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Where would you like to cruise to ?

  • 31-05-2015 10:58PM
    #1
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭


    Was chatting to my brother tonight about holidays and he said he would love to go on a cruise. He says he wouldn't go on his own but might go with friends from work. Say's he wouldn't take myself or my two sisters because he would throw us overboard before we came home :D such a loving family we are.

    The question is where should he cruise to and how much would it cost him. Foolish man that he is he reckons 5 or 6 hundred euro should do it


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  • #2
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,589 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Like everything you get what you pay for, that money might get 2-3 days around Northern Europe,

    For a Med or Caribbean cruise, you'd be talking a grand minimum,
    I'd also pay the extra to get a berth with a balcony.

    Check the websites, they'd give you a fair idea of prices.


  • #3
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    The Alaskan cruise looks amazing,600 quid wouldn't even put a dent in that though


  • #4
    whatismyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭whatismyname


    Somewhat freaked out seeing this as I spent half the day researching cruises, and likely going solo.

    I'd go anywhere but keeping costs low would be easier not to have to depart from the other side of the world, and I'd probably want to go for one of the ones of at least 5 - 7 days to make it worth my while. Ideally all inclusive also.

    http://www.iglucruise.com/single-cabin-cruises seems to be a good site as it covers many different operators, but also allows you to select that you want single passenger fares.


  • #5
    joollyparo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭joollyparo


    Just to be on the safe side it better to buuget above 1k at mininum, that if you really want to enjoy the experience and not just sight seeing.


  • #6
    Miall108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭Miall108


    Around by Southern Yemen


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  • #7
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    whatismyname wrote: »
    Somewhat freaked out seeing this as I spent half the day researching cruises, and likely going solo.

    I'd go anywhere but keeping costs low would be easier not to have to depart from the other side of the world, and I'd probably want to go for one of the ones of at least 5 - 7 days to make it worth my while. Ideally all inclusive also.

    http://www.iglucruise.com/single-cabin-cruises seems to be a good site as it covers many different operators, but also allows you to select that you want single passenger fares.

    Are you my brother?

    No chance of that he wouldn't know how to switch on a computer.


  • #8
    whatismyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭whatismyname


    lulu1 wrote: »
    Are you my brother?

    No chance of that he wouldn't know how to switch on a computer.


    haha no - how weird would that be though ;)

    I like going on holidays alone, and on my last holiday I went on a day's cruise during it, and thinking where I want to go next, I remembered how I've always wanted to go on a cruise.

    I've always thought it would be something too expensive, but today I thought to actually research it and see where I stand.

    I'm now thinking that I may not be able to afford it this year, but maybe book for this year.

    There's also some operators that have a single studio where there's a lounge for single people so great to get to know others, and I think I remember one mentioning a 'happy hour' each day for meeting other singles.

    I think I remember that it may have been Norwegian Epic but either way that was one that seemed good for singles I think.


  • #9
    Shenshen
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    I've been wanting to go on a cruise to Iceland for a long while now - if possible even over to Greenland. But the prices are indeed prohibitive.

    It's not that we couldn't afford it at all, I'm just balking at the thought of spending so much money on one holiday.


  • #10
    whatismyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭whatismyname


    Shenshen wrote: »
    I'm just balking at the thought of spending so much money on one holiday.

    Same here. I usually get very cheap deals for my holidays, but difficult to do with a cruise, it would be a real indulgence that's for sure.


  • #11
    whatismyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭whatismyname


    Looks like this could be useful OP: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056848146&page=19


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  • #12
    jimgoose
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    There's fierce dales bass to be had by flying out to JFK to take a berth on a huge liner that's being shunted back to Blighty direction for the start of the next season. Check it out.


  • #13
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,123 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Cruise holidays just wouldn't be my type of vacation.


  • #14
    eternal
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    A bruising.


  • #15
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭Thoie


    whatismyname wrote: »
    Somewhat freaked out seeing this as I spent half the day researching cruises, and likely going solo.

    I'd go anywhere but keeping costs low would be easier not to have to depart from the other side of the world, and I'd probably want to go for one of the ones of at least 5 - 7 days to make it worth my while. Ideally all inclusive also.

    http://www.iglucruise.com/single-cabin-cruises seems to be a good site as it covers many different operators, but also allows you to select that you want single passenger fares.

    That site really only covers cruises from the UK, and is missing a lot of the bigger cruise lines that may have a lot better deals at times.

    www.seascanner.com is a good site for getting an idea of prices/itineraries. In general you'll find the Mediterranean cruises are more expensive than an equivalent duration Caribbean cruise. So you have to weigh up the cost of flights into the equation as well. Sometimes it can be cheaper to fly to the States and take a 7 day cruise from there than fly to somewhere like Rome/Barcelona and cruise from there.


  • #16
    Tony Beetroot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Tony Beetroot


    My new neighbours panties.


  • #17
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    Tony Beetroot wrote: »
    My new neighbours panties.


    Bliss?


  • #18
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Tony Beetroot wrote: »
    My new neighbours panties.

    I wondered how long it would take before I got a smart answer.


  • #19
    whatismyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭whatismyname


    Thoie wrote: »
    That site really only covers cruises from the UK, and is missing a lot of the bigger cruise lines that may have a lot better deals at times.

    Yep I should've mentioned that it was only UK departures, but depends what one's looking for really.

    Looking at the OP, it's unlikely that they'll go by themselves, so finding a single cabin cruise less of an issue, but for anyone who does want that it's a great site, as well as looking for lower cost, so departing closer to home.

    Seascanner is good, but so annoying not to be able to enter that there's just one passenger if needed, and get actual prices, a shame more don't do this even if the actual price they then end up showing is twice the price of the per person rate, as it often will be.

    I've yet to find any cruise departing from the US / equivalant far away areas, that work out a better deal after adding on flights than the Mediterranean ones, but I'll be continually keeping an eye out to see what comes up.... especially with cheap flights as much as the prices of the cruises themselves obviously.

    The time of year I'm looking is particularly high prices on both cruises and flights which won't help either.


  • #20
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Miall108 wrote: »
    Around by Southern Yemen

    Bootleg drink to the locals for a massive profit,alcohol is illegal in Yemen I hear.A busmans holiday of sorts.


  • #21
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't see the appeal of cruises at all.


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  • #22
    silverfeather
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    Lia_lia wrote: »
    I don't see the appeal of cruises at all.
    I don't do boats well. :(


  • #23
    Steve_Carella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭Steve_Carella


    Having worked a LOT on cruise ships, allow me to offer you some tips:

    - research as much as possible on the hidden costs. Does your cruise price include meals (most do)? If it does, there's usually restaurants onboard that offer more high end meals for a supplement - the supplement is usually pretty low, around €10-20 for a meal that would cost you five times as much onshore, but that can add up over the course of the voyage

    - drinks on board can be horrendously expensive, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic so check the drinks packages. One of the cruises I worked on offered a drinks package of €50 for the day, where you could drink as much as you wanted of whatever you wanted for the day - hot drinks, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks - which might sound expensive but at €4 for a bottle of water, € for a beer, that's a pretty decent saving in relative terms.

    - go basic on your cabin. You won't be spending a lot of time in it. There will be loads to do on the ship, even on days when you're not onshore.

    - speaking of hidden costs, try to get an idea of how much shore excursions cost. You can of course go onshore and just walk around the various cities you get to but there will also be shore excursions of various types - and costs.

    - oh and one thing that might seem obvious but have a basic knowledge of geography. One of the ships I was on offered Berlin as one of its destinations. Well of course, Berlin is not a port city. So we docked somewhere and to get to Berlin you had to pay for the only shore excursion available, which was (of course) to Berlin; three hours there and three hours back by bus.

    I'm sure I'll think of other things but PM me if you have any questions.


  • #24
    silverfeather
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    Steve_Carella wrote: »
    Having worked a LOT on cruise ships, allow me to offer you some tips:

    - research as much as possible on the hidden costs. Does your cruise price include meals (most do)? If it does, there's usually restaurants onboard that offer more high end meals for a supplement - the supplement is usually pretty low, around €10-20 for a meal that would cost you five times as much onshore, but that can add up over the course of the voyage

    - drinks on board can be horrendously expensive, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic so check the drinks packages. One of the cruises I worked on offered a drinks package of €50 for the day, where you could drink as much as you wanted of whatever you wanted for the day - hot drinks, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks - which might sound expensive but at €4 for a bottle of water, € for a beer, that's a pretty decent saving in relative terms.

    - go basic on your cabin. You won't be spending a lot of time in it. There will be loads to do on the ship, even on days when you're not onshore.

    - speaking of hidden costs, try to get an idea of how much shore excursions cost. You can of course go onshore and just walk around the various cities you get to but there will also be shore excursions of various types - and costs.

    - oh and one thing that might seem obvious but have a basic knowledge of geography. One of the ships I was on offered Berlin as one of its destinations. Well of course, Berlin is not a port city. So we docked somewhere and to get to Berlin you had to pay for the only shore excursion available, which was (of course) to Berlin; three hours there and three hours back by bus.

    I'm sure I'll think of other things but PM me if you have any questions.
    What can you tell me for horrendous sea sickness???


  • #25
    Steve_Carella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭Steve_Carella


    silverfeather wrote: »
    What can you tell me for horrendous sea sickness???

    Stay at home.


  • #26
    mikeym
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    Anywere but the Irish coast.


  • #27
    Thoie
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    silverfeather wrote: »
    What can you tell me for horrendous sea sickness???

    Or the other alternative is to eat rice.

    It's cleaner on deck.

    Whatismyname - seascanner has a "solo specials" area, but you can also just select 1 pax, and it shows you the per cabin cost, with the solo supplement percentage as well. http://www.seascanner.com/reisen.php?erw=1&special=1


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
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    silverfeather wrote: »
    I don't do boats well. :(

    Fine with sea sickness, I actually like boats! It's more the timetabled holiday/being stuck on a boat for periods of time/only spending a couple of days to explore an area. I can understand why some people like the idea, but not for me!


  • #29
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Lia_lia wrote: »
    Fine with sea sickness, I actually like boats! It's more the timetabled holiday/being stuck on a boat for periods of time/only spending a couple of days to explore an area. I can understand why some people like the idea, but not for me!

    I thought the same, until I went on one, and now I've been on three :pac:

    You basically wake up in the morning and your hotel is in a different city/location.

    Get off the ship, explore for the day, then back on in the evening to eat/drink/enjoy being at sea.

    Go to bed, wake up and repeat. You're rarely, if ever stuck on the boat for a day.


  • #30
    wijam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭wijam


    Heading on a cruise myself tomorrow for 7 nights round the south coast of Spain starting in Palma.

    Doing it myself so have to pay extra, costing me €1200 all inclusive, first cruise, so can't wait, going with Thomson Cruises.


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  • #31
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    wijam wrote: »
    Heading on a cruise myself tomorrow for 7 nights round the south coast of Spain starting in Palma.

    Doing it myself so have to pay extra, costing me €1200 all inclusive, first cruise, so can't wait, going with Thomson Cruises.

    please let us know how you get on


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