Budget...Do i have enuff $$$$
Oct 3rd, 2002, 06:26 AM
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Most people register a credit card as they embark the ship. All optional tours and most purchases aboard will then be charged to the card and you don't have to worry about it until after you get home. You may be able to use cash for bingo and the casino. On land everything usually is done by cash unless you buy something expensive like jewelry. If you don't plan on buying a ton of souvenirs or dropping a load in the casino, then $1000 is more than enough.
Oct 3rd, 2002, 10:33 AM
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Yes. If you have even THOUGHT about that, it will be plenty.Most cruisers dont.Like Jack says,nearly every expense is available to put on your credit card.If you are not easily tempted,you wont over spend.I have seen cruisers drop more on board and shopping and on "stuff" than they padi for the cruise and airfare!!
Oct 3rd, 2002, 07:51 PM
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The answer: Depends. Depends on what you are looking to do on the cruise. For two people, it is a reasonable amount of money. However, I have cruised with friends whose drinking bill alone was close to $1000.<BR><BR>What I usually do is actually sit down and plan what I want to do on the cruise. The shore excursions are listed at the cruise web site, with prices. You can go to Cruisecritic.com and often posters have posted the drink prices. Decide whether or not you want to buy photos on board, play the casino, use the spa, etc. For the Western Caribbean, I usually do less big ticket shopping than I do on the eastern or southern routes. I never buy jewlery on Jamaica or Grand Caymen - you can get much better prices and quality on St. Thomas or St. Martin. I buy silver in Cozumel, but mostly native crafts, vanilla, etc. I do my own shore excursions, which saves lots of money and the quality of the excursion is better.<BR><BR>List all the activities you want to do and the prices, and you will have exactly what you need to bring. I have been doing this for the last cruises I have taken and it works beautifully. No "sticker shock" at the end of the cruise or remorse over spending too much. <BR><BR>Last cruise, I budgeted in a fantastic massage on board and a ships excursion as well as shopping, etc. and only spent $380 extra. I have used the money I have saved to book a cruise for next year.
Oct 11th, 2002, 06:12 PM
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$1,000 is more than adequate -- that's the beauty of a cruise! My husband and I will generally have a couple of drinks by the pool each day, a couple more drinks after dinner (during the show at the disco, etc.), a couple of souvenirs, and a few excursions. Our bill usually comes to less than $400 at the end of the week. But we're not gamblers, so that definitely impacts the bottom line. When we do play, it's $20 here or there cash. Enjoy your trip!
Oct 12th, 2002, 09:57 AM
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Paul and his travel agent help! Good grief, Paul, if these people turned on their computer and got to this site to read your post, they're more than capable of finding the cruise line site they booked their cruise on and use the on-line shore excursion booking service. You treat these people like they're ten years old.
Oct 12th, 2002, 08:21 PM
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Actually, they are not capable of finding the cruise line site and using the on-line shore excursion booking service.<BR><BR>Carnival does not have an on-line shore excursion booking service and pre-booking is only available on a limited number of sailings on a trial basis. Their website does give nice descriptions of the excursions available in each port, but does not provide pricing. I don't know if Carnival provides advance pricing to booked passengers, or just to TA's, but I do know they will have a hard time getting a TA to give them info for a cruise they booked elsewhere.
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