10 Cruise Tips That Feel Wrong (But Are 100% Right)

thanks for watching. I'm Tanner from Cruis ley.com and today I'm talking about some of my favorite

tips

that I've learned over years of sailing and literally dozens of

cruise

s. I like these specific

tips

because they are all very good. It just doesn't seem

right

to me, they go against the grain, but when you know them you will be a smarter

cruise

r and have a better vacation, so let's dig in like you do when I read online from time to time. Those ads appear for last-minute cruises. deals or the ones about empty cabins sailing for very little money used to catch my attention now they just make me laugh on the surface it makes sense, if a cruise ship is about to set sail empty then why not cut the cruise fair to getting people on the boat and spending money during the trip, well it may not

feel

good, but the idea of ​​getting a last minute cruise is fair, especially these days, it's practically nonsense, don't bother selling a cruise with occupancy above 100% on average.

It means that each cabin has at least two people and some have three or more passengers. Second, imagine if cruise lines reduced prices

right

before the ship went on sale, which would train passengers only to wait to book at the best price, which would then cause planning chaos. If you think you're going to find a last-minute cruise deal, think again. This is my ARP card and no, I am not retired. I am not 55 or older, but I am a card-carrying member. It may seem

wrong

, but in fact, anyone can be an AARP member, no matter how old they are, and if you join, you can save a considerable amount of money on cruises.

Remember that AARP has discounts on many gift cards, including gift cards to several cruise lines. This includes names like Carnival Royal Caribbean Princess and celebrities. Now these discounts can vary, but it's usually 10% off the main price, so you can buy a $500 gift card for your cruise, but you're only paying $450 considering cruises cost thousands of dollars to use. This perk to save literally hundreds on your vacation, all you need is to be a member, it's $12 a year and yes, you even get a cute tote bag. I'm a dad and this is a strange thing that I can't personally deal with, actually.

I was surprised when I found out that all the major cruise lines have a kids area here where you can leave your kids and they can have fun while you go out and enjoy the ship. It's a nice break for parents and the kids like to have their own. space is not the strange part either, for example, Carnival says on its website that it quotes if the parent or guardian decides to leave their children in the care of the youth staff, while in Puerto they can close the appointment. I guess it doesn't make a big difference if the parents are on the boat or at the port, but the idea of ​​leaving my child while I head to the port alone, frankly, doesn't sit well with me.

I will never fully understand it, but even if he

feel

s bad, I will always tell people to take advantage of booking extra passengers in the cruise cabin. It's really strange how cruise cabins are sold. Frankly, I don't understand it. If you sell alone, you pay for double occupancy, so one person singing alone pays the same price as two people sailing together, minus port fees. Of course, but when you add a third or fourth passenger in the same cabin, they can cruise for a pittance. I assume the room sails with passengers anyway so it's not like they take up another cabin, but some of the prices can be so low that I'm not sure how you cover the cost of food now of course the cabins are Small, so I don't blame you if you don't want to sell with a third person in the room, but if you do, you can save a lot of cash.

The cost is distributed among three passengers. I must admit that I am one of those people who if I don't arrive 10 minutes early I feel delayed on a cruise. I found out that it's actually a bad thing. Let me be clear about this. Never be late when it comes to the ship's departure time, as in Don't even cut it if the ship has full board at 5:00 p.m. Don't just casually walk in at 5:30, but things on the ship that appear later may be better for your vacation, for example, when the ship docks and says passengers can go ashore, there's usually a big rush right there. at the beginning.

Giving 20 or 30 minutes for the first passengers to get off could be much better and you simply exit the ship to eat in the dining room. I try to arrive a little later to let the line die down too and if you want a good in-seat show, get to the theater early, but sometimes I like to arrive just a few minutes after it starts, just grab a chair at the back. from the back once everyone is seated, it's less time just sitting around waiting for the show to start. Cruise passengers probably know this, but if you have never sailed before, what I am about to tell you may feel that the drinks and food are very inadequate, you can take them anywhere on the ship you want, on land, we have all kinds of rules, especially about where. you can drink alcohol on a cruise, it's the complete opposite option, you can order a drink and have it while you walk and frankly everyone does it if you're hungry, there is no law that forces you to eat in the restaurant, a lot of people drink something. from the buffet and take it back to the room or sit on your balcony, just know that your room may smell like food afterwards, so don't buy anything that smells too bad now, the first time you do it it may feel a little strange.

I'll tell you from experience, though, that feeling goes away in about 10 seconds. If you read about short excursions, one of the big arguments for them is that if you were on an excursion that was sold through the cruise line, if it's late, you go back to the dock. The ship will wait for him for people who are afraid that the ship will leave without him. It can be a major selling point now. It may sound funny, but for the vast majority of hikes, don't let this influence your decision at all. on an all day tour or one that leaves late in the day or Ventures for hours on end then it sure is nice to have that extra security most of the time, however the tours actually only last a few hours and They stay relatively close to the ship, so it could leave at around 9:00 a.m. m., go out and explore for a few hours and then have lunch and return to the ship at 1, while the ship itself doesn't leave until 5:00 p.m. m.

In other words, you usually have a lot of time, even if you are late getting back. Add to that the fact that many ports in the Caribbean are relatively small, meaning that most of the time you're not even that far from the ship, like I said. It doesn't apply to all excursions, but most of the time you can ignore it, the boat will wait for you. I swear no matter what I do it seems like when I can access reservations at places around the ship like those especially restaurants all the good places are already full it's very frustrating that's how I know first hand that one thing you can do It's just showing up without reservation, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it's always worth a try, for example, I recently took a trip aboard Virgin Voyages where this happened.

I wanted to eat at the Mexican restaurant and the whole trip I could never find a time so I went down right when it opened, got in line and then told them I didn't have a reservation and could they find a seat anyway? To my surprise, even though all reservations were taken, the restaurant was practically empty. I was seated immediately and had an excellent meal. I've also tried this on other cruise lines and it worked for anyone I've shot. for a cruise, you know the frustration that comes with seeing a fair little headline, then you add a second passenger, then you add those taxes and fees, the final cost is a lot more than it first seemed, honestly I think it's strange that cruises They are priced this way, the law changed a few years ago where airlines had to include taxes and fees in the main cost, but for some reason cruise lines don't have to do this, which is why I like to use what I call the rule of 2 and In a nutshell, A2 simply take the headline price you see and immediately multiply it by 2 and 2 so that a $1000 Cruise Fair is actually closer to $2500 for the entire trip you want to include onboard expenses and gratuities, Then simply multiply it by three, this gives you a better idea of ​​the cost when comparing prices so you are not surprised to see the final price.

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm all about saving money on a cruise. I've literally been creating spreadsheets trying to calculate flights for an upcoming trip just to find the best deal, so it feels

wrong

to say it, but if you're going to spend money on WiFi on the boat, then go ahead, bite the bullet and climb to the highest and yes, the most. expensive tier I've cruised a lot and while the connections seem to be getting better and faster there are still a lot of hit and misses, like the last cruise I took I had an incredibly fast connection, the previous one was in the normal range where it is. around 3 to 5 megabits per second, which feels slow even on the highest tier plan.

I have now tried the cheaper basic connections on offer and for me they have always been almost unusable, not only are there more restrictions such as not streaming, but the speeds can be just lousy. Internet in the middle of the ocean is difficult enough. There's no point in trying to save a little money here because the experience could be much worse. Thanks for looking and I hope you have some good advice. of this video for your next cruise, now one thing you may notice is that Cru le.com is approaching 100,000 subscribers, so if you can help us reach that goal that would be fantastic, plus you can always find more about everything everything related to cruises at Cruis. le.com or watch the other videos on this channel until next time happy browsing