Near PDX Posted December 24, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I copied this from our 2017 Alaska excursion listing: UPDATE TO SHORE EXCURSION PAYMENT POLICY FOR YOUR VOYAGE Please be advised that we have updated our policies and pre-payment is no longer required for shore excursions. You may now make shore excursion reservations and pay when you settle your onboard folio. If you have already pre-paid your shore excursions and you are happy with your booking, there is no need to do anything at this time. If you would prefer to pay for an existing tour reservation onboard, please cancel your existing reservation, wait 24 hours for the refund to process, and then re-book your shore excursion reservation. Refunds will be issued to the credit card used to pay, and will take approximately 4 to 10 business days. If the price of the tour has gone up since your original booking, or it is currently sold out, please contact us at 1-800-774-6237. By clicking Continue you acknowledge you have received the above notification. Continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted December 24, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted December 24, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Have they reversed the pre pay for all future cruises? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted December 24, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Hopefully this is fleet wide. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDC1 Posted December 24, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 24, 2016 This is great news. I had canceled 48 days worth of cruises that would have occurred after the change was to occur. If this is fleetwide then time to rebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted December 24, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Absolutely hope this is fleetwide.:D:D Maybe Princess listened to the complaints.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted December 24, 2016 #7 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Fantastic news and a wonderful Christmas present for all of us loyal Princess cruisers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Near PDX Posted December 24, 2016 Author #8 Share Posted December 24, 2016 We're doing 2 different AK cruises next year, 1 in May & 1 in Sept and they each had that notification. We're also taking the Grand to HI in November but those excursions aren't available yet to see what Princess says at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Flyer Posted December 24, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Wow! That's great news & hopefully it's a fleetwide return to their original policy...which ship? Last summer Princess tested requiring tour pre-payment on one ship (Grand) in Alaska so hopefully this isn't another one ship test to compare bookings with & without requiring pre-payment. Hopefully that's not the situation but until hearing the same change on other ships & itineraries we still don't know if it's a fleetwide change or not. I'm optimistic that no pre-payment will be required for advance booking of tours & that Princess has decided in this situation to again be a leader in customer service. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denatravels Posted December 24, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I'm still 18 months out so I wasn't really expecting them to be there (although it would be a good use of my time to book them, as I'm sitting at o'hare airport for the next three hours). But that's great news!! One of my Norway excursions will only be available from the ship. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmak8 Posted December 24, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Great news!! When do we learn if it's fleet wide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted December 24, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Great News! Hope it's fleet wide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted December 24, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Yay, yay, and again i say, yay! :):):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryL Posted December 24, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) We just booked an excursion for our February 7th Hawaii cruise and they had the option of prepayment or pay later. Works for us. [emoji3][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Edited December 24, 2016 by LarryL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trvlwrld Posted December 24, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 24, 2016 we just booked our april excursions on the majestic and did not have to pre-pay...thank you princess for listening to your loyal customers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towhee Posted December 24, 2016 #16 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Just went out to our cruise personalizer. We do NOT have to prepay our shore excursions in Alaska on Ruby this summer. ;) Edited December 24, 2016 by towhee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokiePoq Posted December 24, 2016 #17 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Wow! This is amazing. We are looking to book our first Princess cruise when our TAs office opens next week. What a customer friendly change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassyredhat Posted December 24, 2016 #18 Share Posted December 24, 2016 This is awesome news for the future, but we are letting our prepaids stay. We have the Alaska excursions we want, and I doubt that they will come down in price. Great news for those who are booking now. :) Patti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJCruiser Posted December 24, 2016 #19 Share Posted December 24, 2016 On the two Alaska cruises we have for next summer there were very few pre-reserved spots showing on the excursions with the requirement to pre-pay. So with this change I reserved the two we wanted. That will use our non-refundable SBC! Hope they stay the course for this fleet wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted December 24, 2016 #20 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Good to know. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted December 24, 2016 #21 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Being able to pay onboard has been one of the best things about Princess. Glad they re-instated that policy! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingofcool1947 Posted December 24, 2016 #22 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I copied this from our 2017 Alaska excursion listing: UPDATE TO SHORE EXCURSION PAYMENT POLICY FOR YOUR VOYAGE Please be advised that we have updated our policies and pre-payment is no longer required for shore excursions. You may now make shore excursion reservations and pay when you settle your onboard folio. If you have already pre-paid your shore excursions and you are happy with your booking, there is no need to do anything at this time. If you would prefer to pay for an existing tour reservation onboard, please cancel your existing reservation, wait 24 hours for the refund to process, and then re-book your shore excursion reservation. Refunds will be issued to the credit card used to pay, and will take approximately 4 to 10 business days. If the price of the tour has gone up since your original booking, or it is currently sold out, please contact us at 1-800-774-6237. By clicking Continue you acknowledge you have received the above notification. Continue This policy has been in place for awhile, no? I never pre-pay shore excursions. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATGUY7 Posted December 24, 2016 #23 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) What would I do without these boards?! I have already reserved an excursion we desperately wanted to do, so I'll let that stand. But now I can reserve two others I was looking at, giving me a little extra time to research them. Thank you for posting! Edited December 24, 2016 by CATGUY7 Grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakersdozen12 Posted December 24, 2016 #24 Share Posted December 24, 2016 This is awesome. I hope Carnival implements the same. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dickinson Posted December 24, 2016 #25 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) This policy has been in place for awhile, no? I never pre-pay shore excursions. You? They changed it beginning with "summer 2017". Hopefully this means they have decided they got too many complaints and won't be instituting the must prepay. I like using my OBC and would not be able to do that if I had to wait til I was onboard. I just went to Princess.com and found this in the FAQ: Onboard credit will not be accepted for pre-reservations, however, it can be used once onboard to off-set payment for additional excursions purchased onboard. I hope they really are changing back the policy. Edited December 24, 2016 by dickinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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