Cruise Tips drinks packages Royal Caribbean

FifiaG · 5 August 2019 at 1:20PM

I have just booked up for August 2020 for family of 4 on Allure of the Seas for my hubby's 50th. I was chuffed we got flights for £1 as part of a RC deal. Looking for any money saving tips. Just about fainted and price of the drinks packages!!

Caz3121 · 5 August 2019 at 3:24PM

this board is for reporting bargains. You would be better posting on the main holiday board or a site such as cruisecritic

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touch*my*food*feel*myfork · 1 September 2019 at 4:15PM

FifiaG wrote: »

I have just booked up for August 2020 for family of 4 on Allure of the Seas for my hubby's 50th. I was chuffed we got flights for £1 as part of a RC deal. Looking for any money saving tips. Just about fainted and price of the drinks packages!!

Drinks packages are expensive on RC - they usually have offers on them before you go with 30% savings
You may find you are better off paying as you go if your not big drinkers - tea/coffee/fruit drinks are all included
Have a google for the latest drinks menus for you to decide

TELLIT01 · 1 September 2019 at 4:36PM

touch*my*food*feel*myfork wrote: »

Drinks packages are expensive on RC - they usually have offers on them before you go with 30% savings
You may find you are better off paying as you go if your not big drinkers - tea/coffee/fruit drinks are all included
Have a google for the latest drinks menus for you to decide

Friends of ours went on a RC cruise and decided against a drinks package. To paraphrase their words "We would have been too mellow to see anything but the bar if we had tried to drink our money's worth"

getmore4less · 1 September 2019 at 4:54PM

Should have researched before booking.

Cruise lines are like DFS continuous sales there would be one with drinks included..

Nothing is really free or cheap it is factored into the price.

Current prices are stupidly high over £1kpp for 7nights.

daveyjp · 1 September 2019 at 6:20PM

Drinks packages can look expensive until you get on board and see how much one drink is.

The single drinks prices are kept high to encourage purchase of a package.

We would never buy one, track prices and book when a drinks package is included at a total price lower than a none package price.

ibizafan_2 · 2 September 2019 at 1:43PM

We were on a seven day Holland America cruise to Alaska last year and decided that the drinks package was a ridiculous price considering we would be off the ship for quite long periods of time. However, HAL had a couple of happy hours each day at different bars, and special offers if you bought so many beers. Worth looking into.

joebob · 2 September 2019 at 4:38PM

we went on a RC last year and bought duty free drinks from quayside at different ports just make sure they sell the same on board we had bottles corona .

Cruise Tips drinks packages Royal Caribbean

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