Help! Need advice...

[pdcat21]

We are one week from sailing on Magic. Have four people booked in one room and just found out today that the fourth person will likely not be going! (no insurance) Do we just treat that person as a no show. How do we handle check-in? Advice please.:o

[Jay Sam]

I haven't experienced this before, but I would call Carnival or your booking agent and check if you need to let them know in advance.

[Mithril379@aol.com]

I haven't had it happen either but I'm sure others here have, and I'd wait for their advice. I'd also change your post title to something more specific, like " help! guest dropped out - treat as no show?"

Edited May 4, 2015 by Mithril379@aol.com

[tea4ular]

Note I have not had this experience... That said I have read time and again on here not to contact Carnival in advance. Simply as OP stated treat the passenger as a no show. If I recall it has to do with possibly being moved from "your" cabin. There are several threads talking about this.

[loxley]

One week from sailing, no insurance, no reason to tell carnival.

[springs741]

You are 5 days from sailing, have no insurance there is no reason to tell Carnival except if there is some on trying to get another person on board. Just a few days ago on another site there was a family booked in a three person capacity room but with only two people booked. They were trying to add a third person but the ship was at capacity. They called several time per day and about three days before sailing a family cancelled their trip.

[kelkel2]

Honestly, That close to sailing? I wouldn't tell carnival. If you do tell them they are likely to make the remaining 3 people assume the cost of the 4th person once they remove the 4th person off the room. At least that's what I have gathered from reading on here when this happens to people.

If you don't tell Carnival, when you check in, just say, oh they're late getting here they may not make it. Or something like that...

You're at least not losing anything by that 4th person not being there, and the 4th person is the one out the money. Don't call and let carnival meddle with things.

[Ms. Fun Bunch]

We have had this happen before just checked in as usual and nothing

happened.

[Cruiserbarbie]

5 days out, all money should have been paid, so only no-show will be out $$.

 

Does Carnival try to track down someone who has not checked in? Come on over the PA to talk to roommates about missing traveler?

 

Or call Carnival as a new client and ask what would happen or what to do.

[pdcat21]

Thanks everyone. That's what I thought I had read on here, but I could not find the threads.

[isaiahsnana]

If you notify carnival in advance, the person not going will lose all the $ and the remaining three would then be charged for a 3 person sailing instead of 4 and the price for all the rest of you would go up. Just say after checking in at guest services that you guess he is a no-show.

[cb at sea]

No..if it's past the "refundable" time, the pricing won't change....the 4th person is paid for...it's done and over.

Carnival doesn't need to know a thing. The 4th is simply a no-show.

[Vitamin_Sea]

No need to call CCL since they are paid in full already.

 

way to close for any refund

[near the beach]

We had one person cancel on us. There would be no refund so we just boarded as usual with one no show. We told Carnival at check in we would be one short.

 

Once on the ship we did ask that the tips be removed for the no show. That way No one else would get that amount added to their account.