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How we ended up on a 7 Night Western Caribbean Cruise
While I was taking all that time off the blog over the summer A and I went on a Caribbean Cruise. We had originally planned to be going to Europe with his group of friends at that time but alas group trips always find a way to fall apart and no one booked anything. We found ourselves 2 months before we both had time off and nothing planned. We eventually settled on a cruise (not what I wanted but A is not very good at just sitting around so All inclusive beach trip isn’t high on his radar) I have mentioned before I am a HUGE supporter of cheaper traveling so I was all about finding the best deal for this cruise, the cheapest flight to Miami and the best priced stay for the overnight before we boarded.
I scoured sights and came to this:
- We booked on Expedia because they were offering the stops we wanted as well as deals like choices of drink package, 3 or 4 night dinner package, wifi for the trip or $$ towards an excursion.
- Considering that we both like to drink and the drink packages on cruises are ridiculous we saved over $400 choosing the drink package option.
- Expedia also offered $50 towards an excursion through them
- I also took advantage of the Norweign Upgrade Advantage that lets you name a price you are willing to pay to upgrade your room. I low balled it HARD for a few different upgrades and eventually we got a bigger/nicer room for only $100 more.
- We knew that 8 days is A LOT to be making plans for every day so we chose to only do excursions on 3 of the 4 stops.
- We decided not to do the wifi package and instead choose to do 3 nights of dining package. (looking back now I would NOT do the dining package again. It was not worth it.)
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| This is my favorite photo from the trip and a glimpse of the kind of trip it was! |