"Service Charge" Pre-booking unlimited drinks

[SelfCheckoutGuy]

I was looking at booking a drink package prior to boarding and noticed that there was a "Service Charge". In the case of the unlimited sodas it was $4.68. Is there this same service charge if I just buy the package when I get onboard, or is this just an online charge?

[Clarea]

I was looking at booking a drink package prior to boarding and noticed that there was a "Service Charge". In the case of the unlimited sodas it was $4.68. Is there this same service charge if I just buy the package when I get onboard, or is this just an online charge?

There will be an 18% gratuity added either way you purchase.

[Retired LEO]

I was looking at booking a drink package prior to boarding and noticed that there was a "Service Charge". In the case of the unlimited sodas it was $4.68. Is there this same service charge if I just buy the package when I get onboard, or is this just an online charge?

 

Gratuity=Service charge. Same thing.

[GUT2407]

$4.68 seems a bit low is it a really short cruise?

[OzKiwiJJ]

$4.68 seems a bit low is it a really short cruise?

 

Wake up, GUT2407 :D. Package is quoted per day so service charge would also be per day. :p

[GUT2407]

Wake up, GUT2407 :D. Package is quoted per day so service charge would also be per day. :p

 

 

Yeah but $4.68 is 18% of $26.00, $26.00 a day for soft drink, I though only I could get through that.:D

[GUT2407]

By the way nearly arced up till I saw who was telling me to "Wake up"

 

GUT

[OzKiwiJJ]

By the way nearly arced up till I saw who was telling me to "Wake up"

 

GUT

 

ROTFLMAO. Didn't realise you were so easy to arc up :D

 

I think the soft drink packages were about that price on our cruise. Can't remember exactly but I do recall noticing that they were ridiculously high. Also included speciality coffees and mocktails so wouldn't be hard to rack up $26 worth.

Edited April 19, 2015 by OzKiwiJJ

[GUT2407]

ROTFLMAO. Didn't realise you were so easy to arc up :D

 

I think the soft drink packages were about that price on our cruise. Can't remember exactly but I do recall noticing that they were ridiculously high. Also included speciality coffees and mocktails so wouldn't be hard to rack up $26 worth.

 

 

:eek:

 

Soft drink usually about $8 a day and one with coffees mocktails etc for my Darling about $15 a day, but haven't sailed RCI yet but Bly H377 if you know what I mean.

 

 

GUT

[nolesrule]

The soda-only package is $6.50/day. On the 4 night Enchantment cruise that the OP is going on, that's $26... plus 18% gratuity, which is $4.68.

 

The non-alcohol beverage package is coming up on my cruise planner at $19/day + 18%.

[OzKiwiJJ]

:eek:

 

Soft drink usually about $8 a day and one with coffees mocktails etc for my Darling about $15 a day, but haven't sailed RCI yet but Bly H377 if you know what I mean.

 

 

GUT

 

You've lost me on Bly H377 :confused:

 

Big price hikes for drinks in the past month or so on RCI :( in case you were sleeping through those conversations on the AUS/NZ board. :D

[OzKiwiJJ]

The soda-only package is $6.50/day. On the 4 night Enchantment cruise that the OP is going on, that's $26... plus 18% gratuity, which is $4.68.

 

The non-alcohol beverage package is coming up on my cruise planner at $19/day + 18%.

 

That solves that one, thanks. :) The sticker shock from the alcohol package prices must have fogged my brain. :o

[GUT2407]

The soda-only package is $6.50/day. On the 4 night Enchantment cruise that the OP is going on, that's $26... plus 18% gratuity, which is $4.68.

 

The non-alcohol beverage package is coming up on my cruise planner at $19/day + 18%.

 

 

$6.50 isn't too bad, and I never think of 4 day cruises.

[GUT2407]

You've lost me on Bly H377 :confused:

 

Big price hikes for drinks in the past month or so on RCI :( in case you were sleeping through those conversations on the AUS/NZ board. :D

 

 

First word, great australian adjective, 2nd word reall hot place naughty people go.

[OzKiwiJJ]

First word, great australian adjective, 2nd word reall hot place naughty people go.

 

Got it! :D

[GUT2407]

The soda-only package is $6.50/day. On the 4 night Enchantment cruise that the OP is going on, that's $26... plus 18% gratuity, which is $4.68.

 

The non-alcohol beverage package is coming up on my cruise planner at $19/day + 18%.

 

 

But I think $19 for the non-alcoholic is a bit steep

[GUT2407]

Got it! :D

 

 

and if it was $26 a day for soft drink it was all I could think to say.

[nolesrule]

But I think $19 for the non-alcoholic is a bit steep

 

I don't. I've been getting it since it was introduced in 2013. Of course, it used to be a flat $20/day, now it's $22.42 ($19 + 18%).

 

My daily beverage intake usually consists of 2 glasses of OJ with breakfast, 3-4 sodas throughout the day, 1-2 specialty coffees, 2-3 bottles of sparkling water, and a non-alcoholic pina colada. Sometimes I grab a bottle of regular water to take off the ship on a port day. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of $30/day before gratuities.

[OzKiwiJJ]

and if it was $26 a day for soft drink it was all I could think to say.

 

Give them another year or two and that's what it will cost ;) :rolleyes:

[GUT2407]

Give them another year or two and that's what it will cost ;) :rolleyes:

 

 

Yep just looking at a thread on X drink package prices I repeat my comment about BH.

[mollyeilis]

But I think $19 for the non-alcoholic is a bit steep

 

Espresso drinks (frappucinos, lattes, mochas, etc), Tazo tea, bottled water, sparkling water, fresh squeezed OJ in the morning, soda.... Seems worth it to me, if you can drink that much!

[BekkaW]

I don't. I've been getting it since it was introduced in 2013. Of course, it used to be a flat $20/day, now it's $22.42 ($19 + 18%).

 

My daily beverage intake usually consists of 2 glasses of OJ with breakfast, 3-4 sodas throughout the day, 1-2 specialty coffees, 2-3 bottles of sparkling water, and a non-alcoholic pina colada. Sometimes I grab a bottle of regular water to take off the ship on a port day. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of $30/day before gratuities.

 

I'm similar, except it's 2-3 non-alcoholic frozen mojitos! :)

[GUT2407]

I just think that it's a bit steep compared to others.

[SelfCheckoutGuy]

Thank you all. I didn't even think about that being the grats. I thought it was just a fee for booking online.