Booking excursions question.

[K922]

Booked on our first princess cruise in 2021 and I can’t seem to fine the answer anywhere of weather or not you can book excursions and pay on board or you have to prepay for them when you book.  
 

TIA

 

Karen. 

[vjblk]

You have to prepay them in your personalizer now.  

[bluestem711]

You can also wait until you board to book excursions, but I do not recommend it.  Some are gone and lines are long.

 

[wheezedr]

Currently you pay for them at the time of booking.  If you have OBC it can be used.  They are cancellable with rare exceptions up to a day before they are taken.

[geoherb]

You can also book them by dropping a form in the box at the excursion desk so you don't have to stand in line or wait for the excursion desk to be open. 

[ontheweb]

10 hours ago, vjblk said:

You have to prepay them in your personalizer now.  

You can also call Princess to book excursions in advance. You can prepay with OBC or with credit or debit card.

[skynight]

You can do it either way, your choice. Some popular excursions at some ports do sell out. It's early right now. Some excursions may not even be available for booking.

To pre-book excursions, when available, go to the cruise personlizer. Pre-booked excursions have to be paid when booked, either directly to your credit card, or by using available on board credit.

To book excursions on board you can go to the excursion desk, speak with a staff member, or use one of the touch screens. Excursions booked on board are charged directly to your on board account(s) and net against any credit balance.

Since it is so far in advance, 2021, would suggest you join your cruise's roll call and investigate some private tours or activities.

[JF - retired RRT]

14 hours ago, bluestem711 said:

You can also wait until you board to book excursions, but I do not recommend it.  Some are gone and lines are long.

And the price may increase.

[redtop101]

I have a ton of on board credit for our Alaskan Cruise. I understood that when pre-booking a shore excursion online that you had to pre-pay and charge to your credit card. I would like to use my onboard credit to apply to this booking. Am I now able to do this? There are mixed answers in this thread.

Edited November 19, 2019 by redtop101
Mixed answers in thread

[osofish2]

We have found that they take the OBC first to pay for our excursions.  We have to call them to change the payment to a credit card.  Have fun in Alaska, one of our favorite destinations.

 

[Steelers36]

1 hour ago, redtop101 said:

I have a ton of on board credit for our Alaskan Cruise. I understood that when pre-booking a shore excursion online that you had to pre-pay and charge to your credit card. I would like to use my onboard credit to apply to this booking. Am I now able to do this? There are mixed answers in this thread.

There are different answers posted above, but the answers are not mixed.  Yes, you have to pre-pay and that was consistently stated.  You pay with credit card or OBC - if you have sufficient on file.  Some OBC may not be credited to your account until you are actually on board the cruise.  You can only use OBC already posted to your reservation.

 

[redtop101]

Thank you for clarifying that. 

[geoherb]

Some OBC isn't posted immediately. You have to request shareholder OBC for instance. Lately they've been great at posting it really quickly, within a day usually if not the same day. Loyalty OBC doesn't show up to be used against excursions before a cruise. It shows up on the travel summary, but not where you could use it against the cost of excursions.