Does Cunard offer an all-inclusive package?

[yvr49]

Princess has "Princess Plus" which includes WiFi, beverages and gratuities.  HAL has one called Have It All.  Does Cunard have a similar package, and what is the cost to add it to our fare?  Also wondering the daily cost of gratuities.  First time on Cunard for us.   Thanks.

[BklynBoy8]

13 minutes ago, yvr49 said:

Princess has "Princess Plus" which includes WiFi, beverages and gratuities.  HAL has one called Have It All.  Does Cunard have a similar package, and what is the cost to add it to our fare?  Also wondering the daily cost of gratuities.  First time on Cunard for us.   Thanks.

 

Cunard's daily service charges vary depending on the type of cabin a passenger is staying in:

• Queens and Princess Grill Suites: $18 per person per day
• Britannia Staterooms: $16 per person per day

 

Bar charges

A 15% service charge is automatically added to your on board account for each beverage purchase made in our bars or restaurants. This is then shared among all those who work in the beverage team.

 

[david63]

4 hours ago, yvr49 said:

Does Cunard have a similar package

Not in the UK but there appears to be different packages in different countries.

[tv24]

The answer to your question is "no."  Never all inclusive, but you can put together some amenities depending on your fare, your country of origin, and the class level you book.  But never all inclusive.

[NE John]

9 hours ago, yvr49 said:

Princess has "Princess Plus" which includes WiFi, beverages and gratuities.  HAL has one called Have It All.  Does Cunard have a similar package, and what is the cost to add it to our fare?  Also wondering the daily cost of gratuities.  First time on Cunard for us.   Thanks.

There is a North American Grills promo that includes gratuities and a modified Drinks Package ($12 limit vs $13.50 for full fare package). Grills pax have other benefits, but also at a higher fare. 
It is interesting how Carnival offers so many different promos for their stable of brands. I read that many UK pax would rather pay as you go vs all-inclusive premium. I could be wrong. 

[david63]

7 minutes ago, NE John said:

many UK pax would rather pay as you go vs all-inclusive premium

Not necessarily "prefer" to pay as you go - it all depends on what each indidual considers value for money

[WantedOnVoyage]

Or indeed, if you wish to make individual choices as a customer.  Carnival, like all lines mired in astonishing debt, will wring the last farthing out of you once aboard and at least if you "pay as you go" you just get a drink.  With these welter of "packages" I feel I am being "gamed" at times by cold calculation to ensure you don't get value out of it.  The more pax on packages, the fewer bar stewards or the $13.50 (let alone $12 (!)) limit doesn't get you want you'd want to drink anyway. 

[reeves35]

15 hours ago, WantedOnVoyage said:

Or indeed, if you wish to make individual choices as a customer.  Carnival, like all lines mired in astonishing debt, will wring the last farthing out of you once aboard and at least if you "pay as you go" you just get a drink.  With these welter of "packages" I feel I am being "gamed" at times by cold calculation to ensure you don't get value out of it.  The more pax on packages, the fewer bar stewards or the $13.50 (let alone $12 (!)) limit doesn't get you want you'd want to drink anyway. 

Cruiselines only offer drinks packages because they have worked out it is a more profitable product for them especially as prepaid drinks packages also induce the "fresh wallet" syndrome where passengers tend to ignore what they have already paid before they board the ship and are more likely to spend more overall when their pre-purchases are added to their onboard spending.

 

Drinks packages become more profitable for lines the longer the cruise and the more port intensive the cruise.  This is because people are less likely to continue to drink heavily day after day and, on port days, passengers are off the ship for up to 8 hours so are unable to get anywhere near the alleged 15 drink break-even point.  Conversely, cruiselines do not offer drinks packages on shorter cruises as these tend to be party cruises and passengers can tolerate heavy drinking for a few days so it is more profitable for cruiselines to sell alcohol by the glass.

 

Having said that, Cunard is notoriously expensive for both its internet and drinks packages so, whilst an all-inclusive package is theoretically possible, it is also likely to work out quite expensive unless you know you and your cabin partner are both going to be consistently heavy drinkers.

 

 

[Winifred 22]

2 hours ago, reeves35 said:

Cruiselines only offer drinks packages because they have worked out it is a more profitable product for them especially as prepaid drinks packages also induce the "fresh wallet" syndrome where passengers tend to ignore what they have already paid before they board the ship and are more likely to spend more overall when their pre-purchases are added to their onboard spending.

 

Drinks packages become more profitable for lines the longer the cruise and the more port intensive the cruise.  This is because people are less likely to continue to drink heavily day after day and, on port days, passengers are off the ship for up to 8 hours so are unable to get anywhere near the alleged 15 drink break-even point.  Conversely, cruiselines do not offer drinks packages on shorter cruises as these tend to be party cruises and passengers can tolerate heavy drinking for a few days so it is more profitable for cruiselines to sell alcohol by the glass.

 

Having said that, Cunard is notoriously expensive for both its internet and drinks packages so, whilst an all-inclusive package is theoretically possible, it is also likely to work out quite expensive unless you know you and your cabin partner are both going to be consistently heavy drinkers.

 

 

Cunard offer drinks packages on shorter cruises but the under 5 nights  daily rate is more then than 5 nights or more price. Last time was 95$ a day I think for under 5 nights.