hellokate

Bill Miller was a guest lecturer on my last Holland America cruise. It was the 150th Anniversary Transatlantic April 2023.

He's in the red jacket in the Titanic memorial photo next to the captain.

23 hours ago, oakridger said:

Welcome to Cruise Critic @hellokate!  The Signature Beverage Package is actually $44.95/day plus 18% gratuity equals $53.04/day.  13 days will be $689.52 including gratuity.  Better!

 

~Nancy

 

 

 Hi Nancy - Thanks for the welcome, not new though... just a new user name.

The Signature Beverage Package if bought prior to sailing is $44.95 per day.

If bought onboard it is $54.95 per day. When I quickly grabbed the price late last night I took the total from my cart and erroneously added tax on it a second time based on the verbiage but did not go through the checkout process to verify.

Pre-Paid = $689.52 including gratuity

Bought onboard = $842.93 including gratuity

That brings my per person savings to either $517.52 if pre-buy or $641.63 if onboard. Still worth it for us.

I just put my deposit down on the 13-DAY 150TH Anniversary Transatlantic April 6-19 and had worked it out as the following:

*Note: 3 Star Mariner which may or may not have affected how much OBC we received*

Inside $750 pp (Room Only) = $57.69 per day

Inside $1559 pp (Have it All) I paid an extra $20 for the room we wanted. =$119.92 per day

That is a $809.00 difference PP for HIA.

The perceived PP benefits are this:

• Signature Beverage Package = $689.52 x 18% gratuity = $813.63
• Surf Wi-Fi = $15 per day = $195.00
• Specialty Dining (2 credits per person) = $46 (Pinnacle Grill) x 2 = $92.00
• Excursion Credits ($100 credit per excursion x 2) = $200
• OBC $ 150

Total Benefits Received = $1,450.63 per person

Total cost to upgrade to Have It All = $809

Total Savings = $641.63