Gratuity

[Erin Noll]

Is it too late to pay for gratuity? We sail on September 19

[RoadTravelled]

3 hours ago, Erin Noll said:

Is it too late to pay for gratuity? We sail on September 19

You can pre-pay your gratuities up to the sail date.  Click here for more information on Carnival's website.  The relevant section reads:

Gratuities can be added at the time of booking or anytime up to the sail date. Guests who booked directly with Carnival may add their pre-paid gratuities on Carnival.com. If a guest booked with a travel agent, they may contact their travel professional to add pre-paid gratuities to their booking. Prepaid gratuities are reflected in the 'Miscellaneous Charge' field on the confirmation and in the guest's E-Documents. 

We usually pre-pay just so that's one less thing to worry about.  The exception is if we are planning to use OBC for at least a portion of this.  You can't pre-pay using OBC.  So, in that case, we wait and let it be added automatically the next-to-last day on the cruise account.  You can check your account (folio) balance at any time on the HUB app, self-serve kiosks on the ship, or at Guest Services.

[kefthecruiser]

I typically just let them bill it to my on board account. They haven't missed yet, so nothing to worry about there, lol.

[DeanneB]

Gratuity can be pre-paid, thru online check-in, the app or can be paid onboard the cruise.  I would prepay just because there will a long line at the guest services, I do not want to bother paying for it.  One less thing to worry.

[Emrys]

It's especially good to pre-pay before the cruise, if the cruise line is increasing the per day gratuity amount by the time your sailing departs.