Oceania Cruises is updating its selection of included amenities to include all gratuities. The new program, Your World Included, covers shipboard gratuities for stateroom attendants, butlers, and dining wait staff automatically in cruise fares. Previously, gratuities had been included selectively as travel partner or loyalty club amenities.
In addition, the new program includes unlimited Starlink we-fi, dining at all specialty restaurants, non-alcoholic beverage package in-room dining, group fitness classses and use of on-board laundrettes.
The updated inclusions will begin on October 1, 2024, for all new reservations on sailings departing on or after January 1, 2025. The line’s current simply MORE offering that included shore excursion credits and house beverage package ends as of Sept 30, 2024.
The change has come following guest feedback highlighting that while they enjoyed the simply MORE inclusions, they would rather have global guest inclusions focus on what mattered most. At the top of this list was always included gratuities for all guests, says Frank A. Del Rio, President of Oceania Cruises.
Guests can personalize their vacation experience with extras such as air transportation and transfers, shore excursions, or a beverage package, to be added according to their preferences, he notes.
Oceania Cruises charged $18 per person per day in gratuities for guests booking Concierge and below staterooms, and $23 per person per day for those booking all suites and higher categories. Under the new policy, the included tips represent savings of $126 per person and $161 per person, respectively, for a 7-day cruise, Oceania says. However, the House Beverage Package becomes an add-on, typically costing $39.95 per person per day.
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