Vista suite on Volendam

[Cruise NH]

Do you pay the suite gratuities rate with this type of room on the Volendam. I know it’s really just a balcony room but I seem to remember on the smaller ships it counted as a suite even for double mariner points but I could be wrong.

[kazu]

8 minutes ago, Cruise NH said:

Do you pay the suite gratuities rate with this type of room on the Volendam. I know it’s really just a balcony room but I seem to remember on the smaller ships it counted as a suite even for double mariner points but I could be wrong.

any cabin with the word suite in it is considered that category.  So yes, you will earn double mariner points and yes, you pay the suite gratuities rate for the cabin (even though it is a verandah technically).

[Cruise NH]

Just now, kazu said:

any cabin with the word suite in it is considered that category.  So yes, you will earn double mariner points and yes, you pay the suite gratuities rate for the cabin (even though it is a verandah technically).

oh good my memory isn’t going after all!  Thanks 

[crystalspin]

1 hour ago, Cruise NH said:

Do you pay the suite gratuities rate with this type of room on the Volendam. I know it’s really just a balcony room but I seem to remember on the smaller ships it counted as a suite even for double mariner points but I could be wrong.

You pay the higher crew appreciation. You get double mariner points if you BUY the suite, but if you get it by upgrade or upsell, you probably don't. We did not on the Zaandam, but we were very glad to have the space and storage for three adults! It's the only balcony room on the Volendam and Zaandam (there are no Verandahs), but it is a roomier room than the Verandahs OR Vista Suites on the larger ships.

[crystalspin]

24 minutes ago, crystalspin said:

It's the only balcony room on the Volendam and Zaandam (there are no Verandahs),

I should have said, it's the "lowest" balcony room on V&Z -- obviously the higher suites have balconies.

 

Having stayed in a Vista Suite on the K'dam, we appreciated the extra room and the arrangement of space enough that we booked the same cabin for the swiftly upcoming 35-day So.Pacific cruise. 

 

But the VS on Zaandam was even roomier.