When is the cheapest cruise ship? Is it cost-effective to travel by cruise?

Cruise travel is really becoming more and more popular now. When you go to play, have you considered whether cruise travel meets your standards? The following small series will introduce you to the relevant information of cruise tourism, and you can judge whether it is worthwhile.

When Amway cruises, everyone will tell you that about 2,000 people can travel to Japan for five days and four nights, with a round-trip ticket of more than 2000balabala, and the cruise can also eat for free.

When will the price be around 2000?

Off-season+rear cabin+inner cabin

You must find a way to ask for leave in the off-season, and generally it is cold in the off-season, and all outdoor entertainment activities on board will basically be closed, which will lose more than half of the fun.

The stern compartment means that the ship is about to leave, but what about several positions? At a loss, you can have a clearance sale and leave once.

What do you mean by inner cabin? No windows, a small room of more than ten square meters, the feeling of cramped is refreshing.

Let me show you the summer cruise price.

The amount shown on the map is still the price of the inner cabin.

2. Do you think the boat fare is over?

Dear, 10- 15 USD/day/person's tip.

Dear, find out the wifi fee of 10- 15 USD/set/day.

Dear, there is an extra charge for land tour, about 300-500 RMB/person/day. Even some ships charge you hundreds of dollars if you don't dock, because you don't make a profit for them.

Dear, almost all the fun projects on board are charged, such as wind tunnel skydiving, surfing, happy go-karting in the Caribbean and laser guns, which are more expensive than land.

Also, meals on board are free, but drinks are not. Either drink more drinks when eating buffet, or drink the mineral water in the room by yourself.

Oh, don't expect too much from the free meal, that is, the buffet level of 98 people on the street. I describe it as "the most wasteful cooking method". All kinds of seafood steaks look very enjoyable, and they frown when they eat. You can't say how delicious it is, just eat it. But be prepared to grab plates with Chinese aunts. It is said that Joy was an aunt from China who went to Alaska.

What? If you don't want to eat, you have to add money. As long as you have money, most directors will agree.

playtime

Do you think that five days and four nights means playing in Japan for four days?

Boarding begins at noon on the first day and leaves at night.

Cruise on the sea the next day.

Get off the boat around 9 o'clock on the third day and take part in a tour group tour. Boarding at about 7 pm.

Article 4 Swimming at sea.

Go back to Hong Kong on the fifth morning.

Yes, you took five days off, but you actually went to Japan 1 day. And 99% of the scenic spots you go to are all kinds of parks and shrines that don't charge tickets. Of course, the most time is to take you to the shopping mall.

By the way, the shopping spots are also carefully selected (many of them are duty-free shops acquired by domestic enterprises, and the prices are much more expensive than those of drugstores and electrical stores outside, otherwise why not take a cruise to Japan? There are no baggage restrictions on cruise ships.

Similarly, 6 days and 5 nights in Japan are actually 2 days, 3-4 days, 8 days and 7 nights.

Do you think that day in Japan is from 9 pm to 7 pm?

A ship, not to mention two or three thousand people, has the quality of "blocking". If you are not a gold card or suite customer, you can wait in line slowly and you can't get off the boat for half an hour. The average disembarking speed is almost 1 hour, and the average disembarking speed is 1 hour.

Besides, it's no use queuing up to get off the boat early. After all, everyone travels on land by bus and car. You got on the bus, but your team members must still be waiting in line to get off. Wait a minute.

In addition, although these two or three thousand people were diverted after entering Japan, most of the cruise ships docked in small cities. If you squeeze into two or three thousand people at once, it will be overcrowded. If nothing else, duty-free shops will queue up for a long time to buy things.

stay

After staying in a room on a cruise, you will find hotels in Japan and Hong Kong particularly spacious.

Take the largest number of balcony rooms as an example. Venetian 17 flat, joy 20 flat, quantum and princess slightly larger 23-24 flat. Don't forget that this area is also included in the balcony. Basically, if you put two boxes, you can only walk sideways like a crab.

Prices are sky-high in peak season.

Once, I planned to take my wife and son to quantum flight in summer, and asked about the price, which was about 8000/ person (8 days and 7 nights trip, when my son was only 2 and a half years old, I took it for granted that at least a child price should be charged?

Unexpectedly, at the age of two and a half, children are not considered babies, and food is neglected. If they share a bed with adults, they should charge the same as adults. At first, I thought Ctrip had made a mistake, and I got the same answer when I called the Caribbean: there are discounts for children in the off-season, and sometimes even the third person is free, but the adult price in the peak season should be charged at full price.

Three people 2W4? This does not include tips, wifi, land tours, paid meals and other expenses. Then the three of us went to Singapore for 8 days. Excluding the total cost of shopping, we spent 2W2, stayed in a 5-star hotel and played all kinds of fun in Universal Studios.

The most embarrassing thing is the land tour.

If you have a heart that I eat and drink on the boat, then you can ignore this article.

But if you are interested in going to Japan, I advise you to give up the cruise. All the disadvantages of group tour are vividly reflected in the shore tour of cruise ships:

The first is endless waiting. Two or three thousand people, different routes, and the people in your car can't get off at the same time through the security check.

Secondly, the scenic spots are full of potholes. As mentioned above, most parks and shrines are free, and most of them are small cities in Kyushu and Shikoku. Tokyo, the largest city, has no stopover route, Fu.

Finally, there is no doubt that I will take you to a shopping mall for a long time. I won't say anything else. I waited in line for half an hour to check out.

Chinese mainland lacks routes suitable for cruise ships.

What is the key to the cruise? Seascape, but can I see the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea? It's not bad without smog, and you can see the sea.

Every year from June 5438 to April of the following year, so many interesting water sports on board are closed, and there is nothing to do when it is cold.

Referring to internationally renowned cruise routes, the Caribbean: picturesque sunny beaches, the Mediterranean: world famous cities, Norway and Alaska: aurora, fjords and glaciers.

In this way, the cruise ship departing from Shanghai and Tianjin is completely cost-effective. Just as Americans will go to the Caribbean or Alaska by boat, few people will choose new york or LA.

Of course, the cruise from Guangdong and Hong Kong is not bad. The weather is warm and the sea is clear. Even sunbathing on the boat is pleasant. If you want to choose a cheap one, you can go in the off-season. Even those destinations in Southeast Asia can't help but sign, which is a bit troublesome. You can also turn those X sand islands into various small islands in the Caribbean.

Policy restrictions

The first is the visa. Japan and South Korea have to endorse China, but they are exempt from visas for cruise ships. However, there is a premise for this visa exemption. You must join a group tour, which has been ruined by domestic travel agencies.

Secondly, it seems that tickets cannot be sold directly on board. Generally, tickets are sold to travel agencies. Travel agencies move out of that set of low-cost tours to attract customers, use the routine of going back to Beijing to shop, desperately lower the price of the boat, and then go back to Beijing to shop after landing. However, the money received on the ship is too small, and we can only rely on various paid items on the ship to get the money back.

Generally speaking, the boat wants to make quick money, the travel agency wants to make black-hearted money, and what is left for tourists is a chicken feather.