seniorladycruiser Posted July 25, 2019 #1 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hello all, My husband and I are boarding a cruise on the Ovation August 31, 2019. Today my travel agent called to let me know they were mailing our cruise documents but we still have not received our cabin number. So my question is has this happened to any of you. Also we are shipping our luggage through Luggage Forward without a cabin number. I am sure this will all work out but I would appreciate hearing from you if you ever had the same problem. Thanks, Nan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SailingNomads Posted July 25, 2019 #2 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I assume you took a guarantee, which is typically - but depends on the cruise - assigned within the last 7-14 days prior. We always book the suite we want so I have no firsthand knowledge only what I have heard from others and read on this board. The only time we could not select our suite was when on a part of a World Cruise years ago but we knew about a month in advance what we were assigned. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLSD Posted July 25, 2019 #3 Share Posted July 25, 2019 23 minutes ago, seniorladycruiser said: Hello all, My husband and I are boarding a cruise on the Ovation August 31, 2019. Today my travel agent called to let me know they were mailing our cruise documents but we still have not received our cabin number. So my question is has this happened to any of you. Also we are shipping our luggage through Luggage Forward without a cabin number. I am sure this will all work out but I would appreciate hearing from you if you ever had the same problem. Thanks, Nan Nan, Yes, this happened to us--and we expected it. We received our documents and then, about a week before we embarked, our TA was sent our suite number which she emailed to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raphael360 Posted July 25, 2019 #4 Share Posted July 25, 2019 45 minutes ago, seniorladycruiser said: Hello all, My husband and I are boarding a cruise on the Ovation August 31, 2019. Today my travel agent called to let me know they were mailing our cruise documents but we still have not received our cabin number. So my question is has this happened to any of you. Also we are shipping our luggage through Luggage Forward without a cabin number. seniorladycruiser, This happens EVERY TIME we do an OB GTY - 100% of the time. We get our documents long before our suite assignment. Don't worry, you'll get your suite assignment about 10 -14 days out. Here's what I do; start logging into your Seabourn account and go to your cruise. One magical day your suite will change from OB to XXX - yeah! 🙂 Let not your heart be troubled. It's always good news. FYI: all luggage is checked against the manifest when it arrived on the ship so no bags will be lost once on board. Very exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheWonderer Posted July 25, 2019 #5 Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) Once we thought we knew our cabin number before embarking, only to discover when we showed up to get on the ship that we had been upgraded. And even then, they somehow managed to get our luggage to us only a little bit late despite the fact that the luggage tags all had the wrong cabin number on them. The moral: they are expert at taking care of you, so you only need to relax and enjoy the experience. Edited July 25, 2019 by DavidTheWonderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mljatsea Posted August 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 19, 2019 We also had a last minute upgrade after getting our assignment a week or two prior on the Sojourn. Used Luggage Free last fall with delivery to QM2 and it was in our suite before we were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seniorladycruiser Posted August 19, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted August 19, 2019 So now it’s 12 days out and no cabin. My husband and I have made a joke about it and we are fine, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLSD Posted August 20, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, seniorladycruiser said: So now it’s 12 days out and no cabin. My husband and I have made a joke about it and we are fine, just curious. If you are using a travel agent, check with him/her. In our case, Seabourn emailed our travel agent with our suite number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corony Posted August 20, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 20, 2019 We have boarded without a cabin number and our bags found our cabin before we did. It’ll be fine and it’s actually kind of fun having to wait until the last minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seniorladycruiser Posted August 20, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Our travel agent is checking daily as well. Nan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florisdekort Posted August 20, 2019 #11 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, seniorladycruiser said: So now it’s 12 days out and no cabin. My husband and I have made a joke about it and we are fine, just curious. I’m not sure what the joke is or why you would not be fine? You booked a guarantee. Although it doesn’t happen often, you may not learn your suite number until you check in at the port. If you’re not comfortable with that, pay the price for an assigned suite... Edited August 20, 2019 by florisdekort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted August 20, 2019 #12 Share Posted August 20, 2019 8 hours ago, seniorladycruiser said: So now it’s 12 days out and no cabin. My husband and I have made a joke about it and we are fine, just curious. For our three most recent Seabourn cruises we received our suite allocation between 4 and 7 days prior to embarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustymerle Posted August 21, 2019 #13 Share Posted August 21, 2019 On a previous cruise we saw people being reassigned cabins when they checked in at the port. Better to enjoy the champagne toast that way with an upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seniorladycruiser Posted August 21, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Hi everyone! Good news....we have been assigned our cabin! It was almost a letdown as we were enjoying our little game of checking everyday. We were assigned a V6 on deck 8 and are delighted. One week from tomorrow we fly to Copenhagen. Thanks for all the comments. Nan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted August 21, 2019 #15 Share Posted August 21, 2019 5 hours ago, seniorladycruiser said: Hi everyone! Good news....we have been assigned our cabin! It was almost a letdown as we were enjoying our little game of checking everyday. We were assigned a V6 on deck 8 and are delighted. One week from tomorrow we fly to Copenhagen. Thanks for all the comments. Nan Have a great cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopjohnb Posted August 21, 2019 #16 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Hello, Nan! We also received our suite assignment for the same cruise yesterday. My round at the Sky Bar after muster drill! Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seniorladycruiser Posted August 21, 2019 Author #17 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Sounds great! See you onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Videopark Posted September 13, 2019 #18 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 10:17 AM, sloopjohnb said: Hello, Nan! We also received our suite assignment for the same cruise yesterday. My round at the Sky Bar after muster drill! Johnny We are sailing in June 2020 and have our cabin number already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted September 13, 2019 #19 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Videopark said: We are sailing in June 2020 and have our cabin number already. Did you book a GTY/guarantee fare, which is what is being discussed on this thread? If so it's highly unusual to have your cabin number already so many months in advance, so you're very lucky. Normally allocation is approx 14 days in advance, and for us most recently it's been around 7 days or a little less. Edited September 13, 2019 by Isklaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauzac Posted September 14, 2019 #20 Share Posted September 14, 2019 We are doing a GTY for our cruise in December as it was booked as an 'extra' late in the day. This will be the first time we've done this, we have always chosen our suite on previous cruises. I have high hopes for a spectacular upgrade 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raphael360 Posted September 14, 2019 #21 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) On 9/13/2019 at 12:36 PM, Videopark said: We are sailing in June 2020 and have our cabin number already. OB/GTY and you have your room assignment? No way! Really? Edited September 14, 2019 by raphael360 sic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Videopark Posted September 14, 2019 #22 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Our TA booked through the Polar on-line when we booked the cruise. Got the cabin # right there. I understand a few companies use that web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauzac Posted September 15, 2019 #23 Share Posted September 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Videopark said: Our TA booked through the Polar on-line when we booked the cruise. Got the cabin # right there. I understand a few companies use that web site. That's not an OB/GTY though is it? That's what we normally do - choose our suite - but when you do an OB you don't know what suite number until just before embarkation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysonaship Posted September 15, 2019 #24 Share Posted September 15, 2019 We got ours about two weeks before sailing. Very please ended up with a V6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckGood Posted September 15, 2019 #25 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Sailing in 11 days and still no cabin assignment. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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