Post Cruise Charges

Do they exist?  Of course. Play your cards right and they wont.

I was checking my bank account yesterday and saw a charge from Royal Caribbean on my on board sail account and it made me scratch my head so I emailed them…. which by the way if you ever have a question about your sail account once your back home email them ( web_cruise_comments@rccl.com) they are really fast in responding. 

I looked at my folio that was placed on my door early disembarkation morning and I compared it to the new email I had gotten from RCCL. Bingo! I see what happened and I want to pass it onto you.

There are a couple of charges that you can get hit for after your account is settled — these charges really basic but when you get back home your back to the grind and just thinking… more charges?!

Here are some of the post cruise charges:

1. Late night bar charges:  On the last night cruise line will generally run their batches (your account) about three am.  If your a late night partier that could mean you are racking up charges past the batch processing meaning you’ll see those extra charges from the late night disco.
2. Failure to return towels: When you get a towel from the pool deck you have to sign it out and return it before you get off the ship, if not you can be charged up to 40 dollars for the towel.
3. Mini Bar in cabin: Some cabins come stocked with a mini bar and each item is charged on a per unit basis. Meaning if you want to make a jack and coke you will get charged about five dollars for the mini bottle of jack and three dollars for the can of coke.  The mini bar inventory is done by your cabin steward so the last morning is when the final inventory will be done.  Resulting in charges if any is missing.
4. Cabin damage: Obvious enough. If you damage the cabin, you could be getting charged for it. So think about that before you want to punch a wall or lose your temper.
5. Excursions bought off ship: If your cruise line has a private island (Coco Cay, Castaway Cay, etc) and you use your sail and sign card to buy an excursion on the shore, buy a drink, or rent a floating mat, chance are you will wind up seeing those charges a day later. These charges occur mostly when you return to port the very next day after your private island visit. Why does this happen? The cruise lines sometimes don’t have time to process all the sign and sail transactions that were made manually on the island.  Most islands do not use computer systems, they still use the old pen and paper method to track transactions.

So you see, you can get charged after you have already left the ship.  I hope this entry helps you! If you have anymore post cruise charges, please comment.