Free at Sea - discounts (for Europe passengers anyway, but poss for US too)

[podgeandrodge]

So, Free at Sea package currently reduced on NCL Europe website (half price in some cases) in case this appeals to people looking at price movements/bookings.  11 night cruise $100pp (no gratuities payable as Europe).

[summersbappi]

We have the free at sea package for Nov do you know how service charge works is it 20% for each drink or is it 20% of the package price which we had for half price and are the gratuities that they add to your on board account a separate thing to the service charges for the drinks would be grateful to her what you think have done many cruises but the is our first with ncl so a little bit confused thanks x

[KeithJenner]

26 minutes ago, summersbappi said:

We have the free at sea package for Nov do you know how service charge works is it 20% for each drink or is it 20% of the package price which we had for half price and are the gratuities that they add to your on board account a separate thing to the service charges for the drinks would be grateful to her what you think have done many cruises but the is our first with ncl so a little bit confused thanks x

There are no gratuities payable for free at sea. The fee you paid when booking covers you completely.

 

The only time you will pay gratuities on drinks is if you buy anything not covered. For example, you are covered for wine or spirits up to $15 so if you get a glass of wine costing $20 then you will pay the difference ($5) plus the gratuity on the part you are paying, making a total of $6.

 

It isn’t hard to avoid drinks over $15 so this shouldn’t be a problem.

 

The daily charge added to your account is totally separate and covers wait staff, room stewards etc.

[summersbappi]

Oh thanks for the information I was confused about the costing lol x

[Albinroo]

12 hours ago, podgeandrodge said:

So, Free at Sea package currently reduced on NCL Europe website (half price in some cases) in case this appeals to people looking at price movements/bookings.  11 night cruise $100pp (no gratuities payable as Europe).

I saw it advertised as such but when pricing a dec 2023 cruise on the website it still comes up as 400 $ more expensive than without the package. Super annoying.