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What does it really cost to cruise with Princess Cruises? In this video I discuss the 6 things your fare covers, and the 9 most important things that it does not. Some are unavoidable or hard to avoid and will increase the cost of your cruise by quite a lot of money. So knowing this in advance will ensure you know the real and total cost of your cruise. Every cruise line is different on what their fare includes or excludes. Find out what the situation is on Princess Cruises.
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what's the real cost of going on a
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Princess cruise
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I'm Gary beverage of tips for travelers
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I'm on board the Royal Princess and in
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this video I'm going to talk about
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what's included in your fare and what's
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not included in your fare so what is
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included in your fail first of all your
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accommodation whatever type of cabin
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you've booked whether that's an inside
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cabin right through to a suite the
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second thing that's included is your
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food so you're able to eat pretty much
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24 hours a day within your fare so
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what's covered is your breakfast your
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lunch and your dinner and you can eat
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your dinner in one of the included
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dining rooms so for example on the Royal
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Princess you have the symphony the
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Allegro and you have the concerto you
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also have the horizon court which is a
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buffet dining restaurant you have
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24-hour room service and also you have
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afternoon tea there's a 24-hour dining
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option which is called the international
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cafe down and hm there is food
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appropriate to the time of day served
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here you'll also get iced tea lemonade
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water naan specialty coffees and teas
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included within your fare the third
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thing that's included is your
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entertainment so every night in the
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theater there's a big production show or
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a guest entertainer there's a number of
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events including the captain's welcome
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champagne waterfall reception are on
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deck there's movies under the stars
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there's also a daily programme full of
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events which are in the morning the
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afternoon and the evening this could
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range from all sorts of things like
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quizzes trivia ice carving
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demonstrations culinary demonstrations
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there'd also be a whole series of
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enrichment activities so for example
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there might be a guest lecturer talking
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about the ports or history around the
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places that you're visiting the fourth
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thing that's included is access to
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pretty much all of the facilities and
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amenities on board so you can use the
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swimming pools go to the library you can
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course use all the bars you can go to
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the clubs the fifth thing that's
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included in your fare is a whole lot of
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fitness activities so there's a very
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large and expansive fitness center
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there's also a running track for example
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on the Royal Princess there are free
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Zumba classes held in the atrium and
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there are sports decks and various
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activities and events throughout the day
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on the daily programme
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the sixth thing that's included is the
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kids club so now there's a number of
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kids clubs and they're zoned around
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different age groups there will be
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programs run in the morning the
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afternoon and the evenings there are a
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few things that are additional charge so
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for example if you want late night
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babysitting there is a charge of that so
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then what's not included in your fare
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what are you likely to be spending on
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top of your fare once you're on your
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cruise now the first thing that's not
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included in your fare are gratuities now
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if you're booking
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your fare and traveling from Australia
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you're gratuities will actually be
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included within the overall fare however
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if you're traveling from somewhere else
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and if you've booked your fare from
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somewhere else there will be gratuities
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to pay now you can either pay these in
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advance before you board the ship or
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they will be Auto added on to your bill
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on board now that gratuities at the time
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of recording range from $13.50 I'd cabin
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or an ocean view or a balcony up to $15
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15 per person if you're in a suite now
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these gratuities cover everybody on
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board with the following exceptions when
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you buy drinks at any of the bars or
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clubs you will have a 15% gratuity added
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to that if you use the spa you will also
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have 15% added and also the youth club
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members and the casino do not share in
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the gratuity so if you want to tip those
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people separately then you need to do
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that because it's not included within
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your gratuities now the second thing to
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think about that's not including your
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fare is drink as I mentioned there are
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some drinks on board so non specialty
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teas and coffees included lemonade iced
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tea and water is included however if you
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want to drink anything else whether it's
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alcohol beer spirits soft drinks you're
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gonna have to pay for those on board now
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what's very important is you're allowed
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to bring onboard one bottle of wine or
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champagne nothing else you're not you
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can't bring on board beers or spirits
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and your luggage will be screened and
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with if you buy it for example when you
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head on excursions you will not be
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allowed to bring that on board it will
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be kept to one side and given to you at
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the end of the cruise what is on offer
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is a number of different drinks packages
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so if you thinking about drinking on
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board whether it's alcohol soft drinks
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or you want specialty coffees take a
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look at the various drinks packages that
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are available and see if that's gonna
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save you money versus paying for them at
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heart with a number of different
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packages and these
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include beer only packages soft drink
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only packages and then ultimately there
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is an premiere package which costs fifty
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nine dollars 99 per person per day at
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the time of recording and this includes
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cocktails wine beer bottle water tea
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fountain soda special educator look at
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the different drinks packages and work
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out if that's one way of saving you
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money so the third thing to think about
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is excursions you're going to be calling
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at lots of different ports and you
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probably want to go and explore those
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ports versions can range from relatively
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inexpensive excursions you know 20 30 40
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dollars right through to very expensive
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excursions which could cost hundreds of
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dollars for example Alaska many of the
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excursions are very expensive in the
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Caribbean it may be less expensive so
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it's very important to take a look at
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the ports you calling on and look at the
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different excursions and what that could
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cost you have a number of options one of
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which you can use the cruise line
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excursions the big plus of those is is
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if any of them run late the ship will
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wait for you you can use independent
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providers of course you can then self
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explore use things like up on top of
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buses the other thing that's important
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to note is Princess Cruises will
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normally run a shuttle bus to the
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nearest town if it's not walkable there
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is normally though a charge for that
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shuttle bus now the next area that may
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cost you money is darling now I've
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already mentioned that you can pretty
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much eat 24 hours a day on board within
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your fare however there is a number of
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specialty dining options onboard and
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they do have costs associated with them
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so perhaps if you're on board for a
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special event a birthday or an
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anniversary you may want to go to one of
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those speciality restaurants now they
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can cost anything from around $30 per
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person so for example some of these
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speciality dining restaurants includes
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things like Sabatini's an Italian
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restaurant the Ocean Terrace seafood bar
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crab shack the crown grill which is a
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steak and seafood especially at a
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restaurant gelato you can get free
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soft-serve ice cream up in the horizon
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court but if you want specific gelato
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now I often get asked by people if Wi-Fi
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is included on cruises the answer on
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Princess is it is not with a slight
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exception if you're one of their premium
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passengers and have a lot of loyalty
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there's various incentives and discounts
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there are various packages that you can
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buy which can range from about a hundred
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minutes for about $69 if you were buying
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just a pay-as-you-go it can cause
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as much as 75 cents a minute now the
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next area is something I get asked about
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a lot and that's laundry and dry
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cleaning now on princess if you're in a
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suite you do have laundry and dry
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cleaning included however for most
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people it is not included now the great
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news is there are laundry rooms dotted
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around the ship and these are pretty big
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there is a cost for using them but it's
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not very much now the next thing to
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think about is a whole bunch of things
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that you're going to be encouraged to
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spend money on board things like the
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spars or you may want to go to the very
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large casino there's also a lot of shops
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on board Princess Cruises ranging from
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watches clothing branded merchandise
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chocolates now one of the very popular
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things that people do spend money on
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board and often don't budget for is
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photographs at various formal events
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various parties the photography team
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will come around and take pictures with
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your boarding when you get off at
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different ports and a lot of people like
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to buy the photographs and they are
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relatively expensive it's now I often
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get asked our fitness classes included
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in your fare the answer is largely no
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you have access to the fitness center
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and you have your Zumba classes which
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are completely free however other
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classes there is a charge for now one
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very important thing that you do need to
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bear in mind it that's not including
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your fare and it's something you
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probably don't want to think about is
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medical now there is a very well manned
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Medical Center on board now if you go to
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the Medical Center it's as relatively
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expensive it's a bit like a private
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health care now if you fall very ill and
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have to get evacuated that could be very
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very expensive there is potentially a
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very large medical bill that's not
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including your fares so one of the
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things you should absolutely do I
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believe is take out travel insurance
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when you take our travel insurance make
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sure that it covers cruises because if
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there is a major issue and they need to
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get you off the ship and you have to be
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evacuated or left behind in a port with
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you and your family you can have to look
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after yourself and you can have to work
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out how you get repatriated at home I'd
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strongly recommend make sure you take
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our travel insurance so when you go on a
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Princess cruise your fare covers a lot
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of things your accommodation you can eat
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24 hours a day there's lots of access to
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facilities there's lots of things that
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are included but there's also a whole
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bunch
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things that are not included within your
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fare so when you go on a Princess cruise
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bear in mind the fare is not the real
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and final cost of going on a Princess
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cruise there is a whole bunch of other
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costs now depending on how you like to
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cruise what you like to spend your money
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on how would you like to drink how much
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you want a party
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how much want to use Wi-Fi that could
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very much different change by individual
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but that's the real cost of a Princess
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cruise look what the fare includes and
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all of those nine things and decide how
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many of them you're likely to want to
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use that's going to become the real cost
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of your princess cruise I hope you found
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this helpful if you did I'd love it if
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you liked the video but most important
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of all please watch my other videos
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