Shipboard credit question

[cajungirl]

I am taking my daughters on a cruise in February. We will have a shipboard credit of $100 each due to changes because of the hurricane. What happens if we don't use all of the credit? Just curious, I'm sure we'll have no problem using $300!

[Raoul Fiebig]

cajungirl,

an onboard credit will not be paid out to you by any cruise line and must be considered lost. So, make sure to spend all of it.

[Moon]

You goto the casino, get chips for whatever money you want to get cash for, from your sign n sail card... walk around for a while, then cash them out for real money. I know there is a 3% fee, but i fyou get $97 cash instead of $100 credit, it is better than loosing it, IMO.

[Debbi]

The ship board credit is applied to youur ship & sail card, as well as the tipping, excursions, etc. So with the average week long crusie and the $70 tipping that will leave you $30. If you do any excursions I suspect they will be close to, if not more, than $30. So actually you will not have a whole lot left with your $100 on board credit!

[cajungirl]

Actually the cruise is only for four nights and the tips are already taken care of. I am going with a group, tips have been pre-paid. So the credit will cover drinks, photos, etc. Our only stop is in Cozumel so I'm booking an excursion on my own, not through the ship.

[new2cruise]

Moon,
Thanks for the idea with the casino. We also have shipboard credit due to Hurricane Katrina cancellations and we'll try out that strategy.

Adrienne