Tansy Mews Posted December 19, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Can you please remind me of a couple of things? First, what time does the booking window open? At 12:01 am or 8 am or ? Second, when booking for myself plus another stateroom, I guess I just need their stateroom number? Third, is there any advantage to have a TA do the booking? I have always done it myself, but our travel companions' TA volunteered to do it. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 19, 2019 #2 Share Posted December 19, 2019 12:01 EST to add another cabin as guest you need their booking number & surname If you cannot get the time slot/date you want not sure if a TA can get it for you or not I just do my own even when joining friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted December 19, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Just now, LHT28 said: 12:01 EST to add another cabin as guest you need their booking number & surname Thank you! Frances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted December 19, 2019 #4 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) I thinks it’s better if you do it yourself. Unless you are in the highest suites your options may be limited and your first choices not available. In such a scenario you would know better what alternative choices to pick than your TA who would be making these choices for you. JMO. Edited December 19, 2019 by Paulchili 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted December 19, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Paulchili said: I thinks it’s better if you do it yourself. Unless you are in the highest suites your options may be limited and your first choices not available. In such a scenario you would know better what alternative choices to pick than your TA who would be making these choices for you. Thanks. Yes, we are budget travellers so while we do have status from several cruises with O, (free gratuities, etc.), we don't have any priority for restaurants. Edited December 19, 2019 by Tansy Mews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lourdest Posted December 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I have a question concerning adding another guest to your dining reservation. What happens if the group is staying in different categories? Let say one is in a PH suite and the other 2 people are staying in Concierge Room. Can the PH guest do the reservation for the whole group when it is the PH timeframe or do they have to wait until the Concierge rooms can make the reservations? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted December 19, 2019 #7 Share Posted December 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, lourdest said: Can the PH guest do the reservation for the whole group when it is the PH timeframe Generally speaking, yes. If you are not able to do this, call your TA or Oceania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lourdest Posted December 19, 2019 #8 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Thank you @Paulchili for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of DaNile Posted December 20, 2019 #9 Share Posted December 20, 2019 6 hours ago, lourdest said: I have a question concerning adding another guest to your dining reservation. What happens if the group is staying in different categories? Let say one is in a PH suite and the other 2 people are staying in Concierge Room. Can the PH guest do the reservation for the whole group when it is the PH timeframe or do they have to wait until the Concierge rooms can make the reservations? TIA Yes. We just did this with friends. Then, once on board, we were able to make additional reservations for all us all. End result was dinner in specialties 9 nights, plus La Reserve, on a 14 day cruise. Quite a let down to come back to "home" cooking after all that marvelous food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted December 20, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted December 20, 2019 There is a new note on the selector area - about shared tables. We will share but with our friends in another room. So select "shared" or not? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted December 20, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted December 20, 2019 26 minutes ago, Tansy Mews said: There is a new note on the selector area - about shared tables. We will share but with our friends in another room. So select "shared" or not? Thanks. Okay, I think they used to ask for stateroom number. Now they want the other person's booking number. Shoot! I guess it makes sense but I didn't anticipate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted December 20, 2019 #12 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Tansy Mews said: Okay, I think they used to ask for stateroom number. Now they want the other person's booking number. Shoot! I guess it makes sense but I didn't anticipate it. Booking number makes more sense. The cabin number may change with upsells, guarantees, etc - the booking number does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted December 20, 2019 #13 Share Posted December 20, 2019 It's a long time since they have wanted the booking number of your dinner companions, NOT the cabin number! The name also ... I have had success booking on my own with friends who were in a lower cabin, and I was able to book the table at our booking date ... supposedly we had to wait until THEIR date was open, but that was not our experience. On a few occasions (some years ago I had to call an Oceania rep (by specific name) to do this, but more recently it wasn't necessary. The worst case is you book your table in the higher suite, then add your friends to your table when they are "eligible". But I've not had to do that as far as I recall ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted December 20, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted December 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Tansy Mews said: There is a new note on the selector area - about shared tables. We will share but with our friends in another room. So select "shared" or not? There are three options - just you (forget the exact wording), invite someone else to share, and a "shared" table. You do need your friend's booking number. I didn't have that when I booked last night at 12 midnight but I reserved at any rate for my party of three. This morning at 8:30 am EST I called Oceania and added the other couple with their reservation number. BTW, I had tried to adjust the reservations online, but in spite of saying that the reservation was updated, the confirmation email didn't reflect the change. But easy to do it by phone, especially since I was going from a table for 4 to a table for 6. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 20, 2019 #15 Share Posted December 20, 2019 15 hours ago, Tansy Mews said: There is a new note on the selector area - about shared tables. We will share but with our friends in another room. So select "shared" or not? Thanks. click "no" for sharing then click on add a guest did you not read Post #2 where I said you need the booking number of the other party ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Mews Posted December 20, 2019 Author #16 Share Posted December 20, 2019 54 minutes ago, LHT28 said: click "no" for sharing then click on add a guest did you not read Post #2 where I said you need the booking number of the other party ? Ah! I did read your posts but....I guess not thoroughly. Lesson learned? Thank you. Frances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally_bushy Posted December 20, 2019 #17 Share Posted December 20, 2019 17 hours ago, Mura said: It's a long time since they have wanted the booking number of your dinner companions, NOT the cabin number! The name also ... I have had success booking on my own with friends who were in a lower cabin, and I was able to book the table at our booking date ... supposedly we had to wait until THEIR date was open, but that was not our experience. On a few occasions (some years ago I had to call an Oceania rep (by specific name) to do this, but more recently it wasn't necessary. The worst case is you book your table in the higher suite, then add your friends to your table when they are "eligible". But I've not had to do that as far as I recall ... Hi Mura This was in place in 2012 on our Baltic cruise and is the only way we have done it. I am sure your history with O goes back longer than ours :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now