Type of money used onboard

[alshare]

Hi All

We are going to Las Vegas prior to our cruise, so we are taking US Dollars but when we get to Vancouver and onboard Celebrity Elipse is it US dollars or Canadian Dollars, can anyone help please. Cheers Lyn and Jeunette

[A Sixth?]

US$

 

Bring tons

Edited March 28, 2019 by A Sixth?

[chengkp75]

The ship is cashless.  Everything is charged to your onboard account.

[gold1953]

Do you mean that the cruise ends in Vancouver?  If so you need Canadian $$ while in Canada. No cash is used on the ship . Every transaction is done with your sea pass card

[Bocker3]

It is is not entirely cashless onboard, as you do need cash for the Casino.  I've only ever seen US$ used there.

[Xport]

Casino play—at least initially—is not cashless...  Your SeaPass Card will be used to track play but not fund play (though tournament entry fees and advances—generally at a fee—can be charged to your onboard account via SeaPass) or to collect winnings...

 

As is true at land-based casinos, slot machines use cash and/or vouchers; table games use cash and/or chips...  A cashier is available to redeem vouchers/chips into cash...

 

Regardless of ship location, all casino transactions are conducted in US currency...

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2019 by Xport

[MJSailors]

We bring cash ( US$$$) for tips.

[retired067]

3 hours ago, alshare said:

Hi All

We are going to Las Vegas prior to our cruise, so we are taking US Dollars but when we get to Vancouver and onboard Celebrity Elipse is it US dollars or Canadian Dollars, can anyone help please. Cheers Lyn and Jeunette

Hi, as others have said, no cash needed on the ship unless you want to tip over and above the daily tips charged to your account. US dollars are accepted in Canada at most locations but the exchange rate will be less than you will get if you exchange at a Canadian bank. Have you looked at exchanging Australian dollars to Canadian dollars. 

[PelicanLvr]

I believe the currency on all X ships worldwide at all times is US$.   

[alshare]

We will also need Canadian Dollars is that correct when off the ship ?

Cheers Lyn and Jeunette 

[Shadow9612]

On 3/28/2019 at 6:50 AM, Xport said:

Regardless of ship location, all casino transactions are conducted in US currency...

I have been on a celebrity Cruise in the Mediterranean where the casino did except either us dollars or euros.

[Essiesmom]

20 hours ago, alshare said:

We will also need Canadian Dollars is that correct when off the ship ?

Cheers Lyn and Jeunette 

 Only before & after the cruise in Vancouver.  All of your ports are in Alaska, part of the US.  EM

[jan-n-john]

I suspect you will encounter few if any places in any port you visit (in Canada or the US including Alaska) where your standard credit card will not do the job, so you really don't need to worry much about local cash to start with. These days that includes taxi's and tips except perhaps for a hotel maid. Hopefully your credit card does not charge any foreign exchange fees.  I have certain cards that I signed up for simply because they don't charge FE fees, and I think this is a sound practice for anyone who travels internationally.  Your bank ATM card will be fine if you do suddenly need local cash.  These days it seems you're seldom more than a two minute walk from an ATM in any city of the sort that hosts cruise ships.  The ship also has a US$ ATM, if you get a sudden urge to go lose some of your hard-earned wealth in the casino. 

Edited March 30, 2019 by jan-n-john

[Presto2]

On ‎3‎/‎28‎/‎2019 at 11:20 AM, MJSailors said:

We bring cash ( US$$$) for tips.

 

Same here - someone on here told us to take loads of US dollar bills for tips and it seems to work well.