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The Dark Side of Cruising: Our Biggest Complaints #cruiseship #cruise

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👁️ 3K views📅 10 months ago⏱️ 24:28
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What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsFull Ship Review🥈Expert Creator
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Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

We love cruising, but we don't love everything about it. In fact, there's things about cruising we absolutely hate.

The way cruise lines price their cruises, some people consider it to be deceptive pricing. Uh, but ultimately at the end of the day, they nickel and dime you to death.

We've been on 27 cruises on five cruise lines, and it's been pure chaos at every single terminal if you're not used to it.

We hate formal night on cruises.

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Do not ever go on a cruise without travel insurance.
✓Always watch cruise vlogs for your cruise ship before you're sailing.
✓Join the Facebook group for your sailing to get information and make friends.

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Unexpected costs — Be aware of additional fees like port fees, taxes, gratuities, and travel insurance.
Boarding chaos — Get used to the process; it's normal for terminals to be crowded and chaotic.
Missing popular events — Research events in advance, join Facebook groups, and arrive early for popular activities.

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat are the biggest complaints about cruising?
QWhat is the dark side of cruising?

Topics Covered

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YouTube Video Description↓

We love cruising but nothing is perfect. We share our biggest complaints about cruising. Let us know if you agree and share any thing we missed below ⬇️ I mention the importance of travel insurance when cruising. Here is the video I referenced: https://youtu.be/9mPVSD1urFo?si=Oa8c8zK2aKa0cV3Q #cruiseship #cruise #cruiselife #cruisevlog