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Why Specialty Dining?

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👁️ 11K views📅 7 years ago⏱️ 8:02
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Veteran Cruiser

Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

I think at the time the way I answered the question is it's all about supply and demand that businesses try things to see if they can up how much they get each person to spend

I remember when we went on our first cruise a couple years ago I was determined not to spend any more money than was absolutely possible and I think our very first cruise our total is 42 dollars

I believe that the very best food that you can get on the cruise ship is food that is made to order and to get food that is made to order most of the time you have to pay for it

I'm gonna say I think in a way yes and it goes beyond specialty restaurants any opportunity that they can upsell you beyond what you've already paid in your base fare is a way to say that look this is not an all-inclusive vacation

Creator's Tips & Advice

Be aware that cruise lines may use specialty dining to train you to spend more money
Go in educated about upselling and decide if you care about extra costs

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Not spending extra money on a cruiseBe aware that there will be prompts to spend more money and plan for upsells

Questions This Creator Answers

QAre cruise lines using specialty dining to train us to spend more money on our cruise vacations?

Topics Covered

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YouTube Video Description

Do the cruise lines use specialty dining to make us spend more on our cruise? It's an interesting question that was posed on a recent Tuesday night live stream. In this video, I try to answer the question by sharing some of our personal experience and by looking at the phycology of up-selling. Check our cruise tips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaICC0o52Mliukj9I21Y4c16AicElEd68