Pre-Pay Gratuities After Check In?

[slavens_09]

Is it possible to pre-ay your gratuities after you have checked in for your sailing? 

 

Thanks

[BarbieGee]

This Carnival Help page might help answer this question.

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/category/~/money-and-gratuities/c/475

[ray98]

Yes.....should be in you booking manager.

[groundloop]

Yes.  

 

HOWEVER, there's really no need to pre-pay gratuities, they will be automatically charged to your Sail and Sign account on the next to last day of the cruise. 

 

I can understand why some folks might want to pre-pay this so they don't have to worry about it, but I just always know ahead of time how much I'll be charged for gratuities and keep an eye on my account.

[slavens_09]

Thanks for the replies.

 

[Pyxie]

Yes. We've prepaid the day we left for the cruise.

 

While that may not make sense to some people, I prefer to pay my gratuities outright and not on my credit card which I use for my onboard account.

[PrincessArlena'sDad]

If you have gift cards to use, using them to prepay grats would probably make things simpler, as you'd have less cards to add to your account once onboard.

[RenoNanaOz]

3 hours ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said:

If you have gift cards to use, using them to prepay grats would probably make things simpler, as you'd have less cards to add to your account once onboard.

Great idea, I am going to do that now. Thanks!

[garycarla]

I don't get why it matters if you pay on day 1 or the last day.????

[Anyislandwilldo]

Prepay on your cruise manager.  Less to worry about when you board the ship.

[arsenic74]

You can't prepay gratuities using OBC though, correct? I was just trying to see if that was possible, and there didn't seem to be a payment option for it.

[Ellaleah]

1 hour ago, arsenic74 said:

You can't prepay gratuities using OBC though, correct? I was just trying to see if that was possible, and there didn't seem to be a payment option for it.

You can use the OBC to pay gratuities once you are onboard.  It makes no sense to me, but it appears to be the rule.

[mondello]

On 12/5/2022 at 11:24 AM, garycarla said:

I don't get why it matters if you pay on day 1 or the last day.????

It doesn’t make a difference. They will automatically bill your folio during the cruise, if you haven’t prepaid.