Single use of a cabin?

[Cloudyrain]

Just been doing a mock online booking and it’s only letting me book a single person cabin, rather than a double and pay a supplement.

 

Is this a standard Thomson/Marella thing? would I just have to book and pay for 2 people and just have the 2nd person not turn up???

[verynervous]

I phoned Marella on 02034512682. A very helpful young lady did her best to move me from an outside cabin on deck 3 to a cabin neat to my family on deck 8. We are all going on Discovery 2 next summer. The system would not let her. I went on Discovery 2 two weeks ago and spoke to the hotel manager and the chief receptionist. I asked if I would be able to negotiate a move whilst on board next summer. They said that I should go directly to the front desk on arrival on the ship. They would then give me a price to move cabin if there was one vacant. 

 

[Britboys]

Not sure which ship you are looking at but on my one Marella cruise aboard Discovery 2, the cabin was sold as a single but had a double bed.  The cabin was compact but very adequate for one person  .  You could only access the bed from one side but that wasn't a problem and there was also a small sofa.  Plenty of wardrobe/drawer space.

Edited October 18, 2018 by Britboys

[john_l]

I would like to know the answer for this too. If there is no option for a  cruise for a single person, could you simply select a cruise for 2, pay for it and just turn up on your own?

 

Would they object if you had paid the price for 2 people?