mexico5 Posted November 12, 2006 #1 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hi, after reading the thread about credit card conversions, etc.. I think we would like to leave money instead of using our credit card. Does anyone know how much minimum you have to leave? Or is it the amount you leave is the amount you are allowed to spend? I thought I read $300.00 cash somewhere, but was wondering. So we could leave $1,000 in cash or in US Travellers cheques right? If we did not use that amount, we just go and get it back at the end? I just finished printing off our boarding pass and had to give a credit card number, but I am hoping this is not our automatic form of payment and that we can change it to cash once we get on? Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARGIN Posted November 12, 2006 #2 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Leave the credit card stand and charge to it. At the end of the cruise tell the purser you want to pay cash instead of charging the final amount to the card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen2cruz Posted November 12, 2006 #3 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hi Mexico5, Largin is correct. However, we have found sometimes they put a hold on certain amounts throughout the cruise (and please dont use a debit card). So, we have put a credit card down but also given them what we think we will spend on account at the beginning with travelers checks- any shore excursions, soda cards, tips, budgeted photos, etc. We check our account daily, to make sure the amounts charged to the shipboard account are correct, only takes a minute (instead of waiting til the last day and then standing in a very long line). This tends to make us spend more wisely and when we do go over (and we do-always something you just have to have)...the ending balance is not as big a shock. :) Holland America has in thier passenger contract a suggested minimum if one chooses to pay in cash without a credit card, but could not find anything from Princess that was similar. Seem to remember it beiing $50-60 per person per day up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachpeach1 Posted November 13, 2006 #4 Share Posted November 13, 2006 What to do if you dont' use (or have) credit cards at all? I am planning to deposit $500 with purser upon arrival and check periodically to see how the account is doing. So what do we do for boarding pass if they ask for a credit card number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARGIN Posted November 13, 2006 #5 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Your TA or 1-800-PRINCESS will give you the best answer. I would make a quick call to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexico5 Posted November 14, 2006 Author #6 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Thanks for your help. We will bring either lots of cash or US travellers checks and pay off our shipboard account with that! Beachpeach, I asked my TA about not printing off the boarding pass and she said it was not necessary. She said most people do because it allows faster entry onto the ship. but not mandatory. We did print ours off this weekend though, probably because we were excited to! Mexico5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALAFRANCE Posted November 14, 2006 #7 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Just wondering why we shouldn't use a debit card? thanks:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen2cruz Posted November 15, 2006 #8 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Hi Lalafrance... Based on the experiences of others over the years, using a debit card is taking a big chance. If they put a hold on your card for large amounts or large charges are accidently added to your account... it could take a long time to reverse those charges or release the holds. Then you could be without money in your checking account. Credit cards allow you the luxury of working out any bugs without touching your bank account. In a perfect world a debit card is fine....just beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickproductions Posted November 15, 2006 #9 Share Posted November 15, 2006 We paid $400 cash to the purser on the second day, just to keep the credit card charge down. Being our honeymoon cruise, we had all our cards in separate names. If you do wait until the latter part of the cruise to settle your account, don't wait too long as the lines will tend to grow. You can check daily as to what your balance is and pay it each day with cash. At the end you may just have one day's worth of charges to deal with on a card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MV21 Posted November 15, 2006 #10 Share Posted November 15, 2006 You can check daily as to what your balance is and pay it each day with cash. At the end you may just have one day's worth of charges to deal with on a card. I wish Princess allowed one to check the account via the TV in the room. If I can do that at a Howard Johnson why haven't Princess introduced this system - especially on the newer ships (or do they want us to overspend???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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