Sarah Bretz, ContributorTo provide guests with a more inclusive cruise experience, Holland America offers a package called ‘Have It All.’ Through the Holland America Have It All package, guests receive four extras for a flat per-day price. For many cruisers it’s worth the price, but is it for you? Here, we’re going over the inclusions in the Have It All package and crunching the numbers to help you determine if it’s worth making the purchase.
What’s Included in the Holland America Have It All package? (2025)
What’s included on a Holland America cruise?
When you book a Holland America cruise under the standard fare, there are a number of things that are included. The cruise fare will cover the cost of your stateroom. The category of stateroom you choose will be the main factor of your total cruise cost. Interior cabins without windows are generally the cheapest, while suites with more room to spread out are the most expensive.
Three meals a day, plus snacks, are also included in the cruise fare from several venues around the ship. These include the main dining room, the buffet, the poolside grill, and the fast-casual pizza counter. 24-hour room service is also complimentary on Holland America cruises.
Most activities and amenities are also part of the standard cruise fare. These include use of the pools, fitness centers, and sports courts, as well as workshops and lectures, trivia, game shows, movies, and cooking demonstrations. A variety of entertainment like theater production shows, live music, and comedy shows, keep guests entertained throughout the day and into the night.
Further, Holland America ships have complimentary programs for kids, with most activities taking place in the Club HAL youth center. Toddlers all the way to 17-year-olds have their own age-appropriate spaces and activities like parties, sports, games, crafts, scavenger hunts, and more — all supervised by professionally-trained staff.
What’s included in Holland America’s Have It All package?
The Holland America Have It All package allows guests to bundle some extras into their cruise fare, minimizing onboard costs during the cruise. Have It All costs $60 per person, per day if purchased prior to the cruise. If you upgrade once on board, it’s $70 per person, per day.
Have It All includes the Signature Beverage Package, the Surf wifi package, a limited number of specialty dining nights (depending on the length of the cruise), and shore excursion credit (the amount of which depends on the length of the cruise as well).
Holland America breaks down the amount of shore excursion credit and specialty dining nights into three cruise lengths: six to nine days, 10 to 20 days, and 21+ day cruises (excluding Grand Voyages).
Here’s what each includes:
6 to 9 day cruises
- $100 shore excursion credit per person
- Signature Beverage Package
- 1 night of specialty dining
- Surf wifi package for one device (can switch between devices)
10 to 20 day cruises
- $200 shore excursion credit per person
- Signature Beverage Package
- 2 nights of specialty dining
- Surf wifi package for one device (can switch between devices)
21+ day cruises
- $300 shore excursion credit per person
- Signature Beverage Package
- 3 nights of specialty dining
- Surf wifi package for one device (can switch between devices)
Fine Print
Holland America’s Signature Beverage Package is the line’s standard alcoholic drinks package. It includes drinks onboard that are priced at $11 or less such as beers, wine by the glass, spirits, cocktails, sodas, and specialty coffees. There is a limit of 15 drinks per day with this package, including non-alcoholic ones. The Signature Beverage Package excludes purchases made in the ship’s shops, mini-bar drinks, and beverages purchased through room service. The package does not work on Holland America’s island in the Bahamas, Half Moon Cay, either.
The specialty dining meals are available for Pinnacle Grill, Canaletto, or Tamarind. Guests on 10+ night cruises who receive two or three specialty dining meals cannot choose the same restaurant for every meal. Instead, one meal is at Pinnacle Grill and the other nights are at Canaletto and/or Tamarind. On 21+ day cruises aboard ships without Tamarind, guests receive two nights at Pinnacle Grill and one night at Canaletto. The specialty dining offer excludes specialty dining events in Pinnacle Grill such as Rudi’s Sel de Mer, A Taste of De Librije, and Cellar Master Dinner.
The Surf wifi package is Holland America’s most basic internet package, and is only available through the Have It All package. It allows guests to access web browsing and email, as well as news, sports, and messaging apps. Audio and video calling is not supported in the Surf plan. Those wanting access to more functionality or better bandwidth can upgrade to the Premium or Stream wifi packages once on board.
What is not included in the Have It All package?
While the Holland America Have It All package does include some services and amenities that make the cruise more inclusive, it doesn’t include everything on the ship. For example, Have It All doesn’t include the automatic daily gratuities, which is $17 per person, per day for standard cabins and $19 per person, per day for suite guests.
Spa and salon services, as well as access to the spa thermal suite and fitness classes also costs extra. Laundry services, the casino, the shops, and specialty dining events are also not included.
Premium spirits and wines will go beyond the $11 price cap for the Signature Beverage Package, but the good news is that guests must only pay the difference — not the entire price. An upgrade to the Elite Beverage Package includes more premium drinks worth up to $15 per serving, and can be done once on board. Guests can also upgrade their wifi package once on board to be able to do things like audio/video calling and streaming, or add additional devices to their internet plan. Any shore excursion expenses that go beyond the allotted credit must also be paid out-of-pocket.
Can you get the Have It All package on any sailing?
While the Have It All package is available on most sailings, there are some exceptions. Cruises that are five days or shorter and Grand Voyages are not eligible. For Alaska cruisetours, Have It All is only applicable to the cruise portion of the trip.
Holland America Have It All Package FAQs
Do the 3rd and 4th guests in a cabin need to purchase Have It All if the first two guests do?
Yes, if anyone in a stateroom purchases Have It All, all other passengers 18 and older in the same stateroom must buy it as well. Of course, guests under 21 years old are not allowed to order or consume alcoholic beverages.
Can you add the Holland America Have It All package to an existing booking?
Yes, all you have to do is log into your Holland America account and navigate to ‘Manage my Cruise’ to add the package prior to the sailing for $60 per day. You can also contact your travel agent so they can add the package to your booking.
Do you still need to pay gratuities on beverages with the Have It All package?
No, beverage gratuities are included in the Have It All package.
Is the Holland America Have It All package worth it?
According to Holland America, “guests save 50% or more” on the four Have It All amenities compared to buying them separately, at a value of $110 per person, per day. Let’s break down how much each amenity would cost if purchased separately.
How much things cost
The Signature Beverage Package costs $60.95 per person, per day if purchased separately. “Wait,” you may be thinking, “that’s more than the cost of the Have It All package right there!” You’d be right. If you were already planning to purchase the standard alcoholic drinks package, just that alone means you’d be better off to pre-purchase Have It All.
The Surf wifi package that Have It All includes is only available through the Have It All package. However, Holland America lists its value as $31 per device, per day. If you were to purchase the lowest internet package available a la carte, it would be the Premium package for $36 per device, per day. This is the same as the Surf package, except it adds on the ability to make audio and video calls. Discounts may apply for longer voyages.
Each specialty restaurant on Holland America’s ships incur one per-person charge for dinner. Pinnacle Grill costs $52 ($104 per couple), Canaletto is $25 ($50 per couple), and Tamarind is $35 ($70 per couple).
The shore excursion credit is self-explanatory — the credit can be used for shore excursions in port that are booked through the ship.
Crunching the numbers
So let’s assume you’re taking a standard seven-night cruise. Here are the prices you’d pay for all four amenities included in the Have It All package if you purchased them a la carte:
- Signature Beverage Package: $60.95 per day = $426.65 for seven days
- 1 night of specialty dining: $25 to $52 per person
- Premium wifi package (since Surf cannot be purchased separately): $36 per day = $252 for seven days
- You’d just pay out-of-pocket for shore excursions and not receive a $100 credit
Adding all of this up, you’d pay about $817 per person for a seven-night cruise for the amenities included in the Holland America Have It All package if they were purchased separately. That’s $1,634 for two people. If purchased prior to the cruise, the Have It All package would be $420 per person, or $840 per couple. If purchased once on board, it’s $490 per person or $980 per couple.
It’s worth noting that gratuities are included in the purchase price of Holland America’s drink packages, whether you purchase separately or buy Have It All. However, an 18 percent gratuity is automatically added for specialty restaurant dining if purchased separately. If you’re dining with the Have It All package, though, it’s included.
So… is it worth it?
If you’d take advantage of all of these perks, the package is well worth it. Even if you’re planning to just purchase wifi and a few drinks per day, you’re still likely to break even or get a better deal with Have It All — and you get the other perks too.
If you don’t drink and don’t need internet during your cruise, you might want to do some math. If you’d use the shore excursion credit and dine in a specialty restaurant or two throughout the sailing, it actually may be better to go a la carte. It’s also important to consider your traveling companions. If you drink but your spouse doesn’t and you don’t plan to purchase wifi or eat in any specialty restaurants during your cruise, it may be better to skip Have It All — remember, if one person in a cabin purchases it, all guests 18+ in the same cabin must also purchase.
Sit down with your traveling companions and do the math on what you expect you’ll be paying extra for throughout your cruise. This will help you determine whether adding the Have It All package is a better deal than paying for things separately.
Of course, some guests like to purchase inclusive packages just so they don’t have to worry or think as much about their bill at the end of the cruise. In that case, the Have It All package would likely be worth it for you.
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