Bahamas port fees and tax increase

[ReneeFLL]

21 hours ago, ChristyLNDRN said:

Ouch!  New Year’s Eve sailing on Oasis….

 

 

 

Is that an increase for one person or several?

[ZoeyVictoria]

This is a for a comped Prime casino cruise on the Wonder in January. $27 decrease, wonder if that will be a refund. 
 

[Ourusualbeach]

44 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said:

What about the inaugural cruise?

Roughly $30pp

[The sea calls my name]

12 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Roughly $30pp

So for example, if you are on Utopia 4 night going to both  Nassau and then CoCo Cay and are already booked, your rate will  increase $60 for that cruise? 

[Ourusualbeach]

11 minutes ago, The sea calls my name said:

So for example, if you are on Utopia 4 night going to both  Nassau and then CoCo Cay and are already booked, your rate will  increase $60 for that cruise? 

Every cruise is different even if it goes to the same ports.  Sometimes port fees and taxes are applied per person, other times it is by the ship so depending on the number of passengers on the ship it can vary.

 

In all the notifications that I received there was not one for Utopia.  Either it was omitted or more likely they already factored in the new taxes as Utopia just went on sale, they have know about this tax increase for a while now.

Edited July 22, 2023 by Ourusualbeach

[GTO-Girl]

2 hours ago, schooner_Drinker said:

Keep checking 👍🏻

Still NO emails for any of ours (Jan Apr July 2024)

and I have seen people post for May and August 2024 saying they have emails 

 

Granted two of them are paid in full 

 

Maybe we are exempt from the tax 😳

mine is a casino offer and is also paid in full…

[GTO-Girl]

4 hours ago, Ashland said:

Mine's not until May (Icon) and I got the email yesterday for both of my booked cabins.

we have another one booked in May and didn’t receive anything about that one yet…

Edited July 22, 2023 by GTO-Girl

[ChristyLNDRN]

3 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Is that an increase for one person or several?

4 people in a JS 

[cello56]

Very strange! I got the price increase email with a listing of our upcoming cruise on Adventure next March. Taxes are going up $9 in total. Here is the strange part - WE ARE NOT GOING TO ANY BAHAMAS PORTS! Cruise goes to Haiti, D.R., St. Thomas and St. Croix! Why did we get the email and why the Bahama tax increase on a cruise that does not sail to the Bahamas? 

[Scoobydobe7]

14 hours ago, c-leg5 said:

Thanks! I am sorry you have such an increase. It seems very strange yours is so high and some are getting refunds. 

Mine went up 188 for 3 if us,  63.0 pp...I do not understand the math...Some get refunds, some see 10%, some see a couple odlf extra dollars.. and we see a huge increase

[perfect match]

My email for our Allure cruise in April going to Coco Cay and Nassau shows the taxes and fees going down by a total of $16.96. However, when I look at my current balance due on the website there is no drop showing in the price there.🤷‍♀️🫤  Should be interesting to see how this plays out.

[molly361]

8 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

 all the notifications that I received there was not one for Utopia.  Either it was omitted or more likely they already factored in the new taxes as Utopia just went on sale, they have know about this tax increase for a while now.

That would be nice,  the second part obviously 

[Ourusualbeach]

5 hours ago, perfect match said:

However, when I look at my current balance due on the website there is no drop showing in the price there.🤷‍♀️

They said they would be adjusting the invoices in stages based on departure dates.

[OCSC Mike]

52 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

They said they would be adjusting the invoices in stages based on departure dates.

 

It would seem they are not going strictly in date order based on some people reporting adjustments for cruises sailing several months later than others for whom those cruisers have not yet received their adjustments.

 

Is this what you're seeing?

[molly361]

15 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

It would seem they are not going strictly in date order based on some people reporting adjustments for cruises sailing several months later than others for whom those cruisers have not yet received their adjustments.

 

Is this what you're seeing?

I was thinking the same thing.  My first one is end of January (already paid in full) so I guess I should be hearing something shortly

Edited July 23, 2023 by molly361

[Ourusualbeach]

30 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

It would seem they are not going strictly in date order based on some people reporting adjustments for cruises sailing several months later than others for whom those cruisers have not yet received their adjustments.

 

Is this what you're seeing?

have they actually been adjusting though or is that just people getting the e mails?

 

E mails and adjustments are two separate events

Edited July 23, 2023 by Ourusualbeach

[OCSC Mike]

2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

E mails and adjustments are two separate events

 

Ah, didn't realize that, thanks. My booked cruises are pretty far out and I try not to bother my TA too much so didn't ask. 😁

[molly361]

11 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

have they actually been adjusting though or is that just people getting the e mails?

 

E mails and adjustments are two separate events

It looks like they are getting emails with the adjusted tax amounts  

Edited July 23, 2023 by molly361

[Ourusualbeach]

6 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Ah, didn't realize that, thanks. My booked cruises are pretty far out and I try not to bother my TA too much so didn't ask. 😁

Pretty sure that the TA is relaxing this weekend and will start sending those notices out early in the week

[molly361]

1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Pretty sure that the TA is relaxing this weekend and will start sending those notices out early in the week

He needs the rest

[Ourusualbeach]

3 minutes ago, molly361 said:

It looks like they are getting emails with the adjusted tax amounts  

Yes that is what it will be adjusted too but the adjustments will be done separately.  This was the original e mail.  after the email I had hundreds of sailings listed with the amounts that will eventually be adjusted

Edited July 23, 2023 by Ourusualbeach

[molly361]

21 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Pretty sure that the TA is relaxing this weekend and will start sending those notices out early in the week

For some reason I had thought that my TA was going on the Presidents cruise  I don't know where I got that idea from

Edited July 23, 2023 by molly361

[Ourusualbeach]

2 minutes ago, molly361 said:

For some reason I had thought that my TA was going on the Presidents cruise  I don't know where I got that idea from

He cancelled a while ago, too many things going on this summer.

[lcpagejr]

Inetersting timing.... With Icon and Utopia soon sailing huge $$ maker for Bahamas especially with Utopia just doing 4 /3 day cruises to Coco Cay and Nassau!!

[perfect match]

19 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

They said they would be adjusting the invoices in stages based on departure dates.

Thank you for that info, Ken.It’s not a whole lot of money for us so I’m not going to drive myself crazy looking but I will check  periodically. The new rate already shows up when doing a dummy booking.