11 Costly Cruise Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them!)

Name: 11 Costly Cruise Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them!)
Uploaded: 2019-10-27T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 12 min 32 s
Channel: Tips For Travellers

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👁️ 359K views📅 6 years ago⏱️ 12:32

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Veteran Cruiser

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Creator's Key Takeaways

the costliest mistake you could ever make is not having travel insurance

one of the costliest things you could do is not look at the alternatives

really important when you're on a cruise switch off roaming and rely on Wi-Fi

avoid the drinks packages and buy drinks ad-hoc

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Take out travel insurance to avoid huge costs if something goes wrong

✓Switch off mobile roaming and use Wi-Fi to avoid high charges

✓Avoid drinks packages and buy drinks ad-hoc to save money

✓Set your phone to ship time and know the all aboard time to avoid missing the ship

✓Carry the daily program with port agent details as an insurance policy

✓For solo travelers, choose ships with solo cabins or low single supplements

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Not having travel insurance — Take out a travel insurance policy to cover costs if you fall ill or need to disembark

Missing the all aboard time — Make sure you're on ship time and know the all aboard time to avoid the ship leaving without you

Getting lost or missing an excursion — Carry the daily program with port agent details to contact the ship or port agent

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat are the eleven most common and costliest mistakes that cruisers make?

QHow can you avoid or mitigate these mistakes?

Topics Covered

Value Pricing1½ Happy BaconWifi Connectivity2 Happy BaconSafety Medical1½ Happy Bacon

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Discover the 11 Costly Cruise Mistakes that cruise passengers make most often, And how you can avoid making them. Drawing on the 73 cruises I have done to date, and the mistakes that I either made or seen other cruisers make, this is the list of things you need to be aware of to make sure you do not waste money, spend too much or have to fork out a lot of extra money when cruising. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY: Buying my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStore Booking your next cruise with CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://bit.ly/TFTBookCruise WATCH THESE POPULAR RECENT VIDEOS: 10 Cabins to Avoid: https://youtu.be/PgTGLma919A European River Cruise Watch-Outs: https://youtu.be/oqhz54wStyk 5 Cruises To Avoid: https://youtu.be/CNiPzK4IRWA Alaska Cruise Need-to-Knows: https://youtu.be/Tn7dpNw5kSI Things Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know: https://youtu.be/cs5UKha9ALc Rules Passengers Break Most: https://youtu.be/djZLZ3XV_f0 Things You Can’t Do On A Cruise Any More: https://youtu.be/zas6F4wMD0Q Should You Pay Cruise Gratuities: https://youtu.be/QBYzqxXjEXQ Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and when cruising the oceans or rivers of the world. To help you, in every video I draw on my first-hand tips and advice from travelling every month for over 20 years and 60+ cruises. Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge #CruiseMistakes #CostlyCruiseMistakes #CruiseTips