Remove a name from booking? Fee

[helene109]

My daughter is now going by herself. Pvp said it is $50.00 per person fee and she will have $300 obc not $600. Cruise is sold out for August. We can put someone from our cabin in with her to make it a double occupancy instead of triple. As she said there is no other rooms. 
I didn’t know there was a cancellation fee  not sure why she said that about the occupancy maybe because our rooms are triple occupancy 

[mondello]

The deposit was probably non-refundable.

[firefly333]

Would it be cheaper for the other pax to be a no show? Keep the 600 obc?

 

Always has been a fee to change a name with carnival on most rates. If you do a no show the taxes and fees are automatically refunded after the cruise. See what costs less a no show or moving the pax from the triple.

[helene109]

20 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Would it be cheaper for the other pax to be a no show? Keep the 600 obc?

 

Always has been a fee to change a name with carnival on most rates. If you do a no show the taxes and fees are automatically refunded after the cruise. See what costs less a no show or moving the pax from the triple.

Interesting point so it is 2 people costing $50 each then we loose $300 obc

but technically not sure if that is right to leave the names on. Expensive though 

[firefly333]

1 minute ago, helene109 said:

Interesting point so it is 2 people costing $50 each then we loose $300 obc

but technically not sure if that is right to leave the names on. Expensive though 

People do no shows all the time. The posts where its tricky are casino offers and its the pax who got the casino offer who is the no show. 

 

Do what's best for you.

[ProgRockCruiser]

I'm trying to understand the full original booking.

 

Do you have two cabins booked, with two or three people in each?  

 

And the cabin your daughter is booked into is going to just have your daughter because the other person(s) are not going?

 

How many people in each cabin for original booking?

[helene109]

7 minutes ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

I'm trying to understand the full original booking.

 

Do you have two cabins booked, with two or three people in each?  

 

And the cabin your daughter is booked into is going to just have your daughter because the other person(s) are not going?

 

How many people in each cabin for original booking?

Yes sorry original booking 2 rooms 3 in each. Now 4 people are going. So we can put 2 in each room.

[ProgRockCruiser]

8 minutes ago, helene109 said:

Yes sorry original booking 2 rooms 3 in each. Now 4 people are going. So we can put 2 in each room.

OK, so maybe try to move one of the three from your room to your daughter's cabin (after dropping one name, I guess).  That could/should maintain your OBC for both cabins, with maybe just a $50 penalty/fee for the name dropping off.

 

Then a few weeks later (or maybe you can do it right away, I dunno), drop the other name from your daughter's cabin.  Hopefully that will also maintain the OBC, since it will still be double occupancy, with just another $50 penalty.

 

EDIT: this is just a guess, not sure if that strategy will work.

Edited April 30, 2021 by ProgRockCruiser

[helene109]

1 minute ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

OK, so maybe try to move one of the three from your room to your daughter's cabin (after dropping one name, I guess).  That could/should maintain your OBC for both cabins, with maybe just a $50 penalty/fee for the name dropping off.

 

Then a few weeks later (or maybe you can do it right away, I dunno), drop the other name from your daughter's cabin.  Hopefully that will also maintain the OBC, since it will still be double occupancy, with just another $50 penalty.

Yes that is what I am thinking too. Thinking positive we can cruise for August. Maybe I booked a different rate where there is a few to cancel.

[Essiesmom]

You are still going to have to pay for two people in your daughter’s cabin.  I assume you are before final payment.  If you move the third from your cabin into hers, that person will be paying more than with the third person, but the overall total will be less.  Also, as I understand it, the OBC is divided between the first two people in the cabin, so the third person would not get any as a third...  But I could be misunderstanding...EM

[urbanhawk]

On 2 cruises over the years, the passenger traveling with me, was not able to go on the cruise, as my guest. I called my pvp, and he removed them from the booking. There  was no change fee.  Maybe because, the cabin was  paid for?  

[Elaine5715]

3 hours ago, Essiesmom said:

You are still going to have to pay for two people in your daughter’s cabin.  I assume you are before final payment.  If you move the third from your cabin into hers, that person will be paying more than with the third person, but the overall total will be less.  Also, as I understand it, the OBC is divided between the first two people in the cabin, so the third person would not get any as a third...  But I could be misunderstanding...EM

Correct.  The OBC offer is for the people on the original booking so if they cancel, they get to keep their OBC and would need to use it by the posted dates

[firefly333]

2 hours ago, urbanhawk said:

On 2 cruises over the years, the passenger traveling with me, was not able to go on the cruise, as my guest. I called my pvp, and he removed them from the booking. There  was no change fee.  Maybe because, the cabin was  paid for?  

Early saver has a name change fee. Other rates dont. Depends on which rate was booked.

[Castaway Cowgirl]

When we moved someone out of a cabin once, they rebooked the entire cabin at the current going rate.  They also forced us to move to a different cabin to fit the new capacity.  I think we would have been better off financially to do the no show option.  I find dropping and adding people can be complicated with Carnival.

[Elaine5715]

9 hours ago, Castaway Cowgirl said:

When we moved someone out of a cabin once, they rebooked the entire cabin at the current going rate.  They also forced us to move to a different cabin to fit the new capacity.  I think we would have been better off financially to do the no show option.  I find dropping and adding people can be complicated with Carnival.

Being moved due to capacity is why it is usually recommended to do the "no show".

[scpirate]

On 4/30/2021 at 11:51 AM, helene109 said:

Yes sorry original booking 2 rooms 3 in each. Now 4 people are going. So we can put 2 in each room.

It's still going to cost the same.just do no shows then move people to whatever cabins you want when you check in..you will get refunded port fees for the no shows.

[helene109]

Wouldn’t it take longer to do the no shows at the pier? Thanks!

[ProgRockCruiser]

43 minutes ago, helene109 said:

Wouldn’t it take longer to do the no shows at the pier? Thanks!

In theory, it takes no time at all.  You just shrug your shoulders and say "I don't know where they are, maybe they can't make it."

[babygrljaz]

from past experience...you lose obc if it is tied to a no show

[Jamesatgsu]

On 4/30/2021 at 11:14 AM, firefly333 said:

Would it be cheaper for the other pax to be a no show? Keep the 600 obc?

 

Always has been a fee to change a name with carnival on most rates. If you do a no show the taxes and fees are automatically refunded after the cruise. See what costs less a no show or moving the pax from the triple.

FWIW, I've never been charged to change a name, but the bookings have always been in my name with TBAs that I later added and then changed. I've never changed the primary person.

[firefly333]

13 minutes ago, Jamesatgsu said:

FWIW, I've never been charged to change a name, but the bookings have always been in my name with TBAs that I later added and then changed. I've never changed the primary person.

I'm not talking about the main name or a tba. The op said someone already named so they wouldnt be a TBA wants to cancel and change. Also I said this is a early saver fee. 

[Jamesatgsu]

3 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

I'm not talking about the main name or a tba. The op said someone already named so they wouldnt be a TBA wants to cancel and change. Also I said this is a early saver fee. 

But I'm talking about after I changed the TBA to a person, I changed it again months later with no cost. Makes me wonder is there only a cost if names are listed on initial booking? 

[mondello]

The original post was confusing. There were 2 cabins with 3 in each cabin. Both cabins had $600 OBC from previous rebooking. When 2 cancelled from daughter's cabin, they took their $300 OBC with them. To move third person from other cabin over to daughter's cabin, that person would have originally paid a lower, third person rate.

[Cruisesfun65]

No show is the way to go in this case. Too much money will be lost to move 2 people around. 

[mondello]

Agree. One of the 2 people that cancelled took half of the rebooking OBC with them. The third should have just been a no show and been refunded their port fees and taxes. They could have moved the third person into the other cabin after boarding without paying the difference between the third person rate and the full rate.