Odyssey Prepaid Grats

[Hooper]

I had initially booked a BTB on Odyssey of the Seas for this November, 2020 (which was cancelled) and now I have a BTB booked for November / December 2021.  The cruises are 6 and 8 nights each.  I usually do the prepaid gratuities when I book online or with an agent (all of these booking were done online myself).  Given that RCL charges $14.50 USD per person, per day, the grats should be $174 USD for the 6 night sailings and $232 USD for the 8 night sailings.

The reason I ask is that when I added the prepaid gratuities for all four cruises, I was charged $520.16 CDN (which is approximately $397 USD) per cruise.  It was the exact same amount for all 4 cruises, no matter the length of the sailing.  This works out to approximately $33 USD per person, per night on the 6 night sailings, and $24.80 USD per person, per night on the 8 night sailings.  We're traveling with another couple on one of the sailings, and they had the exact same issue.  When I phoned, RCL wasn't able to handle the math (or my explanation), so I just had them remove the prepaid gratuities entirely.

Anyone else have any issues with prepaid gratuities on Odyssey of the Seas bookings?  You might want to check...

 

 

[Matt]

The fact the total is the same for a 6 and 8 night sailing means something is not right. 

Since you book on your own, you'll have to talk to someone at RC about why this is occurring. Seems like an error to me.

[twangster]

FWIW - I have a November Odyssey cruise and the prepaid grats look fine on my TA invoice. 

[kimlet]

I had the same problem for my Odyssey cruise Mar 21 that I lift and shift. Changed to Mar 22 and they were charging me like 33-40 dollars per day. Had it taken off and was told to call back later on to get it added again at the price i actually paid for them. Guy I spoke with even did mock booking and it came up that way for him too.