The Question From First Time Cruiser's That Bugs Me The Most

I'm sitting here on Carnival Luminosa, and I was thinking about having a chat about some of the things that I see on social media and some questions that are asked especially by first-time cruisers. The question that bugs me the most from first-time cruisers is can I take wine or spirits on board. The answer is complicated. Read the product disclosure statement on the cruise company that you have booked with. The answer is yes and no. Don't lambast me, that is what the rules and I can do nothing about it. Why would a cruise company want you to go on their cruise only for you to bring your own beverage? That cruise company is not going to gain any monetary value from selling you additional liquor. Think about it. If you are that desperate to save a few dollars on a bottle of wine maybe, you should book a different cruise or maybe you should budget a little bit more or maybe you should regulate your spending. So, the yes companies are Royal Caribbean (RCI), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), and Princess. They're the ones that you can take one bottle of wine per person or two per stateroom and drink it in your stateroom without a corkage. If you take it into a public space, they will charge you a corkage usually approximately US$15. That makes it probably about A$20/2 dollars. Is that worth it, when a cheap bottle of wine on a cruise ship is only worth A$39-40? The no companies that you can't take wine or spirits onto a cruise ship are P&O and Carnival. No, you cannot. If they find wine or spirits in your luggage because they do scan it, they will confiscate it. What confiscation means is they just take it off you, give you a little letter or a tag, and then at the end of the cruise on the last day you go and collect it and take it off with you. That is exactly the same as what happens with duty-free. If you're an inexperienced traveller, don't get upset when you purchase your duty-free, and they don't give it to you directly. They are not going to give your duty-free to you for you to take to your room and consume. They want you to buy the liquor on the boat. So, from the duty-free perspective, you get your tag, go down you collect it just before you get off the boat. That's not me, that's the rules. Don't get upset at me, don't lambast me. They are just the rules. So, first-time cruisers that post on social media, all you have to do is read the product disclosure statement PDS of the cruise company that you have booked. You are signing an agreement with them, a contract that you will abide by their rules. Their rules can change, out of your control out of your hands, you still just have to follow the rules. Stay Safe and Happy Travels Like, Share & Subscribe for the latest videos My book HANDY CRUISE COMPANION, Cruise with Confidence is available on Amazon http://bit.ly/HandyCruiseCompanioneBook Check out my website http://www.julescruisecompanion.com.au/ Follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/julie.burgess.5011 Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/julescruisecompanion/?hl=en Copyright JCC