebrity will automatically deduct the gratuities from your OBC daily during sail.

I'm planning on doing the same in this trip

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They do it automatically

Thanks Denatravel & cruisestitch.

My friend who booked the same cruise as mine recently was told Celebrity no longer allow gratuities to be a separate item and is now included as part of the full cruise fare. She booked through the Australia office, so I wonder if it's the same for all other countries.

That said, my friend don't be able to use OBC to pay for gratuities but will have to pay it out of pocket.

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Can't remember which cruise line it was, possibly NCL, but one cruise we thought our free OBC was paying the gratuities and it wasn't! I checked at reception and was told definitely not. I was quite shocked to have a bill I hadn't anticipated and only 24 hours to spend, spend, spend the non refundable.

So glad Celebrity don't have the same rule as we intend paying the gratuities out of our perks this time around.

May I know if Celebrity auto charges the daily gratuities to your sea pass card? Do I have to specifically mention that to the customer service upon boarding?

Thanks!