September 17, 2009
Why aren't kids free?
I was looking at cruises tonight because I had this great idea today that maybe we could go on a cruise if we took the babes and my mother to help. The reason this was a great idea is because a 3rd person's ticket is cheap and I thought the kids would be free. Unfortunately all the cruise lines charge for kids (can we say full price!) and most ships have a max room occupancy of 4. So they would need us to buy 2 room and a total of 5 tickets!! It would cost a little over $1000 more to bring the kids. Whoa! It seems rediculous to me, but of course the cruise reps sat "You are getting 5 people for only $XX which is only $ per person per day." To which I respond "the kids hardly eat and will be sleeping in our beds." This does not matter though. I am just disapointed that my idea flopped. I really thought we could take a vacation for less than $1000, but only if we want the kids and nanna to go while we stay home. Otherwise we are over budget. Darn! Back to the old vacation drawing board.
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Are you only looking at leaving from Galveston? If so, Carnival has a ship (not 7 day itinerary) that you can have 5 in a room. If you don't need to leave from Galveston, look at Norwegian. Their 3/4 pass rates are much cheaper! We did a family cruise in April and I did tons of research!!
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I will have to check on that. May have to save a little longer to take the kids though. I'll have to check out the 3/4 pass thing too in the future. We took a cruise out of Galveston when I was pregnant 3 years agao and had a absolute blast!
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