Norwegian Suite plus inside
 

Hi...
I have a suite booked on a Norwegian Cruise with 3 people listed on the reservation. After checking their website today, I saw that there were inside cabins available close to our suite. A sleeping room for our daughter (over 18, listed as person 3 on suite reservation) would be really nice. I would not expect this inside cabin to have "suite perks", but I am more than willing to continue to pay for the 3rd person in the suite so that she can use the perks along with us. After talking on the phone to Norwegian, the rep said that this is not possible. Since my daughter would technically need to be listed as passenger in both rooms, it is NOT ALLOWED. :( Is there no way around this?
Help???

If I read this right, you are willing to pay to have your daughter be the third in your suite as well as being solo in an inside cabin, right? Unless there is a promo, you would be paying a single supplement for your daughter to be in the inside alone (basically paying for 2 people). If you are willing to spend all that, then what you can do is ask your daughter to bring a friend. Then you set the booking up as that friend being the solo in the inside cabin, and leave your daughter as the third in your cabin, and just have the daughter sleep in the inside with the friend. The cruise cost is the same, this friend would be responsible for their own transportation and onboard expenses.

Of course, now you have a 4th person who will feel left out of the lounge access and priority boarding/tenders and whatever other perks you are concerned about your daughter not getting, but for a more or less free cruise, this person might not care about those.

If money is not an issue, how about the two-bedroom suite? Your daughter can have her bedroom by herself but still be included as a suite guest.

PSKY,

Which ship is she have you made this reservation on? As has already been suggested some NCL ships have two bedroom suites that should solve your issue.

Is your suite designated as being a part of 'The Haven'? If that is the case then indeed non-Haven passengers cannot access The Haven (what really is a small First Class area on an otherwise one class vessel).

I do not know exactly why you cannot buy more than one room for a person, but it may be due to issues with passenger lists/souls on onboard (i.e. your daughter would be listed twice) but also due to the fact that onboard revenue would be offset by a berth being left unoccupied (although she is paying a supplement to cover that). Unfortunately you would find that most major cruise lines would be unhelpful in these situations.

Other than booking the two bedroom suite if the vessel you are on has it (I doubt it would be more expensive than listing a third passenger and an inside with a solo supplement) I may suggest finding/having a very knowledgeable and strong travel agent who knows everyone in the cruise lines, and has a great understanding of how things work would be of great help to get such things sorted.