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you're about to discover eight reasons
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not to buy a drinks package on a cruise
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I'm Gary beverage and this is another of
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my tips for travellers drinks packages
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have become a huge thing so I'm gonna
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take a look at eight reasons why you
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should not buy drinks package first of
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all drinks packages are pretty expensive
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you could be spending up to $60 per
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person per day now many cruise lines in
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fact most cruise lines require all
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adults in one cabin to buy a drinks
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package if one of them buys it so assume
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you're traveling with your partner or a
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friend that means you're spending a
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hundred and twenty dollars or more a day
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on drinks that's eight hundred and forty
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dollars for a week-long cruise in fact
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some cruises cost less than the drinks
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package could actually be costing you so
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it can be pretty expensive so if you
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really want to control your budget we'll
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try and make sure that you spend much
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less not having a drinks package is
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probably a good idea because you can
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keep an eye on what you're spending
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every day either on the app or by
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checking in with guest services and
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you're probably gonna find you spend a
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lot less so cost is definitely one thing
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to think about the next key reason for
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not getting of drinks package is if you
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don't drink a lot you have to drink
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surprisingly large amount to get value
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from your drinks package so for example
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you'll find with many drinks packages
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you need to be drinking up to 12 beers a
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day or perhaps 5 or 7 cocktails a day
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before the drinks package ends up
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costing you less than buying drinks
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individually so you do have to drink a
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large amount to really make many drinks
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packages work so if you don't drink a
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lot a drinks package could end up
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causing you significantly more than just
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buying drinks individually many drinks
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packages also will limit your on the up
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side of the number of drinks you can
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have and that could be between 12 and 15
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drinks a day before you buy a drink
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package think really seriously about how
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many drinks you're gonna have in any
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single one day and work out if you're
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actually going to really save yourself
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money a very important watch out before
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you get a drinks package is think about
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the type of Cruiser on so if you're on a
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is ports every single day so every
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single day you're in a port and you're
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the sort of person that wants to get off
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the ship go out and explore and discover
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the ports your time onboard is going to
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be relatively limited because you're
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first thing in the morning perhaps back
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later in the day so you're only going to
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have those hours in the evening to drink
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and you could find them that you're
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trying to drink a huge amount of
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drinking a very short space of time to
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make your drinks package worthwhile or
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in fact you're just gonna forfeit the
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benefit of a drinks package so think
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very carefully about the cruiser on if
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you've got a cruise which perhaps has
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lots of sea days and you're going to be
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drinking during the day you might find a
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drinks package does work out a little
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bit better also very importantly if
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you're on one of those cruises
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particularly the Caribbean where the
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cruise line goes to one of their own
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islands check if the drinks package
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applies when you're on the island that's
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not always the case and you might find
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that your drinks package when you're on
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the island you can't use two consumed
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drinks during that day so very
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importantly think about the mixin think
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realistically how many drinks are you
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going to be having when you actually
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onboard the ship every single day heavy
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port intensive days may make it less
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important or relevant to have a drinks
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package another really good reason for
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not getting at drinks packages if you
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are a real connoisseur particularly of
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wines whiskies any type of spirits or
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actually you are very very specific
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about the mix that you like with your
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drinks by a drinks package could be a
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now most drinks packages and again it
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depends a little bit on the levels that
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you get will restrict you to either
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house brands or certain brands of
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spirits or beers or wines so you'll find
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if you absolutely have a very specific
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type of whisky or very specific type of
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wine or you're a real wine buff you're
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going to find that you're paying extra
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on top of the drinks package to get that
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very importantly if you are the sort of
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person who likes a very specific mixer
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you'll find that most of the mixes that
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are used within drinks packages are just
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soda mixers so I you know those little
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pump things that they're used to
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basically pump out mixers
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they're not branded so if you like
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sweats or you like kind of dry or
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whatever that may be if there's a very
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specific brand you like you'll find that
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having a drinks package could be a
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really bad idea because you're going to
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end up having to pay to have that very
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specific mixer or that very specific
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brand so if you're a real connoisseur or
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you really fussy about the brand of
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alcohol or mixer be very careful before
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you get a drinks package now the
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advantages you can check online what is
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included so for example I was recently
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on a celebrity cruise and each of the
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different levels of drinks package
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unlocked different brands and a wider
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range of mixers beers and spirits so
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again you might find that some of your
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favorite brands are included within the
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different levels but very important make
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sure you check that another good reason
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for not buying drinks package is if
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you're actually cruising in a suite
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you'll find in many of the Suites you
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actually get alcohol included so on some
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cruise lines you'll get to choose
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full-size bottles of drink or they'll
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keep replenishing in your minibar and so
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you can have a lot of drink within your
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cabin so actually if you've paid the
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premium to be in a suite buy your drinks
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package on top of that whilst it lets
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you have drinks outside of your cabin
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you do actually have pretty much
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unlimited amount of drinks within your
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cabin also some Suites also give you
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access to either a bar or a lounge where
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you can get drinks either all day or
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certain times of the day so some of the
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cruise lines which have sort of ships
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within a ship you'll find that you can
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often go and have drinks in that area
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without having to pay extra so if you
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are staying in a suite think very
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carefully and understand what drink is
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gonna be available before you buy a
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drinks package the next key reason for
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not getting drinks packages if the
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person you're traveling with your
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partner or your cabin mate doesn't drink
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at all or drinks very little getting a
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drinks package could be a really bad
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many cruise lines have a probably most
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cruise lines require every adults of
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drinking age to buy a drinks package if
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one person in the cabin buys it so if
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there's two of you traveling you both
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have to buy it and if your partner
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doesn't really drink you're spending a
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lot of money for very little benefit
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all of the adults in a room need to be
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committed and looking to drink a lot
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before you get a drinks package another
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thought before you get drinks package is
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think about where you're gonna want to
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have drinks if you're the sort of person
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that actually is going to be spending
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all the time in your cabin and drinking
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mostly in your cabin having a drinks
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package is not a great idea because
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drinks packages pretty much never ever
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cover drinks in a minibar or drinks from
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room service they're earning under cover
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drinks that you get when you're out and
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about around the ship at the bars or by
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the pool so if you are the sort of
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person that's going to want to drink in
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your cabin pretty much exclusively
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having a drinks package is a terrible
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idea because it won't cover pretty much
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all of the drinks that you consume in
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there another reason for not getting a
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drinks package is are you the sort of
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person that actually has no fear or
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qualms about smuggling booze onboard
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cruise lines will normally let you bring
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onboard a limited amount of drink to
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consume ideally in your cabin so it's
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normally say one or two bottles of wine
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however there there are a whole group of
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cruises and have a whole video about
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this that actually are very comfortable
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and have no qualms about smuggling booze
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onboard to drink in their cavern or
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decant into various drinking devices to
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then drink when they're out and about
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around the ship now I'm not saying
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that's something that you should do and
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not condoning it but if you're the sort
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of person that is very happy to do that
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then having a drinks package is probably
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not such a good idea because you're
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bringing it all on board anyway as I
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said I have a whole separate video
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around the bizarre and unusual ways that
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people do smuggle alcohol on board there
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is a whole bunch of reasons to have a
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drinks package there's also a whole lot
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of reasons not to have a drinks package
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hopefully you found this helpful and
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it's giving you something to think about
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I have loads of videos about all types
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of cruising and cruising tips so why
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don't you watch another one of those
