fee and tax change

[robgvic]

I received a notice from Princess about an increase of my fees and taxes for my cruise on Emerald Princess January 15. It was 0.82 USD. Anyone ever had this happen before. Seems rather cheap of Princess to assess an amount of so little but I guess it is convenient to be able to put it on my ship board account.

[cherylandtk]

This is very common and happens whenever a port country increases their tax rates or fees. Amounts as little as two cents have generated lots of comments on postage and paper costs to advise passengers of the increase.

[Pam in CA]

I received a notice from Princess about an increase of my fees and taxes for my cruise on Emerald Princess January 15. It was 0.82 USD. Anyone ever had this happen before. Seems rather cheap of Princess to assess an amount of so little but I guess it is convenient to be able to put it on my ship board account.

This happens all the time. I'm not sure why you think Princess is cheap for passing along increased port fees or taxes. Or, do you think they should eat the difference? Where would the cut-off line be if port charges and taxes were raised that Princess should pass on or pay themselves? As a passenger, it's your responsibility to pay the port charges and fees.

[rjg41]

You likely booked direct. Most travel agencies will eat amounts this low. Not worth the paper and postage.

[smeyer418]

.82 cents the bean counters must be happy. Most cruise lines wouldn't waste the time on such an amount. Even the IRS ignores less than a dollar.

[BJS]

I received a notice from Princess about an increase of my fees and taxes for my cruise on Emerald Princess January 15. It was 0.82 USD. Anyone ever had this happen before. Seems rather cheap of Princess to assess an amount of so little but I guess it is convenient to be able to put it on my ship board account.

May seem cheap but mutiple that by thousands of cruisers and multiple increases each year and it does add up.

 

 

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[smeyer418]

May seem cheap but mutiple that by thousands of cruisers and multiple increases each year and it does add up.

 

 

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its cheap. It cost more than .82 to collect it. You even have a problem charging it and the credit card companies normally charge an extra fee for charging something under a dollar. What most cruise lines do is they accumulate it when it passes a certain amount they send it out. Less than a dollar per person they eat.

[cruiser113]

This was sent via e-mail to us also. Yes we did book direct. We also received an early credit for overpaying something. The e-mail stated that if you already paid in full it would be added to your onboard account. We are sailing on Jan5, 2008.

[jean s]

It is cheap. How silly to send me an email for under $1.00. They should eat this charge. It is silly and poor public relations to bill us for this. We have already paid in full and most cruise lines do not do this.

[rskater59]

On our recent Southern Caribbean we actually got a refund of taxes of $20.42 per person. Nice start to our cruise.

[cruisinbuddy]

You're lucky, mine was $120.00. It had to do with the flights.

[billybob123]

Jeez, even the taxman in Canada doesn't ask for anything less than $2. And is there anyone greedier than the taxman?

 

Chintzy.

[cruze610]

If Princess choses to eat the .82, they will lose a lot of money. It really doesnt sound like a lot but add it up. if a ship carries 3000 passangers, thats almost $2500. then multiply that by the amount of voyages that a given ship will take (say 52) 1 for each week of the year. thats almost $128,000 (per ship.) do you think any cruise line would be willing to or should eat that amount? as crazy as it sounds charging another .82, its necessary.

[smeyer418]

If Princess choses to eat the .82, they will lose a lot of money. It really doesnt sound like a lot but add it up. if a ship carries 3000 passangers, thats almost $2500. then multiply that by the amount of voyages that a given ship will take (say 52) 1 for each week of the year. thats almost $128,000 (per ship.) do you think any cruise line would be willing to or should eat that amount? as crazy as it sounds charging another .82, its necessary.

 

ok lets do the math. sending a letter just postage to 1500 passengers costs $600.00 in postage alone. making a phone call etc, writing an email. Posting the .82 cents accounting for it. The collection of this .82 costs more than this also. No one said you shouldn't collect it with the final payment if due, its only when the only amount billed is .82 after the person has made final payment so the numbers you use besides being all wet are out to sea.

[cruze610]

I guess the most cost effective way to collect this money would just be to bill it to the on board account.

[geoherb]

We had this fee show up on our onboard account last week on the Emerald Princess. We weren't warned about it beforehand--and it wasn't enough of a concern to me to ask what it was for.

[tutak]

If Princess choses to eat the .82, they will lose a lot of money. It really doesnt sound like a lot but add it up. if a ship carries 3000 passangers, thats almost $2500. then multiply that by the amount of voyages that a given ship will take (say 52) 1 for each week of the year. thats almost $128,000 (per ship.) do you think any cruise line would be willing to or should eat that amount? as crazy as it sounds charging another .82, its necessary.

 

What if the price of lettuce goes up?

[qiangf2]

I am wondering how much it costs to collect that 82 cents: wages, postage, papers.