Is there some where on the ship to change larger bills?

[Pduaime]

Will Guest Services, or some place else, break down a $100 bill into smaller bills for me?    Is there a fee?   Trying to avoid the bulk of carrying larger quantities of small bills. 

[KeithJenner]

I use the casino. There will be a bill breaker there, and if that isn't working (which is fairly regularly in my experience) then the desk will do it.

[Pduaime]

Thanks.   

[billslowsky]

42 minutes ago, Pduaime said:

Will Guest Services, or some place else, break down a $100 bill into smaller bills for me?    Is there a fee?   Trying to avoid the bulk of carrying larger quantities of small bills. 

I've never been charged at the front desk.  Toward the end of the week, people are getting $10s for tips so it's possible that their inventory may be down, just speculating.

[travelnap]

Yes, the casino is always the best place to break larger bills as they never run out of money.  If they are not open sometimes the bill changers will still work as well.

[don't-use-real-name]

Above posts correct -

No service charge -

There maybe a limit on how many large bills can be changed to something smaller at one time !

 

Cashing of Travelers Checks - my recent trip on the JEWEL answer was NO !

Previously had cashed them on the DAWN and the SUN

 

Hint do the conversion at the Casino - fewer guests - no lines - No waiting for the Purser to do the

exchange at Guest Services !

[brookie848]

We've had issues in the past with getting small bills ($1s and $5s) in the casino and have been refused.

 

After not being able to get change twice either at the casino cashier or the bill breaking machines, I now bring the small bills with me and keep them in the safe.

[Peachypooh]

We needed to break larger bills and found out that the casino change machine did not work (or was out of money) on our last cruise.  We went to the front desk and they did break a $100 bill a couple of times with no charge.

The first time they had lots of small bills like 5's and 10's. The second time they were running low so they had to give me a couple of 20's. I break a $100 bill into $1 and $5 and put in a separate envelope

and keep it in the safe like someone else suggested.

Edited November 18, 2019 by Peachypooh

[KeithJenner]

I've never been refused in the Casino, but have on occasion been restricted in what they will convert, especially the number of dollar bills they will give at a time.

[Megalyn]

Is there a specific "bill breaker" functionality on the casino machines?  I guess I never paid attention.  I normally just feed my large bill into a slot machine and lose 25 cents, then cash in the voucher.  Then I can mentally categorize it as a potential windfall instead of a straight fee.  🙂

[KeithJenner]

1 minute ago, Megalyn said:

Is there a specific "bill breaker" functionality on the casino machines?  I guess I never paid attention.  I normally just feed my large bill into a slot machine and lose 25 cents, then cash in the voucher.  Then I can mentally categorize it as a potential windfall instead of a straight fee.  🙂

There are specific machines. I believe they are also ATMs.

[PortFees45]

I've broken 20's into smaller bills a Guest Services all the time. 

[BirdTravels]

9 minutes ago, Megalyn said:

Is there a specific "bill breaker" functionality on the casino machines?  I guess I never paid attention.  I normally just feed my large bill into a slot machine and lose 25 cents, then cash in the voucher.  Then I can mentally categorize it as a potential windfall instead of a straight fee.  🙂

Same machine you use to cash vouchers. 

[PelicanBill]

I also have been refused at customer service due to being low on small bills.   So I always go to the bank now and have envelopes for every port and for the ship extra tips and work out how many I need of every size bill ahead of time.

 

 

[FLAHAM]

I guess I have been lucky,  Nine NCL cruises and never a problem with the bill breaker machine.

[yankees111]

You can always play a quarters machine once  and cash out $99.75