What your cruise really costs, written down by the man who checked cruise bills for twenty-two years.
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Seven nights, two people, Royal Caribbean.
| What it's for | Without a plan | With this book |
|---|---|---|
| Drinks (package for both vs. 3 a day each as you go) | $1,486.80 | $549.29 |
| Internet, 2 devices (onboard vs. before sailing) | $405.86 | ≈$305.00 |
| Phone left on at sea (one bad day) | $150.00 | $0.00 |
| Daily gratuities (no book changes this one) | $259.00 | $259.00 |
| Total | $2,301.66 | $1,113.29 |
$1,188 stays in your pocket, in one week.
Real pages from the book you get.
442 pages, 60 numbered methods. A few of them:
For twenty-two years I worked the back office of a travel agency in Clearwater, Florida, checking our clients' final onboard statements against what we'd told them they'd pay. I kept the letters that came with those statements; by the time I retired they filled four drawers. Most of the bills weren't wrong.
“Do the arithmetic before you sail.”
No. It's a PDF that opens on your phone about thirty seconds after you pay; print any page you like.
One button, no account. If it won't open, write to me and I'll walk you through it or refund you.
No. One payment, one time.
The link lives in your email; enter your email on the download page to get it again.
One day of the drink package for one person, with its service charge, costs more than that. This book will likely talk you out of several.
Pieces of it, scattered and often out of date. This is all of it, in order, checked in 2026, with the worksheets.
Examples lean on Royal Caribbean, with other major lines compared where they differ.