MacMadame

We're doing that too! And dh is absolutely wearing a suit on formal nights. I plan to dress to the nines at least one night and be at least dressy the other two. And I don't care if anyone else is. I'm a jeans and t-shirt, no makeup girl normally so when I dress up (once every few years), I dress UP. No sense going halfway IMO. YMMV (and probably does LOL)

Maybe dispute the charge with your credit card company since you did not get what you paid for.

This happened to a friend of mine but with a Carnival GC. She bought some, went to use them to pay for her cruise and Carnival said some of them had a zero balance. It took her two weeks to get it straightened out! It seems to be an issue with cards bought via the AARP website.

and bottled water! (But only the individual size; the bigger bottles cost but you get a discount if you have a package.)

I don't know if there is an option when you first book (I didn't know about gift cards then so I wasn't looking for it) but once you are booked, when you go to make a payment, there are 3 choices -- CC, Paypal and Gift Cards.

It looks pretty. But pricey.

The reason to call other airlines is that the airline who canceled on you will usually not put you on another airline. This limits your choices. Now, if you do go on another airline, it might be hard to be reimbursed, but it beats missing your cruise. (Or being stuck somewhere for 3 days like happened to me.)

But was there free food? 🤣

I second this. We had a flight canceled on us and my husband didn't want to stand in line because they said we'd get an email with instructions. Eventually, I ignored him and got in line. By the time I got to the front of the line, the only flight they could get us on left 3 days later!! Someone behind me in line made his own plane reservations while standing in line and was able to get out the next day. He was also the last person to get vouchers for hotel & transportation because then they *ran out*.

I assume those options do come later?

If they sell the Island, they'll only have one ship that can go through the old locks. Unless they build a new small ship, I guess. 🤔

All the wifi plans come with unlimited minutes. Princess doesn't limit minutes like other lines do. And they don't have different speeds for different prices either. With Plus and Premier, wifi is free. Premier lets you hook up to 4 devices at a time while Plus has the 1 device plan. Standard fare passengers have to pay for it -- $14.99 a day for one device at a time and $39.99 for 4 devices at a time. Here are the details: https://www.princess.com/en-us/ships-and-experience/princess-medallionclass/medallionnet

Wow, a few months ago, it did ask me about transfers and insurance but now it wants me to put down the deposit before I get there. (Which I'm not doing for a fake booking to see if I need to refare.)

Same thing happened to me. But I called the CVP line as I've heard the horror stories about using chat or calling the general CS line.

There are also supply chain issues. For example, in parts of the US finding eggs is very hit or miss.

I booked mine online. I think that is the new "call and book". I like it better because I can see exactly what is booked. Also, I hate calling people.

Well, I did quote you. I also don't tend to pay attention to who said what. 😉

And I agree with you! 😄 I don't agree with the other poster who keeps making the argument that people who get tipped don't want to be paid a fair wage instead.

If you are going to make the argument that servers make more with the current tipping situation, as some were, including the person I was responding to, then using only high-end restaurants -- a very small percentage of all people who get tips as part of their work -- is disingenuous IMO. And not a good argument for why cruise ship workers should also continue to get tips -- which again was the argument being made. As is coming up with an example of how people who are tipped make more money but only using 2 hours and making the non-tipped wage low. I can come up with many examples of how non-tipped people would make more overall. You just have to make sure their salaries are what they should be to make them whole and also include their entire work-week including slow shifts and at least a few people who just stiff them as that absolutely happens.

Right. 99% of businesses have a Point of Sales system that does it all for you. Even Mom&Pop shops these days use something like Square to make sales (so they can take credit cards). However, our sales tax system is based on adding sales tax afterward and is extremely complex. If we had started 100 years ago with a system where sales tax was included, we probably wouldn't have these issues. 😄 I do think in countries with VAT, they do have a way for a business to fill out a form at year-end to make adjustments as well.

The computer (register) should do most of the work. When I had my business, the people taking sales didn't have to worry about sales tax at all. But in this case, they would just push a button if you showed them you were a tax-exempt business and the computer would back out the tax.

Not everyone works in a high-end restaurant. Plus, we are talking about cruise ships and the people who work there. I think it's a red herring. We're talking about cruise ships and they know what is and isn't taxable and it has nothing to do with where people live.

As she should be!

Same with us.

And the price.