Booking Two Cabins with Solo Traveler and Family

[beAUar]

We're looking to book two cabins on a Princess cruise. During the trip we'd like to room as follows:

 

Mother in law as a solo traveller in one interior room.

Mom, dad and child in a Mini-Suite.

 

It's cheaper to book the cruise as two passengers in the interior and two passengers in the Mini Suite than as compared to booking three passengers in the Mini-Suite and a solo in the interior.

 

My question is whether or not it's allowed by Princess to book the child with the MIL into the interior and then subsequently have the child officially (or unofficially) stay in the Mini-Suite with the parents.

 

Anyone have any experience with this?

[Colo Cruiser]

We're looking to book two cabins on a Princess cruise. During the trip we'd like to room as follows:

 

Mother in law as a solo traveller in one interior room.

Mom, dad and child in a Mini-Suite.

 

It's cheaper to book the cruise as two passengers in the interior and two passengers in the Mini Suite than as compared to booking three passengers in the Mini-Suite and a solo in the interior.

 

My question is whether or not it's allowed by Princess to book the child with the MIL into the interior and then subsequently have the child officially (or unofficially) stay in the Mini-Suite with the parents.

 

Anyone have any experience with this?

 

What ship?

Yes you can do that because there is an adult in the room.

However where will the child sleep in the mini if it's just a 2 person room?

I suppose that they could sleep on the couch if it's not a hideabed.

[JF - retired RRT]

The minis have a pull out bed in the small sofa. It would be OK for a small child, wouldn't want to be an adult and have to sleep on it.

Once you're on board, no one will monitor who is sleeping in what room. Go for it.;)

BTW: you might be better off putting dad in the inside for booking purposes. They might require extra paperwork giving the MIL permission to "escort" the minor child. Then get all the cards changed around as needed once your on the ship.

[sunsetbeachgal]

Hope the cabins are close by and serviced by the same steward, it will be much easier as you can just explain the switch to him/ her. If not, the auto gratuity will be charged for two passengers in MIL's room and will go to one steward, and the steward who serves the mini suite will only get gratuity for two in a cabin with three occupants.

 

 

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[Iamcruzin]

Hope the cabins are close by and serviced by the same steward, it will be much easier as you can just explain the switch to him/ her. If not, the auto gratuity will be charged for two passengers in MIL's room and will go to one steward, and the steward who serves the mini suite will only get gratuity for two in a cabin with three occupants.

 

 

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We booked two inside rooms when our children were 16 and 13. The rooms were smack next to each other. As my luck would have it we had two different room stewards. It didn't matter since each room had 2 occupants and I was covering both auto gratuities on my credit card. My point is you never know where the cut off point will be.

[DRPWDunIL]

The minis have a pull out bed in the small sofa. It would be OK for a small child, wouldn't want to be an adult and have to sleep on it.

Once you're on board, no one will monitor who is sleeping in what room. Go for it.;)

BTW: you might be better off putting dad in the inside for booking purposes. They might require extra paperwork giving the MIL permission to "escort" the minor child. Then get all the cards changed around as needed once your on the ship.

As a larger adult, I slept on the mini suite sofa bed for a week and was never uncomfortable. YMMV.

What ship?

Yes you can do that because there is an adult in the room.

However where will the child sleep in the mini if it's just a 2 person room?

I suppose that they could sleep on the couch if it's not a hideabed.

 

 

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[jwattle]

Maybe Mom and Dad can share a bed and the child can have the second bed?:D

[Pam in CA]

You can book however you want. Once onboard, just go to the Passenger Services Desk to switch around the cabin cards and folios. Done all the time.

 

A suggestion is to print extra luggage tags for your MIL and put one on your child's bag so it's delivered to the other cabin. Saves shuffling bags from one cabin to another.

[beAUar]

Thanks everyone for your great info...it's much appreciated!

[DrivesLikeMario]

You should book it however it's going to be the cheapest for you IMO. If dad and mom both are repeat passengers, put one in each cabin. You can even put grandma and dad together in the inside, then in the balcony, put mom and child. No one cares how the names are split up. That way, only 1 person has to have their key card account changed - dad. The child will pay the second person's fare but dad was going to pay that anyway as the second passenger. This way, you get the past passenger pricing on both cabins if they have the Launch Savings going on your sailing.

[Colo Cruiser]

Thanks everyone for your great info...it's much appreciated!

 

 

Not all sofa's in mini's open up into a bed.

If the stateroom is set up as a 3 or 4 person room then it does have a sofa bed in it.

If it is a 2 person room it may not.

[caribill]

Hope the cabins are close by and serviced by the same steward, it will be much easier as you can just explain the switch to him/ her. If not, the auto gratuity will be charged for two passengers in MIL's room and will go to one steward, and the steward who serves the mini suite will only get gratuity for two in a cabin with three occupants.

 

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Either way the suto-gratuity goes into the tipping pool which is shared by all participants.

[skynight]

If you book a single in an interior cabin that person will pay a fare for two. Normally singles are not eligible for any promo pricing or benefits. Price it out. I would suggest book two in each cabin, and then move around once on board. In that way all would be eligible for any promo fares and benefits. Mini suites have a pull out couch for a third passenger.

[cr8tiv1]

I did not see any mention of passenger capacity. Need to keep in mind the outside chance that each cabin may be in a different muster station. If...remotely if...child is listed in a different muster station, then MIL would have to be responsible for her. I go with the mom/daughter (mini), MIL/father in separate cabins.