sherims

3 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

If your original plan was to be collected at the ship at end of cruise and taken to the airport, which you changed to Cruise port to hotel and then hotel to airport I would expect it to cost more.  

The cost for each ride was increased from our original quotes.

140 ---> 200 euros from port to hotel

65 ---> 95 euros from hotel to airport 

We just returned from a 10 day cruise on the NCL Breakaway. We used Shared Shuttle to go from FCO to our hotel and also from our hotel to the cruise port. Our flight home was canceled, so we had to stay 2 more days in Rome. I emailed Shared Shuttle and asked if they could take us to a hotel instead of the airport when we disembark.  I also asked if they could take us to the airport from the hotel 2 days later. They agreed and gave me pricing (almost 100 euros more than our original quotes!). I replied and requested to pay our original quotes.

They replied "don't worry you have same prices." Our pick-up from the cruise port was great, but 2 days later, no one showed up to take us to the airport. I called and they said there was no reservation made.  I sent the email to show the reservation, but they said there were no drivers available. We took a taxi instead. What a stressful situation!

A while after our tour ended, I asked a guard if it was open. He said yes and told us where to go. There were many people heading the same way.

Today, we were able to exit through a corner door in the Sistine Chapel and follow a passage down to the Basilica. We did not have to walk all the way around outside or pass through security again once there. It was perfect!

Yes! Today, we took the passageway from sistine chapel to the basilica. We did not have to go through security again there.

In Mykonos, what's the best way to get to the windmills? Also, which beach is nice/easy to get to from the windmills?

Thanks! 

1 hour ago, KurtMo said:

You should be able to adjust the bid by dragging the "slider" to the left or right to lower or increase the bid.  If it says minimum $100 but the slider only goes as low as $175, then I'd guess the email had an error in it.  Don't forget you'll pay twice your bid (it is per person for the 1st two passengers in the cabin).

Thank you! We are able to drag the slider from $100 on up. Just got thrown off by the arrow at the $175 starting point....instead of $100. Anyone else notice this?

Our email says we can bid a minimum of $100 to upgrade to a balcony cabin. When we move forward to pick a bid amount, the scale is "set" at $175. Is this arbitrary or a suggestion to bid higher than $175?

On 4/12/2022 at 3:43 PM, sherims said:

Our 2 cabins dropped $1700 in total today for a cruise in August. Travel Agent called NCL & was told they wouldn't give us any kind of credit or upgrade. NCL said it was because we accepted the booking offers of: 3rd person for $99 in one cabin and free gratuities in the other cabin.  I never knew the "free" offers could stand in the way like this.  Can you shed any light on this? Thanks!! 😊

Referencing back to my original post.  It really does matter who takes the call.  On Tuesday, my TA was told no and given the reasons above.  On Wednesday, my TA was told no for the cabin with the 3rd person, but YES to the other cabin!  NCL agreed to $744 (full amount of price drop) in FCC.

3 hours ago, julig22 said:

$99 for 3rd person is not currently offered.  Different promo, different pricing structure.  Request denied.

Watch the pricing/promos.  Maybe sometime between now and August they will offer the same terms for your specific cruise and then you can request fcc and maybe get a better outcome.

Yes, $99 for 3rd person is currently being offered for this sailing. Another reason this is unusual.

12 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

It really does not matter what deal they gave for the third person.  Or if you booked on a Tuesday rather than on a Thursday.  You booked a cruise for an agreed upon fare.  Probably demand for that cruise dropped after you booked it - so the line had to lower the price to sell cabins.  Why would they want to give you cash (or credit)?  Would you give them more cash - or give up you booked accomodations for something less attractive - if the fare went up.?

 

The reasoning they gave you does not matter, perhaps they felt that if they give you some sort of reason you might go away happy -- they are not going to give away something they do not have to just because you wanted to lock in an attractive fare, and now want to renegotiate.

Except that NCL DOES regularly give OBC or FCC in the case of a price drop.  Just wondering why it happens sometimes, but not all the time.

So, so far, no one has heard of being denied for this reason.  

13 minutes ago, MsTabbyKats said:

I'm with you...but it wouldn't be a credit for that cruise....it would be a credit for a future cruise.

I'd love a FCC.  I was told to anything because I accepted the "perk" of $99 for 3rd person in cabin.

We have already made our final payment.  I don't think we can rebook now.

My question was really about the reasoning given by NCL.  They charged $99 for the 3rd person in the cabin.....I didn't choose that.  Why would that affect giving credit now for a price drop?  It just seems like an unusual reason.

Our 2 cabins dropped $1700 in total today for a cruise in August. Travel Agent called NCL & was told they wouldn't give us any kind of credit or upgrade. NCL said it was because we accepted the booking offers of: 3rd person for $99 in one cabin and free gratuities in the other cabin.  I never knew the "free" offers could stand in the way like this.  Can you shed any light on this? Thanks!! 😊

I booked 8/4/19 Escape a few days ago (15 days before sailing). Just got an upgrade offer yesterday.  I've never done bidding before.  Can you place a bid on all 3 of the cabin options?

Thanks!  Sheri

Where can we go to spend a day at the beach......from the cruise port. Is it easy to grab a local taxi to get there?