sugcarol Posted January 2, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just booked a fare on sale and chose My Time dining and looking at confirmation sheet see that they did not charge prepaid gratuities, is this something new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 2, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just booked a fare on sale and chose My Time dining and looking at confirmation sheet see that they did not charge prepaid gratuities, is this something new? Started a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugcarol Posted January 2, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks Clarea, I didn't realize it changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted January 2, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 2, 2016 They did it because they now charge EVERYONE'S gratuities to your onboard account. You can still pre-pay, if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuzuflub Posted January 2, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I have looked on the website and it still states you must pre pay gratuities. Are you sure? Is this on all ships? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 2, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I have looked on the website and it still states you must pre pay gratuities. Are you sure? Is this on all ships? Thanks It's normal for Royal's website to be out of date in some areas. If you have MTD and prepaid gratuties on your booking, you can contact whoever booked your cruise and have the gratuities removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrannyK Posted January 2, 2016 #7 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Leaving on the IOS next week. We had early seating reserved but decided to switch to My Time Dining. Called our TA a couple of days ago, thinking it may be too late to switch and we'd have to do it on the ship but we were able to switch no problem. I was surprised when he told me that they don't charge gratuities up front anymore. He said RCI was having problems with too many people switching to MTD when they boarded to avoid paying gratuities up front. Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuzuflub Posted January 2, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks for that info. I will contact my TA and change to My time dining :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipbinner Posted January 2, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just called RCCL & I can't have the pre paid gratuities taken off because they are now at $12.95 pp per day & I booked at $12.00. $.95 x 2 of us X 8 night cruise is $ 15.20 Thanks for the info; it was worth looking into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted January 2, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just called RCCL & I can't have the pre paid gratuities taken off because they are now at $12.95 pp per day & I booked at $12.00. $.95 x 2 of us X 8 night cruise is $ 15.20 Thanks for the info; it was worth looking into. You CAN have them taken off, but you would pay the higher amount on board. Your choice: prepay them now at $12 per day per person or pay later at $12.95 per day per person. If you have OBC to use up, the latter choice is better. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookwife Posted January 2, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 2, 2016 He said RCI was having problems with too many people switching to MTD when they boarded to avoid paying gratuities up front. Makes sense. another reason was many people complained about not being able to use OBC towards gratuities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JordanF Posted January 2, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 2, 2016 We just got off the Brilliance of the Seas. We had MTD and had prepaid gratuities (I guess the old policy was in effect when we paid). When we got on board, they added the gratuities to our bill, and also added an on board credit to balance it our so we did not pay twice. They also provided a voice mail to explain what they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 2, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Started a few months ago. Well that is interesting as when I booked our up coming cruise on Oasis I was told I'd have to pay them up front if I picked MTD. I didn't want to do that as I have OBC to use up. I also didn't want to pick a fixed seating because, as usual, we have no intention of eating in the MDR. Maybe I'll call and see if I can get it changed. I hate having reserved seats that someone else might want but I sure am not going to leave any OBC unused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 2, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Well that is interesting as when I booked our up coming cruise on Oasis I was told I'd have to pay them up front if I picked MTD. I didn't want to do that as I have OBC to use up. I also didn't want to pick a fixed seating because, as usual, we have no intention of eating in the MDR. Maybe I'll call and see if I can get it changed. I hate having reserved seats that someone else might want but I sure am not going to leave any OBC unused. You should call because you don't have to prepay to opt for MTD. I think the website still adds it automatically (I imagine Royal is horrified that they are taking people's money unnecessarily:rolleyes:), but you can call and have it removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 2, 2016 #15 Share Posted January 2, 2016 You should call because you don't have to prepay to opt for MTD. I think the website still adds it automatically (I imagine Royal is horrified that they are taking people's money unnecessarily:rolleyes:), but you can call and have it removed. I just called and it is all set. The C&A customer rep. was very friendly, knew about the gratuity changes, and the whole process took me about 2 minutes on the phone.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted January 2, 2016 #16 Share Posted January 2, 2016 We just got off the Brilliance of the Seas. We had MTD and had prepaid gratuities (I guess the old policy was in effect when we paid). When we got on board, they added the gratuities to our bill, and also added an on board credit to balance it our so we did not pay twice. They also provided a voice mail to explain what they were doing. That's interesting. We have 2 cruises booked with the old gratuity rate (pre-paid). I actually wouldn't mind if they did it that way, because we would receive more points on the Royal Caribbean card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 3, 2016 #17 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I just called and it is all set. The C&A customer rep. was very friendly, knew about the gratuity changes, and the whole process took me about 2 minutes on the phone.:) I appreciate the report, and glad it worked out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset7 Posted January 3, 2016 #18 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I called after reading this earlier today. Had to wait for over 20 minutes, but the person I talked to was able to change us to MTD without any trouble.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperdog Posted October 24, 2017 #19 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If you don't prepay for gratuities for My Time Dining, can you change the amount while paying on the ship or is it locked in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted October 24, 2017 #20 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If you don't prepay for gratuities for My Time Dining, can you change the amount while paying on the ship or is it locked in? You can change the amount onboard. Also, you are no longer required to prepay gratuities for My TIme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clarea Posted October 25, 2017 #22 Share Posted October 25, 2017 What's supposed to show up above, all I see is a blank post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted October 25, 2017 #23 Share Posted October 25, 2017 what's supposed to show up above, all i see is a blank post? resurrection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRF Posted October 25, 2017 #24 Share Posted October 25, 2017 You should call because you don't have to prepay to opt for MTD. I think the website still adds it automatically (I imagine Royal is horrified that they are taking people's money unnecessarily:rolleyes:), but you can call and have it removed. It did not automatically add the pre-paid gratuities when I booked our Aug 17 Grandeur sailing. The website mentioned it, but did not require it, and did not do it automatically. Same with our next two sailings booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted October 25, 2017 #25 Share Posted October 25, 2017 resurrection Funny it does not show up for me. The others used to. I wonder if it's a link to a site that the privacy blocker are killing.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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