Question re first person on the reservation

[MichelleB1234]

Hypothetical question- If there are 3 people on a reservation and the 1st person can't make it, is the whole reservation cancelled?

[HeWhoWaits]

That's easy - no, the reservation isn't cancelled. The others on the reservation have their costs repriced to reflect only two people instead of three.

[WAAAYTOOO]

12 hours ago, MichelleB1234 said:

Hypothetical question- If there are 3 people on a reservation and the 1st person can't make it, is the whole reservation cancelled?

I think a great many of the blog posters on this site would recommend that the person (who cannot make it) just be a "no-show" rather than cancelling the third person prior to sailing.  As @HeWhoWaits mentioned, if you cancel that person prior to sailing, the entire booking will be re-priced at prevailing rates, which usually means an increase in price (but not always).  This is where a good travel agent is so important.  He/she can evaluate both options and let you know which is the best way to go.  Of course, you can do this on your own as well...but it can be a big hassle.

The important thing to remember is that at least 1 of the original people must always remain on the reservation.  The others can cancel, change names, etc. but at least 1 original "booker" must always remain.

If that third person simply does not show up for the cruise (is a "no-show"), the taxes, port fees and any gratuities (if prepaid) will be refunded but no cruise fare for that person will be refunded.

[MichelleB1234]

Thanks everyone.

[AshleyDillo]

On 8/1/2020 at 1:29 PM, crisgold52 said:

I had done this with a direct booking put down a deposit for two originally then cancelled out the one guest resulting in a reprice. No difference as all the frontline reservations did was simply remove the second set of taxes and gratuities and rolled passenger #2 fare into passenger #1. According to them the pricing generally doesn't change when one does this.

Correct.  Typically rooms are sold for double occupancy regardless of being booked for 1 or 2, so it wouldn't reprice in this situation.

In the case of 3 people, switching to 2 would require a reprice.  It may or may not be in your favor depending on prevailing rates.

On 7/31/2020 at 9:39 PM, MichelleB1234 said:

Hypothetical question- If there are 3 people on a reservation and the 1st person can't make it, is the whole reservation cancelled?

One original person on the booking must remain on the booking to maintain the reservation.  You can switch the other two names on the booking to different people up until the day of sailing.