K922 Posted November 14, 2019 #1 Share Posted November 14, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjblk Posted November 14, 2019 #2 Share Posted November 14, 2019 You have to prepay them in your personalizer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestem711 Posted November 14, 2019 #3 Share Posted November 14, 2019 You can also wait until you board to book excursions, but I do not recommend it. Some are gone and lines are long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheezedr Posted November 14, 2019 #4 Share Posted November 14, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted November 14, 2019 #5 Share Posted November 14, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted November 14, 2019 #6 Share Posted November 14, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted November 14, 2019 #7 Share Posted November 14, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted November 14, 2019 #8 Share Posted November 14, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare redtop101 Posted November 19, 2019 #9 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osofish2 Posted November 19, 2019 #10 Share Posted November 19, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted November 19, 2019 #11 Share Posted November 19, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare redtop101 Posted November 19, 2019 #12 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Thank you for clarifying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted November 19, 2019 #13 Share Posted November 19, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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