Where are the FREE drinks?!

Lots of you recently have been asking about late summer cruises and cruises for next year. Another thing a lot of people are asking for is a FREE drinks package. Some have just completely disappeared!

At the moment TUI Discovery & TUI Discover 2 both include drinks as standard. For late this year October onwards into 2018 they are also offering Free All Inclusive packages on selected sailing.

NCL Cruises have recently gone All Inclusive accross the whole fleet this also includes gratuities too so a real game changer in my eyes.

Celebrity Cruises have pretty much offered the Classic drinks package as standard for the last few years now when you book an ocean view cabin or above. I do think the prices reflect this though as the prices for 2018 certainly seem higher than in previous years.

MSC – They have a FREE drinks package offered on selected sailings out of Southampton. Even if the drinks are not included its an absolute bargain at £20 per person per day – You only need to purchase 3 drinks on board to get your monies worth!

P&O – Do not offer any drinks packages and never have. They have some of the most reasonable drinks prices and will also allow you to take a bottle of your favorite tipple on board to consume in your cabin.

Royal Caribbean – They did offer free drinks for a long time but they recently stopped the offer. You can purchase the drinks package before you cruise or once on board though. This is something I will do. The cost isnt cheap at around $55 per person per day for the full package that includes, wines, beers, spirits, cocktails, soft drinks, specialty coffees. Once the service charge is added you are easily talking between 9-12$ per drink so value for money is pretty good once I have a few coffees, pina Colada around the pool, wine with dinner and some Martinis after the show!

What do you think of drinks packages? Do they encourage people to drink too much? Cause bad behavior? Maybe you like having a drinks package pre arranged. You know what you are spending and don’t get hit with silly taxes and service charges.

 

 


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