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The tax rate in Puerto Planta, Dominican Republic surprised a little. Mostly because I thought only the US operated ex tax pricing in consumer environments. Digging a little deeper it seems a value added tax regime operates at 18% for most goods and services. There is also a 10% Ley applied as well at hotels and restaurants. The ley appears to operate as what is known in the UK as a tronc, all be it government mandated. It seem inconsistent if prices on menus etc will be quoted inclusive or exclusive of these charges. https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2020/03/08/always-tip-your-baggers-at-checkout-and-the-great-mystery-of-dominican-restaurant-bills/

@CruzinMermaid @janbear @blobby113 @RNPJN I've done your links in the sheet to save you the hassle of doing the above.

Interesting, did you're booking reference change? Re the steps to get a correct link 1. Visit the virg.in link from your account and find the referralCode code that is in the URL 2. Find the correct pkgCode and voyageCode on the "Correct Your Link" sheet of the spreadsheet shared earlier direct link 3. Insert the values for pkgCode, voyageCode and referralCode between the relevant `=` and `&` in the URL https://www.virginvoyages.com/share?type=P&pkgCode=&voyageCode=&referralCode=&shipCode=undefined So if my referral code was 01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF And I was on the Scarlet Lady for Dominican Daze sailing the Jun 10, 2022 with pkgCode 5NPP and voyageCode SC2206105NPP my url would be https://www.virginvoyages.com/share?type=P&pkgCode=&voyageCode=&referralCode=01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF&shipCode=undefined 4. Test that by visiting the link you see a. the referral code in the URL b. the correct departure date is shown on the page c. the correct itinerary is shown on the page d. when checking out it shows "Woop woop, referral code applied!" (Probably optional) 5. Shorter the link to create your own "virg.in" url. This requires you to make a HTTP GET request with a valid Auth header from the Virgin Voyage website and with url parameter key "url" and the parameter value been the derived URL *after* been URL escaped to https://prod.virginvoyages.com/svc/bookvoyage-bff/api/shorten If you don't understand what step 5 means don't worry. I put my money on the shortened links been a cosmetic/practicality thing. The magic happens with the referral code.

Part of me hoped it would be fixed by Virgin so I didn't have to look at it again 🤣 I will have to have a look after work. @avstar Added yours to the sheet. I'll try and scan the thread and forums daily for new links and add them as they appear.

When I did a Randox test for fit to travel (picked up from local PayPoint location) it was simply a single FlowFlex with a sleeve on. I've personalty done plenty of the FlowFlex tests (they was the main type supplied to me in the post back when they where free) and not seen a void result. I guess for you it was bad luck.

This is getting a bit confusing for anyone wanting to find if a code has been posted for this 200$ offer. I've compiled the links from the forum and put them in this handy spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UaItklpqBLClAiCNxN9I32iSRXM4x0rQWND-jUjwGzc/edit#gid=0 @CruzinMermaid @janbear @RNPJN all have the wrong itinerary showing so for now I've just marked them as **** until fixed.

Itinerary is showing as Riviera Maya • 5 Nights Oct 2022 Sun 09 to Fri 14 I guess you have an earlier booking on Riviera Maya which is causing this bug (see this post)

When I was looking into the bug for sharing the referral links I noticed a few things with the data that's been shared to the browser than what ends up getting shown on the webpage. For me there was two parts of notice * been able to confirm sailer loot been converted correctly (old pre COVID booking, probably not that relevant to others). * there is a field on cabins that is labelled "isJoker" Anyone any idea what this is?

I was able to correct my links before sharing but really its down to virgin to fix both issues.

I've noticed two issues with this promo. 1. During checkout it only shows 50$ credit instead of 200$ 2. Those with multiple bookings are generating different URLs but the target page is the wrong itinerary! On that second point, having taken a look under the hood I see what's going wrong. Each booking has its own referral code. This is used correctly. However it seems to use the first itinerary's package and voyage number (interestingly the package number is the last 4 characters of the voyage number) are incorrectly used every time! These values are sent to a URL shorter. As each attempt contains something unique to the itinerary the URLs generated are different hence why it's not just shortening to the same link. Subtly broken and only affecting small number of customers with more than one itinerary booked!

Dominican Daze Miami • Puerto Plata • Beach Club at Bimini • Miami 02-07 Sep, 2022 5 nights https://virg.in/oSP4

This is the second of my back to back cruise on Scarlet Lady. If you are interested in the one before you can get the code for that one on that Mayan Sol (Aug 28 - Sep 2, 2022) thread. Dominican Daze Miami • Puerto Plata • Beach Club at Bimini • Miami 02-07 Sep, 2022 5 nights https://virg.in/oSP4

Aug 28 - Sep 2, 2022 - Mayan Sol Miami • Costa Maya • Beach Club at Bimini • Miami 5 nights https://virg.in/4Kc6

I noticed others have posted their own link for this promotion but its on a per sailing basis. I've got a back to back coming up, this is the first of the two trips on Scarlet Lady. Aug 28 - Sep 2, 2022 - Mayan Sol Miami • Costa Maya • Beach Club at Bimini • Miami 5 nights https://virg.in/4Kc6

We have two cruises booked back to back with Virgin Voyages and have a significant amount of onboard cash to spend (thanks covid doubling our money, thanks Jlo for the extra cash), to the point we are a bit lost on what to spend it on. It would seem wasteful overpaying ship rates for excursions and things like cabanas don't excite us in the least. The recent post re cooking classes made me wonder ... what paid experiences are available onboard? Do they have any or is everything complementary?